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SYRACUSE, NY -- According to a police report, the 51 year-old George Ellmore was arrested for swallowing a marijuana cigarette in front of an approaching Syracuse police officer.

• Michigan Asks Public To Be Vigilant of Marijuana Plots

© The alleged recruiters are (clockwise): Janice Currington; Dwonvalyn Johnson; Barbara Miller Benaby; Guyton Wynell; Marcella Pierce; and Wanda McNeal

Miami police arrested 56 government employees yesterday, on charges relating to a grand-scale insurance fraud to obtain prescriptions for the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin.

• OxyContin: OxyContin Overwhelming Rural Ohio
• Prescription Drug Overdose Deaths Skyrocket in Florida - Experts Blame Storefront Pain Clinics

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A Wisconsin teen faces drug charges after his erratic dancing at the weekend's Hispanic Festival in Sheboygan attracted the attention of passing police.

• New York State Police Monitoring Facebook Pages to Sniff Out Post Prom Parties.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC called a shooting by an off duty and drunk policeman over the weekend, appropriate action.

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A Fed Ex screw up this week led to police arresting a Baltimore man on distribution and smuggling charges, and the end of a major marijuana ring.

• Dealer Busted for Marijuana Juice?!?

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A Wheaton Illinois man has been sentenced to 60 days behind bars for stealing a puppy, and then getting that puppy high on marijuana.

• New Gaming Courts in Nevada Offer Treatment to Gamblers

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Officers Kevin Bourne and Patrick Lee face drug trafficking charges in connection with a marijuana grow-op crack-down in Toronto.

• Tainted Cocaine Causes 42 Cases of Neutropenia in Alberta and B.C.
• Police Called During Home Invasion - On Arrival They Find Major Marijuana Growing Operation!
• Protestors Rally Against Electro-Shock Therapy - Doctors Insist It's Safe

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Benson must install the device as a condition of his bail on 2 recent DUI charges.

God Lucky Howard of Tampa saw his luck run out after undercover police found him with 22 grams of cocaine.

• Cocaine Addiction: Aripiprazole Might Double as Cocaine Addiction Med
• Cocaine Addiction: Nicotine Ups Cocaine Addiction Risk
• Darrell Hammond: SNL’s Darrell Hammond Reveals Cutting and Addiction Battles

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Marcus Vick is out on bail for now, but a string of charges have him summoned to court in Norfolk Va on Monday.

• Bon Jovi Co-Founder, Richie Sambora, Arrested for DUI - 10 Year Old Daughter in Car

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Henry Nicholas faces as many as 370 years in federal prison if convicted on all financial and drugs charges arrayed against him. He surrendered to FBI agents today.

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Texarcana jail guard Jordan Waller was arrested on Saturday after caught trying to smuggle tacos with hidden syringes inside, into the county jail.

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A Canadian grandmother was shocked when she saw an internet ad for a "Baby for Sale". She called the police and police found the baby.

• BC Top Court Says Insite Safe Injection Clinic Can Stay Open
• 36 Imaginary Dependent Children Earns Scottish Heroin Addict 80 000 Pounds in Tax Credits
• Vancouver Safe Drug Injection Clinic Has US Cities Watching

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As many as 120 defendants won't have their DUI blood alcohol results used against them in court after an Arizona judge denied the validity of readings taken from a certain machine.

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A $5000 sale of crack cocaine to police informants earned Tony Hambrick 5 years in state prison.