Narcotics

Video, guide to be used across NC to warn of the dangers of meth addiction

September 26, 2007 -- Charlotte: New tools will help warn North Carolinians about the dangers of the highly addictive drug methamphetamine, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced today.

“We’ve fought back against this menace, shutting down hundreds of secret drug labs and making it harder for criminals to make meth,” said Cooper. “But meth is powerfully addictive and we must help people who are hooked and stop others from ever trying it."    » read more »

Smuggling, Methamphetamine, Human Trafficking Discussed

September 26, 2007 -- (SANTA FE)-- New Mexico Attorney General Gary King and staff met with Mexican counterparts at the 19th National Conference of Attorneys General of Mexico. Also attending were the attorneys general and assistant AGs from the Western states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and North Dakota.    » read more »

September 25, 2007 -- TRENTON - New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced that a Perth Amboy man was indicted today by a state grand jury for allegedly selling more than 2 kilograms of cocaine to an undercover New Jersey State Police detective.    » read more »

"Truth & Choices" To Be Available To Schools Statewide

September 24, 2007 -- LANDISVILLE - A new anti-drug education program was launched today and is now available to all Pennsylvania schools. The program, "Truth & Choices," created by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, targets middle school and high school students.

Attorney General Tom Corbett today spoke to more than 500 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Landisville Middle School, and gave them a new perspective on drug use through the use of the Truth & Choices DVD program.    » read more »

Funds to be Used to Increase Methamphetamine Treatment Services Statewide

September 20, 2007 -- PHOENIX – Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano announced that Arizona is the recipient of an $8.3 million Access to Recovery Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

“Methamphetamine abuse is a problem we can’t stop fighting,” said Governor Napolitano. “This grant award will support efforts at the local level to reduce the impact of meth using innovative and evidence-based strategies."    » read more »

17 September 2007 -- A White House report says Burma and Venezuela failed during the past year to make substantial efforts to curb drug trafficking or cooperate with the United States on the issue. Venezuela and Burma were among 20 countries listed in the report as major drug-producing or narcotics-transiting countries.

Officials here say being on the list of major drug-producing or transit countries does not necessarily mean a government is not trying to deal with the problem.    » read more »

September 14, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that she plans to introduce legislation early next week to address a problem that has arisen with the implementation of the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act.

The new legislation would require that distributors of pseudoephedrine products only sell to retailers who have filed self-certifications with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). These certifications attest to the fact that their employees are trained and in compliance with the Combat Meth Act.    » read more »

Cuomo’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit represented NY and 46 other states to disburse funds from $160 million in damages

ALBANY, NY (September 13, 2007) New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced New York State has received $7.26 million in damages from the makers of OxyContin for misrepresenting the dangers of the drug.    » read more »

Announces New Drug Task Force

Sept. 12, 2007 -- Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison and KBI Director Bob Blecha traveled west today to announce the creation of the Southwest Kansas Drug Task Force (SWKDTF), a new tool for law enforcement in their fight against drugs and drug related crimes. They met with the participating agencies for a briefing on the new task force hosted by Ford County Sheriff Dean Bush.    » read more »

September 05, 2007 --BOSTON - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office is now accepting grant applications from qualified municipal coalitions and collaboratives throughout the Commonwealth to subsidize programs directed at combating substance abuse and addiction. The funding for the grants stems from a May 2007 multistate consent judgment against Purdue Pharma, the maker of the narcotic pain medication OxyContin. As part of the judgment, Massachusetts received $949,500.    » read more »

September 04, 2007 -- Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that former Marshall County jailer Danny Sholar and two other defendants were sentenced for methamphetamine related offenses.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Thom Marshall and Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Prather, with the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division.    » read more »

August 30, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, Gregory R. Miller, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Miami Field Division announced that a former Panama City “pain management” physician, John Q. Durfey, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on six counts of distribution of controlled substances and six counts of health care fraud.    » read more »

August 29, 2007 - Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell announced today that Laurie A. Glynn, age 47, of Valley Falls, New York, was arraigned August 27, 2007, in Vermont District Court for Bennington County on one count of Obtaining a Regulated Drug by Deceit and one count of Making a False Statement in Records, both felonies. Ms. Glynn was released on standard conditions plus the conditions that she must not buy, have, or use regulated drugs without a prescription and must not administer any direct patient care or work in any setting where she would have direct access to narcotics.    » read more »

27 August 2007 -- The United Nations says Afghanistan's illegal opium production has reached record highs this year, despite a massive anti-narcotics campaign in the war-torn country. A new U.N survey reveals that Afghanistan now produces 93 percent of the world's opium.

According to the report production rose 34 percent this year.

U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime Director Antonio Maria Costa says the war-torn country now accounts for 93 percent of the world's opium supply, the raw ingredient in heroin.    » read more »

August 27, 2007 -- A kick-off event for National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month is slated for Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 at 10 a.m. in the Montana Capitol Rotunda.

The focus of the event will be the historic $4 million Legislative funding measure spearheaded by Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to expand the state’s ability to offer drug and alcohol addiction treatment for low-income citizens.

The event is sponsored in part by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS). September is national addiction recovery month.    » read more »