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When a doctor from Coeur d’Alene married a former Las Vegas stripper, he did not know that he was marrying a would-be drug smuggler or that he would be charged with aiding and abetting her... read more
Drug-seeking patients should be relatively easy to identify for doctors who are legitimately working to prescribe addictive sedatives and painkillers only to those who need them – as a last resort and in minimal doses. This fact... read more
With legal marijuana production, distribution, and sales comes a host of tax revenue. While most of that will go to pay for the cost of regulating the industry, the hope is that there will be some left... read more
Smoking cigarettes often goes hand in hand with addictive use of alcohol and other substances. While quitting smoking is rarely the focus in drug rehab, one thing is clear: Smoking can be as deadly as use of... read more
In every CVS Pharmacy location across the state of Nevada, naloxone will now be available to patrons – no prescription required. This is a great step in helping to make sure that families who have... read more
On election day, Nevada residents voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, making it legal for anyone over the age of 21 to have in their possession up to an ounce of marijuana or one-eighth of an ounce of a marijuana concentrate.... read more
Early this month, a man died when two men entered his home with the goal of stealing his stash of heroin and cash. Thomas Frank Jones V was 35. His girlfriend and roommate were home with him, and though both attempted to help him fight... read more
A little girl who was injured and also had pneumonia was given the prescription painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone by her mother and aunt. She died due to lethal levels of these substances in her body, and both... read more
Christopher Holloway is from Raglan, Monmouthshire, in Wales, a town popular among tourists for the ruins of its 15th century Raglan castle and Clearwell Caves. Holloway, however, was more interested in the... read more