Texas teen suffers brain damage from synthetic marijuana

Filed under: San Antonio Drug Abuse

The National Institute on Drug Abuse says about 11 percent of high school seniors reported using synthetic marijuana, according to a 2011 survey. And calls about synthetic marijuana to the American Association of Poison Control Centers more than …
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Ind. woman sentenced in boyfriend's beating death

Filed under: San Antonio Drug Abuse

Authorities said Clear had been staying with Gibson in his downtown Lafayette apartment, along with Darren J. Englert of Lafayette and Antonio O.J. Williams of West Lafayette. The group spent "every … Klonopin is an anti-anxiety drug that is often …
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Ky. gets chance to pursue Oxycontin case

Filed under: San Antonio Drug Abuse

The Kentucky Attorney General's Office won a court ruling pushing a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma back from federal court to Pike County, which is in the heart of the Appalachian region where drug abuse is rampant and where the litigation originated.
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