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Sixteen people charged in a North Shore drug trafficking and money laundering scheme

www.bostonglobe.com

Fourteen of the defendants were also among 23 people arrested and charged in October 2022 in connection with the North Shore-based drug trafficking organization.

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Drugs worth £286k and £10k in cash found by cops after pulling over car on Scots motorway

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Officers acting on intelligence stopped the vehicle on the M73 near Baillieston before recovering drugs and money at around 9.15pm on Friday.

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SMA medicines: age limit for free drugs extended

www.thehindu.com

Kerala government has extended free distribution of medicines for those afflicted with spinal muscular atrophy to children below the age of 12 years. Earlier, only children till 6 years of age received the free medicines

Community invited to ‘Drug Take Back Day’ events to dispose of unused, expired medications in Jacksonville

www.news4jax.com

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with Mayo Clinic and UF Health, will participate in two “Prescription Drug Take Back Day” events Saturday.

Life transformed for five-year-old... all thanks to wonder cystic fibrosis drug

www.express.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Last year mum Chloe Browne feared her five year-old's cystic fibrosis was slowly destroying his health - but it's all changed after taking wonder pill kaftrio.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Where to safely discard your medications in the DC area

wtop.com

People across the D.C. area are being encouraged to get rid of unnecessary medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

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India News | Drug Labs Unearthed in Raj, Gujarat; 7 Arrested: NCB

www.latestly.com

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The NCB and Gujarat Police ATS Saturday busted three "clandestine" drug manufacturing labs in Rajasthan and Gujarat leading to the seizure of 300 kgs of narcotics and arrest of seven…

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Drug Take Back Day: DEA's twice-yearly effort to rid homes of unneeded medications

abc7chicago.com

Drug Take Back Day is today. Find your nearest drop-off location.

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Uganda: A Looming Crisis - Kalungu District Grapples With Drug Shortages

allafrica.com

A dark cloud hangs over Kalungu District, Uganda. Since January 2024, government health facilities have faced a critical shortage of essential drugs, leaving patients in a desperate scramble for life-saving medications. Dr. Daniel Ssentamu…

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Parkinson’s UK invests £2.1 million in Neumora Therapeutics for preclinical testing of new Parkinson’s drug

www.news-medical.net

Parkinson’s UK is investing £2.1million to support Neumora Therapeutics to carry out preclinical testing of NMRA-NLRP3, a NLRP3 inhibitor with the potential to reduce inflammation and protect brain cells in Parkinson’s. NLRP3 is a protein…

‘It Takes a Community to Protect Kids From the Harmful Effects of Drugs,’ Say the Volunteers of Say No to Drugs Puglia

www.send2press.com

BARLETTA, Italy, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 27, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A group known as Say No to Drugs (Dico No Alla Droga) has been active in drug prevention for more than 15 years throughout Puglia, the region that forms the…

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More than 300 sites collecting unwanted medication for Arkansas Drug Take Back Day

www.arkansasonline.com

The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership is urging residents to safely dispose of their unused and unwanted medication on Saturday by participating in Arkansas Drug Take Back Day.

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‘Rat catcher’ was a drug dealer, say police

www.bangkokpost.com

KHON KAEN: A drug dealer posing as a farm rat catcher has been arrested along with his wife with more than 300,000 speed pills, according to police, who say they were offered a 500,000-baht bribe to release the pair.

Dementia drugs cause ‘more severe harm’ than experts realised – raising risk of 7 silent killers

www.mirror.co.uk

The medications can reportedly raise the risk of a stroke, acute kidney injury, blood clots, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and bone breaks, researchers have found

James Hird's dad calls for independent review of Essendon drugs scandal in wake of Chinese swimming inquiry

www.dailymail.co.uk

The father of former Essendon coach James Hird has called for a fresh investigation into the club's 2013 supplements scandal as WADA is being reviewed over Chinese swimmers and doping

Gateshead drug dealer caught by CCTV at his home caused his mum to be falsely accused

Zac Moon, of Leam Lane, who was twice caught selling cannabis, has walked free from court

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Sickening revelation seven-week-old baby died with 'cocktail' of drugs in its system while co-sleeping with substance-abusing mum and stepfather

www.dailymail.co.uk

A hair sample test revealed the baby had more than half a dozen drugs in his system after he was found dead in Melbourne in 2020.

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Like students, lecturers should undergo drug tests – VC

theeagleonline.com.ng

The Vice Chancellor said this while delivering his valedictory speech to the Senate of the University on Friday.