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Bill and Nadia Lockyer: A seemingly perfect life becomes a messy affair

Bill and Nadia Lockyer: A seemingly perfect life becomes a messy affair

Filed under: meth rehab treatment

But this week, after stories emerged of Nadia Lockyer's substance abuse, extramarital affair and alleged beating by a former lover in a Newark motel room, she acknowledged that she had checked herself in… Continue reading

Tomblin drug bill focuses on tracking abusers, manufacturers

Tomblin drug bill focuses on tracking abusers, manufacturers

Filed under: meth abuser

Earl Ray Tomblin's substance abuse plan will step up state efforts to track down drug abusers and methamphetamine makers. Tomblin's bill will try to decrease lag time in the state's existing prescription drug tracking system; adopt a… Continue reading

Retailers Speak Against Prescription Meth Bill Before Legislature Convenes

Retailers Speak Against Prescription Meth Bill Before Legislature Convenes
Filed under: recovering meth addicts

"We need to address the meth problem, recovery and addiction. There needs to be a lot of programs." Lambert said retailers would be open to implementing an electronic monitoring program. An electronic monitoring program would keep… Continue reading

Michigan medical marijuana advocates protest Bill Schuette's seminar in Grand

Michigan medical marijuana advocates protest Bill Schuette's seminar in Grand
Filed under: signs of pot use

King is a cancer patient who needed to use medical marijuana as an alternative to prescription drugs. (Chris Clark | The Grand Rapids Press) Medical Marijuana Supporters Protest gallery (5 photos) GRAND RAPIDS… Continue reading

Bill Blocking Pseudoephedrine Sales to Meth Offenders Unveiled

Bill Blocking Pseudoephedrine Sales to Meth Offenders Unveiled
Filed under: meth addiction help

“We can only stop the spread of methamphetamine production and addiction by keeping pseudoephedrine out of the hand of those who cook meth,” said Rep. Yonts, D-Greenville. “This legislation will enable us to do what while, at… Continue reading

Police, drug lobby clash over Oklahoma meth bill

 

Police, drug lobby clash over Oklahoma meth bill
Filed under: anti meth

Oklahoma has been at the leading edge of anti-meth legislation before. In 2004, it became the first state to ban over-the-counter sales of cold tablets containing pseudoephedrine. The legislation was prompted in part by the 2003 killing… Continue reading