Tag: Illegal drug use
Spain working to refloat submarine thought to hold cocaine
MADRID (AP) - Spanish police were studying Monday how to refloat a submarine believed to be carrying tons of cocaine, which if confirmed would...
Officials: Political donor caused deadly overdose during sex
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gemmel Moore had moved back home with his mother in Texas two years ago and was missing Los Angeles when...
Political activist in overdose death called ‘serious threat’
LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged political activist Ed Buck with a deadly drug overdose at his Los Angeles-area home, releasing...
University of Scandal, Corruption? USC at core of bribe plot
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of Southern California's place at the center of a national college admissions bribery scheme has added to the...
Sega halts game shipment after actor arrested on drug charge
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese entertainment company Sega has cancelled shipments of its video game "Judgment," also known as "Judge Eyes," after one of its...
Most teen drug use is down, but officials fret vaping boom
NEW YORK (AP) - Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in...
Most teen drug use is down, but officials fret vaping boom
NEW YORK (AP) - Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in...
Medical marijuana user, 78, evicted from subsidized housing
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - A 78-year-old man who relies on medical marijuana for back pain finds himself homeless after being evicted from federally...
Groups sue to block medical marijuana compromise in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A pair of advocacy groups in Utah sued Thursday to block a compromise agreement legalizing medical marijuana, accusing the...
Contaminated heroin putting users at risk in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities say black tar heroin in Los Angeles may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause death, putting injection drug...
