Drug News

Accidental Drug Overdose – USA
Brittany Murphy’s cause of death ruled “accidental,” drugs played a role – Examiner.com

Brittany Murphy’s cause of death has been determined by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. According to Yahoo! OMG!, the primary cause of Brittany Murphy’s death was pneumonia. Factors that contributed to her death included anemia, which is an iron deficiency, and drug intoxication.

Drug Trafficking – USA
Kingpin convicted in Colo. and Ariz. gets 17 years – TheSunNews.com

DENVER — A Mexican drug kingpin who led a fearsome cartel for more than a decade was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for trafficking drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Heroin – Canada
The Vancouver Experiment – Slate.com

One study of Vancouver’s injection-drug users has taken harm reduction to a level even beyond Insite…

Drug Arrest – USA
Leif Garrett HEROIN ARREST: Booked With Drug In His Shoe – The Huffington Post

LOS ANGELES — Former 1970s teen idol Leif Garrett has been released from jail on a charge he carried heroin into a Los Angeles subway station.

Drunk Driving – USA
Woman sentenced for fatal drunk driving crash – CarolinaLive.com

A Myrtle Beach woman was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty in a drunk driving crash that killed a motorcyclist last May.

Synthetic Marijuana – USA
Ban on synthetic marijuana K2 draws closer in Kansas – KansasCity.com

TOPEKA | Time is running out for fake marijuana in Kansas. The Kansas House endorsed legislation Tuesday to outlaw synthetic marijuana, sold as incense under the brand name K2 and now perfectly legal.