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Prosecutor: DUI cop was using Ambien
A Bakersfield police officer hailed as a local hero will face charges for driving under the influence of a popular sleep aid.
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Officer charged with driving under influence of sleeping pill
Bakersfield police officer Aaron Stringer has been charged with misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of a sleeping agent and hit and run in a June 26 incident of erratic driving from his Rosedale area home to the downtown police station, a prosecutor said.
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Woman who drugged husband's pie faces more drug charges
PANAMA CITY — The woman who spiked her husband’s slice of chocolate pie with a cocktail of crushed prescription pills tested positive for the prescription drug Lortab when she submitted to a voluntary drug test Tuesday. Judge Michael Overstreet...
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Doctor at Children's Hospital held on 655-count prescription-fraud indictment
A federal grand jury has indicted a prominent Children's Hospital physician on 655 counts of prescription fraud based on allegations he operated an elaborate scheme to obtain tens of thousands of pain and sleeping pills using fake names and unwitting patients.
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Sheriffs want lists of patients using painkillers
Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances.
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Deadlocked jury results in mistrial for Alameda murder case
Prosecutors plan to seek retrial of Alameda man charged with running over pedestrian on path
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Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls
Here’s a new word that’s entering our vernacular -- "pharmageddon." Its definition is pretty simple; it refers to the drug abuse in this country that has hit epidemic proportions.
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Children's Hospital Doc Accused Of Writing Fake Prescriptions
The head of the emergency department at the Children's Hospital has been arrested, accused of writing more than 600 fake prescriptions for pain medication.
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Officials: Ambulance Corps volunteer crashed rig when he went to get cigarettes
Corps still has two ambulances to respond to emergencies, By Claudia Wysocki
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Former head of The Children's Hospital ER arrested
9WANTS TO KNOW DENVER - The former head of the emergency room at The Children's Hospital has been arrested after federal prosecutors say he wrote 654 fake prescriptions for pain medication, 9Wants to Know has learned.
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