Forbes Readers On Jazz And Dendreon

Touching stories about the narcolepsy drug Xyrem; controversy on Dendreon and Medicare.

SLPD and DEA launch Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

The Sugar Land Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will join forces to launch a nationwide initiative to help prevent prescription drug abuse and protect public water supplies and landfills.

Drug dealers sentenced

On Sept. 3, Judge Albert M. McCaig Jr., presiding over the 506th District Court in Waller County, sentenced Woodrow Norris Woodard of Waller, to a 20-year prison term for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (methamphetamine), a first-degree felony.

Bereaved PM Cameron misses hacking scandal grilling

David Cameron missed prime minister's questions to be with his dying father Wednesday, depriving lawmakers of their first chance to grill him in public since the revival of a scandal involving his top public relations aide.

Upper Providence man gets 3-6 years for cocaine charges

NORRISTOWN — An Upper Providence man is headed to state prison for participating in illegal drug activity in the area.

Invisible Epidemic

Montana's attorney general unveils a new plan against prescription drug abuse, which he calls 'The Invisible Epidemic.'

Mourning a young student: Rising problem of OxyContin abuse

Matthew Kappelmeier was found dead in the backyard of a friend's house in Nedrow Sunday of an apparent drug overdose.

Conway Web fundraiser tops $300k, Paul seeks cash

Democrat Jack Conway reported more than $300,000 in contributions Wednesday from his first Web-based fundraiser and Republican Rand Paul sought more cash as the rivals for the U.S. Senate readied fall TV ad blitzes.

People Can Overcome Their Addictions, But Not Quickly

Millions of Americans suffer from severe addictions that can ruin lives and are extremely difficult to control. Nearly 2 million enter roughly 12,000 addiction treatment programs in the U.S. each year. And each month, some 15,000 people turn to Adi Jaffe's All About Addiction websites at www.allaboutaddiction.com and at Psychology Today, which provide information, the ...

7 arrested for massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico

Seven suspects have been arrested for the massacre of 72 Central American migrants in Mexico, a government spokesman tells the Associated Pr ...