Drugs News

The chief of staff to embattled Mayor Rob Ford was escorted by security from city hall premises Thursday as allegations the mayor had been caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine continued to swirl.

Authorizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada has cleared a key Senate committee.

TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.

TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County Grand Jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.

The personal use of illegal drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine, should be decriminalized as part of a federal-provincial strategy to tackle drug abuse, a B.C.-based national coalition of drug policy experts argue.

A North Texas man faces up to life in prison and a $5 million fine for his role in running a methamphetamine ring.

A Rutherford County Sheriff's Office employee has been fired and is the subject of a criminal investigation in connection with alleged drug violations.

On May 9, 26-year-old Tyler Bares died as the result of a heroin or cocaine overdose.

Two men were arrested and charged with marijuana and cocaine possession Tuesday after they were pulled over for failure to use a turn signal near Sixth Avenue, according to a Columbus Police report.

Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness wants restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges.

A 42-year-old man who was taken into custody during an investigation into the murder of a Grosse Pointe Park woman was in court Wednesday for drug charges.

Eight people have been arrested on Adams Circuit Court warrants after police said they sold controlled substances to informants, Sheriff Shane L. Reckeweg said today.

The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his uncle.

Sheriff Robert Arnold terminated the employment of Deputy Keith Knowles on May 10.

A court has heard that a young girl was made to take part in group sex sessions with men taking it in turns to abuse her A young girl was repeatedly raped and sexually abused by 10 friends over a five-year period, a court has heard.

In a new motion on Tuesday, George Zimmerman's defense team argues that they believe Trayvon Martin was high on marijuana the night he was killed by George Zimmerman.

Every day, Patch covers crime and fire in the Woodbridge area. Below is a collection of today's headlines.

Andrue Saunders and his ex-wife, Theresa Saunders, each could face up to five years in prison if convicted in the death of the 7-month-old boy in October 2011.

Toxicology tests on the body of the Newtown school shooter did not turn up any alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications, an official close to the investigation said Tuesday.