alabama
Alabama Teen Drug Use Rates Higher than National Average
According to a recent nationwide survey of educators, Alabama teenagers are more likely to have used drugs or alcohol than their peers in other states. One fifth of Alabama students in grades 6 through 12 admitted to using alcohol in the past month, and over ten percent admitted to using illegal drugs such as marijuana, [...]
Experts alarmed by rise in Alabama’s drug-related suicide attempts
Suicide attempts by young male Alabama residents rose 55% between 2005 and 2009, a government report says. There is some reason to believe that the misuse of prescription drugs is clearly helping to fuel the problem. In 2009, men aged 21 to 34 made more than 29,000 emergency room visits for medication-related suicide attempts compared [...]
Alabama lawmakers debate requiring drug testing for Medicaid recipients
Alabama Senate Bill number 26, filed by State Senator Dick Brewbaker, a Republican from the district of Montgomery, Alabama, would require that all Medicaid recipients receive drug testing in order to receive benefits. Lawmakers supporting the bill say that statistics show the number of illegal drug users receiving Medicaid in the state of Alabama has [...]
Alabama prescription drug ring receives sentencing
A federal judge sentenced six Alabama residents for prison time after they admitted operating a prescription drug ring in Theodore, AL. Investigation of the drug ring started in 2009, after a Theodore resident overdosed with toxic levels of Xanax in his system. Undercover operatives began making purchases of prescription medications from low-level dealers in 2010, [...]
Alabama football player killed by drugs
A new report by Florida medical authorities states that Aaron Douglas, a University of Alabama football player, died as a result of multiple drugs in his system. The 21-year-old offensive lineman was found dead two months ago on the balcony of a home in Fernandina Beach, Florida. He had been on vacation in the area. [...]
Undercover Mobile, AL Cops Bust Minister and Wife in Drug Operation
A two-month long investigation conducted by Mobile authorities resulted in the arrest of a local minister and his wife. Police said that the couple (James and Sylvia Hunter) ran “Forever Flowing Ministries” in Mobile. James Hunter was charged with unlawful distribution, attempted possession, and receiving a controlled substance. The Hunters actually turned themselves in to [...]
Alabama Hosts Prescription Drug Take-Back Event
Alabama participated in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back event a few weeks ago, and the count is in. More than 1,200 pounds of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs were picked up and disposed of by Alabama authorities. The DEA has been coordinating this event nationwide for the past several months in an effort to reduce the availability [...]
Methamphetamine Labs Found in Alabama
Alabama has been a hotbed of activity for methamphetamine labs. As a matter of fact, another two arrests for operating meth labs were conducted in Alabama just last week. A methamphetamine lab or “meth lab” is a place where meth is cooked. Meth is a synthetic drug composed of a base of pseudoephedrine, which can [...]
Birmingham, AL Doctor Nabbed for Drug Trafficking
Jerry B. Hankins, a doctor running an opiate treatment clinic in Chelsea, Alabama (near Birmingham), was recently arrested on charges of unlawfully distributing and trafficking controlled substances. Lt. Chris George, commander of the Drug Enforcement Task Force in Shelby County, Alabama, put it more succinctly: “This is a doctor who was handing out pills.” The [...]
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