A pensioner from Lincoln convicted of drug trafficking has been told to sell his only valuable possession – a 50in plasma screen TV. Everett (62) was driving his motability vehicle on the A57 towards the city in April 2006 when he was stopped by an ...
2 Dec 2008
MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- It's called "off-label" prescribing, and it's the common practice of doctors prescribing a drug to treat a disease or condition that's different from the one studied by federal regulators that led to the drug's ...
2 Dec 2008
An experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset the body's circadian rhythms, bringing relief to jet-lagged travelers and night-shift workers, researchers reported Monday. In a study of 450 people who were subjected to ...
2 Dec 2008
Israeli police are cracking down on illegal narcotics abroad in order to stem the flow of drugs into the Israeli market. The photo shows drug abusers in Israel with a syringe in the foreground. (Photo by Chameleons Eye via Newscom) JERUSALEM -- Over ...
2 Dec 2008
A court in Singapore has sentenced Australian TV reporter Peter Lloyd to 10 months in jail for consumption and possession of methamphetamine. Judge Hamidah Ibrahim sentenced Lloyd to eight-month terms for convictions on consumption and possession ...
2 Dec 2008
An assistant district attorney was locked up over the holiday weekend on drug charges. Police said Adam Yanoff, 29, was spotted by a patrol cop Saturday afternoon snorting a white, powdery substance inside a parked car in University City. Yanoff was ...
2 Dec 2008
An Australian television correspondent who said he was traumatised from covering wars and natural disasters was jailed 10 months by a Singapore court on Tuesday for drug offences.
2 Dec 2008
Some documents should remain secret because they might prejudice a grand jury inquiry, jurist says. The Times had requested that the files in the Broadcom co-founder's prosecution be made public. A federal judge on Monday granted a Los Angeles Times request to unseal some documents in the drug prosecution of Newport Beach billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III but kept others secret on grounds ...
1 Dec 2008
Despite a recent military offensive, at least 38 people have been killed in the city's drug wars since Saturday, nine of them decapitated. At least 38 people have been killed in Tijuana since Saturday, nine of them decapitated, in escalating drug-related violence that appears to have left in tatters a Mexican military offensive launched two weeks ago.
1 Dec 2008
The experimental medication, called tasimelteon, works like melatonin and restores normal sleep patterns, researchers say. An experimental drug that mimics the effects of the hormone melatonin can reset the body's circadian rhythms, bringing relief to jet-lagged travelers and night-shift workers, researchers reported Monday.
1 Dec 2008
NEW YORK - St. Louis Cardinals minor league infielder Wilfred Vivas was suspended for 50 games Monday after a positive test for a banned substance under baseball's minor league drug program.
1 Dec 2008
An insomnia drug that helps the body produce more of the sleep hormone melatonin may improve sleep for jet-lagged travelers and shift workers, researchers reported on Monday.
1 Dec 2008
Ex-Chicago firefighter admits role in drug ring. December 1, 2008 at 7:19 PM | Comments (1). URBANA, Ill. -- A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty today to supplying cocaine to a central Illinois drug ring while he was a Chicago firefighter. ...
1 Dec 2008
The "drug czar" position has never worked as intended. Originally proposed as a cabinet-level coordinator of drug policy by Joe Biden in the early 80's, it was a knee-jerk response to growing hysteria over widespread cocaine use. ...
1 Dec 2008
Illinois' child-welfare agency, looking for savings amid a budget crunch, has stopped a 10-month-old employee drug testing program officials say kept five dozen substance users from jobs that could have put them in contact with the ...
1 Dec 2008
FiveOuncesOfPain.com was notified by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on Monday afternoon that ten fighters who competed at UFC 91 on Nov. 15 at the MGM.
1 Dec 2008
Solon will expand its drug- and alcohol-testing program in 2009 to include occasional random testing of most municipal workers, even Mayor Kevin C. Patton. It's part of Patton's effort to create a drug- and alcohol-free workplace, ...
1 Dec 2008
123rfBy Kate StinchfieldMONDAY, Dec. 1, 2008 (Health.com) — Pregnant women who take the epilepsy drug valproate may be more likely to have a child with autism than those who don’t take the seizure-controlling drug, according to a study ...
1 Dec 2008