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West Hollywood doctor pleads not guilty to drug charges
A West Hollywood doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of illegally prescribing powerful painkillers to patients, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles James William Eisenberg, 72, is accused of writing more than 1,200...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System, Hydrocodone (drug), Lawyers
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Use of alertness drug modafinil takes off, spurred by untested uses
In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial names -- Provigil and Nuvigil -- or by its plain-Jane...
Tags: Sleep Disorders, Drugs and Medicines, Cephalon Incorporated, Lorazepam (drug), Food and Drug Administration
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Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...
Tags: Crimes, Misdemeanors, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Alleged O.C. drug dealer charged with murder in overdose death
An alleged Mission Viejo drug dealer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on a charge of murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman by providing her with a lethal dose of drugs and then refusing to take her to the hospital after she lost consciousness....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Methadone (drug), Punishment, OxyContin (drug)
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O.C. doctor to get sentence for illegal pain prescriptions
An Orange County doctor who often saw patients at Starbucks coffeehouses has agreed to serve at least eight years in federal prison for illegally selling prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs, according to court records. Alvin Ming-...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Vicodin (drug), OxyContin (drug), Judges
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Doctor to plead guilty to selling prescriptions at coffeehouses
An Orange County doctor has agreed to serve at least eight years in federal prison for illegally selling prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs out of Starbucks coffeehouses, according to court records. Alvin Ming-Czech Yee, 44, of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Justice System, Pharmaceuticals, Starbucks Corp.
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Cory Monteith of 'Glee' enters rehab for 'substance addiction'
While Cory Monteith's character on "Glee" decides what he wants to be when he grows up, Monteith in real life has decided to enter rehab. The actor "has voluntarily admitted himself to a treatment facility for substance addiction," his rep told the...
Tags: Glee (tv program), Schools, Substance Abuse, High Schools, Social Media
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Oscars stage manager braces for his final cues to the stars
He delivered a forgotten harmonica to Stevie Wonder onstage at the Grammy Awards, supplied a shoulder to lean on for a post-hip-surgery Gregory Peck at the Oscars and served as a human Xanax for hundreds of other stars in the most terrifying and...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Entertainment Events, Gregory Peck, Meryl Streep, Game Shows
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Fatal drug overdoses in U.S. increase for 11th consecutive year
Fatal drug overdoses have increased for the 11th consecutive year in the United States, new data show. According to a research letter published Tuesday from the National Center for Health Statistics, 38,329 people died of drug overdoses in the United...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Lorazepam (drug), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Research, Methadone (drug)
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Remembering Sylvia Plath
Fifty years ago Monday, Sylvia Plath, a 30-year-old American living in England, put her head in her oven and committed suicide. Her two children were upstairs; her husband, the poet Ted Hughes, had left her after a tempestuous relationship. Her poetry and...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, NPR, Literature, Prozac (drug), Arts and Culture
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Whitney Houston's brother Michael admits starting her on drugs
For years, rumor had it that Bobby Brown had introduced Whitney Houston to drugs — but Michael Houston, one of the singer's two older brothers, has revealed to Oprah Winfrey that the real story was quite different. It's a story that has Michael...
Tags: Cocaine, Entertainment Events, Grammy Awards, Social Media, Benadryl (drug)
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D.A. memo details suspected L.A. sheriff's captain-drug suspect link
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Sheriff's officials created an elaborate sting operation to investigate whether a respected captain was secretly passing information to a suspected drug dealer, according to records reviewed by The Times. Capt. Bernice Abram was...
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