Jeff Benedict: An alarming number of college athletes charged with serious crime

So far this year through August, 125 college and professional football and basketball players have been arrested on serious charges. By that I mean felonies or misdemeanors involving violence, weapons or substance abuse. That's pretty astounding. At this rate, the number will be up around 200 by year's end.

Forbes Readers On Jazz And Dendreon

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

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.

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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 ...

Officials discuss horrors, successes of meth battle

When it comes to the battle to reduce clandestine production of methamphetamine, Robert Bovett has been there.

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.

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Substance abuse prevention group to host forum

HUNTINGTON -- Anyone who is familiar with the consequences of prescription drug abuse is invited to be part of the solution at a Community Issue Forum on Prescription Drug Abuse hosted by the Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership.