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• Rising Prices of Drugs Lead to Call for Inquiry

  —Delusional Duck

  Democrats in Congress asked for two separate investigations of drug industry pricing Wednesday as they continue working on legislation to overhaul the nation’s health care system. [...] The price increases could add more than $10 billion to the nation’s drug bill, which is on track to exceed $300 billion this year. [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:53am EST
  

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• Street Drugs Exposed Seminar 11/13 - 11/14 At The Wicomico Youth & Civic Center

  —Salisbury News

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  As a member of the professional dental community and the parent of an adolescent, I want to express how proud I am to have had Dr. Hal Crossley invited to the shore to educate so many professionals and parents about the 'ins and outs' and dangers of street drugs and [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:58am EST
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• Student Crime Solvers Tip Leads to School Drug Bust

  —Delusional Duck

  On Nov. 13 at 12:30 p.m., a Charles County Sheriff’s school resource officer assigned to North Point High School received a tip through the Student Crime Solvers program that a student was in possession of marijuana and had offered to sell the drugs to other students. [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:18am EST
  

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• Former 'Turnkey' Pleads Guilty to 'Distributing' Heroin in Prison

  —Carroll Standard

  Former state corrections officer Terry Robe, age 26, of Glen Burnie, Maryland pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to distribute heroin in connection with a scheme to smuggle drugs and cell phones into Maryland prisons on behalf of the “Black Guerilla Family” (BGF) gang.

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:46am EST
  

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• Italian Pregnancy

  —Salisbury News

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  An 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for 2 months.
  
  Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit.
  
  The test result shows that the girl is pregnant.
  
  Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, 'Who' [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:50am EST
  by joealbero

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• FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

  —Delusional Duck

  Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by Genzyme, the second time this year the biotechnology company has been cited for contamination issues. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that bits of steel, rubber and fiber found in vials of drugs used to treat rare [...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

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• Genzyme Drugs Contaminated

  —Salisbury News

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  Here is an article about drugs which are contaminated with steel and rubber.
  
  [www.bloomberg.com]
  
  Health Risk [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:10am EST
  by joealbero

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• Subjects Sought In Prescription Fraud Ring

  —Salisbury News

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  Locations: See below
  
  Date of Occurrence: See Below
  
  Suspect(s):
  Michelle Hammond
  Zonisha Shaw
  Jeffrey Fisher
  Gail Perry
  Khadijah Greaves
  
  Resume: Investigators from the Delaware State Police Office of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs are seeking the publics’ help in [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:40am EST
  by joealbero

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• Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

  —Delusional Duck

  Based on the rhetoric, America’s war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation’s readiness to turn the talk into reality. The economic case for expanding treatment, especially amid a [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:02pm EST
  

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• Essex Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Peddling 330 Pounds of Cocaine

  —Carroll Standard

  An Essex man, William Leonardo Graham, 42, was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to distribute massive amounts of cocaine by a federal jury on August 19, 2009. The life sentence was imposed based on Graham’s three previous narcotics convictions and the amount of drugs involved in the conspiracy.

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:38am EST
  

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• The Eastern Shore Dental Society

  —Salisbury News

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  Good Afternoon Mr. Albero,
  
  The Eastern Shore Dental Society is sponsoring a lecture by one of the country's foremost authorities on street drugs, Dr. Hal Crossley. This event scheduled for November 13 and 14 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center is for [...]

  Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:05am EDT
  by joealbero

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• Waldorf Woman Pleads Guilty to Illegally Accessing Gov. Database

  —Delusional Duck

  Tanya E. Perry, age 30, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Oct. 20 to conspiracy to unlawfully access the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Information System (NADDIS) to obtain information to benefit her co-conspirators, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein. [...]

  Posted: October 28, 2009, 5:53am EDT
  

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• GAO: FDA fails to follow up on unproven drugs

  —Delusional Duck

  The Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn’t extend patients’ lives, say congressional investigators. A report due out Monday from the Government Accountability Office also shows that the FDA has never pulled a drug [...]

  Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:59am EDT
  

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• Md. to Receive $862,267 from Pharmaceuticals for Alleged Medicaid False Claims

  —Delusional Duck

  Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Thursday that Maryland has joined with other states and the federal government and reached agreement with four pharmaceutical companies to pay $124 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay appropriate rebates for drugs that were paid [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 4:13pm EDT
  

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• Traffic Stop Results In Drugs, Untaxed Cigarettes And Fireworks

  —Salisbury News

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  Location: Northbound lanes of USRT 13, 2-miles north of Laurel Town Limits
  
  Date of Occurrence: Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
  
  Suspect(s):
  
  Mr. Navid Ahadian, 24, of Unit Block of 4th Avenue, Huntington Station, NY
  Mr. Payam Golestanipour, [...]

  Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:35am EDT
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• Charity Operator Pleads Guilty in a Scheme Involving Prescription Drugs That Had Been Donated to Assist the Poor in Developing Countries

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

  US Attorney

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
  AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or
  MARCIA MURPHY at 410-209-4885
  October 19, 2009
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md

  CHARITY OPERATOR PLEADS GUILTY IN A SCHEME INVOLVING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT HAD BEEN DONATED TO ASSIST THE POOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

  Baltimore, Maryland – Joseph Egbe, age 44, of [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 5:00pm EDT
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• Medical society supporting prescription card for discount

  —Delusional Duck

  MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, has agreed to work with the Maryland Rx Card Program to distribute cards so that more Marylanders can afford their medications. The card, which is free to all state residents, provides savings of up to 75 percent on prescription drugs at most pharmacies in [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:54am EDT
  

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• Corruption, Greed, Incompetence — And Here Comes Election 2010

  —Maryland On My Mind

  Remember “Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll?”  How about “Fear And Loathing?”  A few choice words  have power to evoke an ethos or a zeitgeist! Forget about complete sentences. I’m talking poetry, headlines, book titles, songs. “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” is the best recent entry in the field. (Thank you Tom Friedman). “Corruption, [...]

  Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:36am EDT
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• Panel Leaders Detail Death Penalty Concerns

  —Maryland Moment

  The leaders of a legislative review panel detailed concerns in a letter Friday about death penalty regulations drafted by the O'Malley administration, posing questions about the drugs involved in lethal injections, among other issues. The Post reported this week that the panel had put the regulations on hold with the' [...]

  Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:05pm EDT
  

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