Music icon Whitney Houston dead at 48

Feb. 12   Leave a Comment  

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No cause announced

100,000 hospitalizations a year caused by four drugs

Nov. 27, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Allergic reactions and accidental overdoses

Welcome to Dopeland review

Nov. 3, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A good attempt

Occupy Boston: Crime, addiction, and community response inside the tent city

Oct. 23, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Signs like these sprung up around camp on Monday. Even marijuana use is being stringently discouraged. (Blast Staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer)

Depending on who is telling the story, last weekend a person either “flashed a knife at” or “pulled a knife on” a group of people at Occupy Boston. Someone felt threatened enough to let the Boston Police know. The accused person was apprehended by police and was reportedly discovered to be carrying a knife and [...]

Former corrections officer sentenced on federal drug charges

Sept. 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A former corrections officer working in MCI-Norfolk was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle heroin into the prison for inmates. Ronald P. McGinn, 40, of Bridgewater, also faces two years of supervised release. He was arrested in April for possession of 29 grams of heroin, which he was bringing [...]

Pharmaceuticals in the water

Sept. 10, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Researchers have identified traces of pharmaceutical drugs -- including antibiotics, hormones, contraceptives and steroids -- in the drinking water supplies of some 40 million Americans. (Stockbyte)

Should you drink the water?

Google will forfeit $500 million in Canadian pharmacy advertising scandal

Aug. 24, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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One of the largest penalties in history

Paris Hilton’s ex boyfriend takes plea bargain on Vegas DUI charge

Aug. 24, 2011   Leave a Comment  

LAS VEGAS — That will be $585 please. That was the bill for Cy Waits, Paris Hilton’s ex, who copped a plea to a driving under the influence charge on Wednesday. Waits was stopped on the Las Vegas Strip last August when a police officer saw a “vapor trail” or marijuana smoke coming from his [...]

Maine man dies after reportedly using “bath salts” drug

Aug. 11, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A man died in Bangor, Maine last week after telling police he was high on the new hallucinogenic designer drug known as “bath salts.” Ralph Willis, according to the Associated Press, had been running around the streets of Bangor, yelling and screaming at people on Friday night. When police arrived, he charged at them, fought [...]

Amy Winehouse: Death by alcohol withdrawal?

Aug. 3, 2011   1 Comment  

Amy Winehouse at Kalemegdan Park in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the singer's last live concert performance before her death on July 23, 2011.

Her last live performance was in Belgrade, Serbia.

Report: Amy Winehouse found dead in London

July 23, 2011   1 Comment  

Amy Winehouse performs in London last year (WireImage)

Singer recently withdrew from European tour

Nine arrested in New Bedford in federal investigation

July 22, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Nine New Bedford men were arrested today on federal and state gun and drug charges according to the United States District Attorney, Carmen M. Ortiz. The arrests sprang from a joint federal and state investigation into gun and drug distribution in New Bedford, which began more than a year ago. Four individuals were indicted on [...]

Coheed and Cambria bassist robs Walgreens of oxycodone before Comcast Center concert

July 11, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Band immediately replaces Michael Todd

Springfield police find massive marijuana operation while responding to home invasion call

June 29, 2011   2 Comments  

SPRINGFIELD — A 14-year-old’s call to police about a home invasion went vastly awry for her father when he was arrested for various drug offenses on Tuesday. The young girl called police to report a break in at 139 Maybrook Road in Springfield. She reported that two armed men came into her house while her [...]

Authorities round up 18 drug dealers in Boston

June 23, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Police arrested and indicted eighteen alleged drug dealers in a long-term investigation into cocaine and heroin distribution called “Operation Tanglewood,” according to Daniel F. Conley, Suffolk County district attorney, and Edward Davis, Boston police commissioner. The offenders were all located and suspected to be selling drugs in the area of the Lenox Street Housing Development. [...]

Three Braintree men arrested after extensive drug investigation

June 14, 2011   Leave a Comment  

After an extensive investigation, police arrested three Braintree men for illegal drug sales. Paul A. Gravelle, 38, and Andrew G. Alexopoulos, 25, both of Braintree, were named the main components in the deal and search warrants were issued for their vehicles and homes. From these searches, police learned that Gravelle was allegedly en route to [...]

Would legalizing pot be good for the environment?

May 14, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Legalizing pot (left-hand image), some say, would eliminate many negative environmental impacts associated with clandestine growing and illegal smuggling. It would also likely open the door for the legalization of hemp (right-hand image), a relative of the cannabis plant that can't get you high but could help us sustainably meet a good amount of our fiber and fuel needs. (Wikipedia)

Could pay environmental dividends

Alleged drug dealer’s mom inadvertently gives Boston Police more evidence

May 13, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Police find heroin, crack cocaine inside jeans pocket

“Oxy-Morons” — One man’s journey from prison to the silver screen

March 28, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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The other gritty Charlestown-based movie

Alleged Gloucester boyfriend/girlfriend drug dealers arrested after man dies of overdose

March 5, 2011   Leave a Comment  

A boyfriend and girlfriend were arrested in Gloucester on charges they provided a fatal bag of heroin that was shared by another boyfriend and girlfriend, one of whom died Feb. 17 of overdose, according to the Gloucester Times. Jeremiah Sullivan, 32, and Rheanna Bednarik, 31, who each have a criminal record for past drug violations [...]