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Halfway house director answers questions about overdose death Play Video
May 14, 2013 10:02 PM
PUEBLO - The state agency that oversees halfway houses believes managers at Pueblo's Minnequa Community Corrections followed all the proper procedures after an offender in their custody died 18 months ago of a drug overdose. Adam Beauchamp, 27, took a lethal amount of Fentanyl back on November 20, 2011... more » -
Calif. doctor accused of murder in drug overdoses
March 1, 2012 5:36 PM
AP Special Correspondent (AP) - A California doctor under investigation for overprescribing drugs has been charged with murder in the deaths of three of her patients. Dr. Hsui-Ying "Lisa" Tseng was arrested Thursday after a lengthy probe which involved undercover work by drug enforcement agents who posed as patients to... more » -
Overdose immunity bill facing trouble
March 1, 2012 6:30 AM
DENVER (AP) - Colorado is debating a proposal to encourage drug users to report overdoses. A bill giving limited criminal immunity to people who report overdoses faces another test Thursday in the Colorado Legislature. Illinois and Washington state already have so-called "911 Good Samaritan" laws giving limited immunity to overdose... more » -
Death row inmate overdosed on pills
March 8, 2010 12:43 PM
Ohio authorities say a death row inmate who was found unconscious in his cell two days before his scheduled execution likely overdosed on pills. Prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says 43-year-old Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was found late Sunday unconscious in his cell at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown. Walburn... more » -
Testimony depicts final days of Anna Nicole Smith
October 14, 2009 8:38 AM
A judge in Los Angeles continues a hearing today about the final days of Anna Nicole Smith. And according to an investigator, those days were marked by illness and confusion. The testimony came at a preliminary hearing yesterday involving charges that Smith's former lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, and... more » -
Pain patch abuse causing deadly results
August 26, 2009 1:43 PM
When used properly, Fentanyl pain patches can bring relief to cancer patients and people suffering with chronic pain. When they are misused the results can be deadly. El Paso County Coroner Dr. Robert Bux says far to many people are ending up in his morgue after over-dosing on the pain... more »
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