Category Archives: Drug Crime
Harrisburg School Van Driver Pleads Guilty To Drugged Driving
The most iconic school transportation vehicle is the yellow school bus. Toddlers point excitedly and mime the motions of the “Wheels on the Bus” song when they see one driving down the road. At the other extremity of childhood, teenagers who are counting the days until they can get their driver’s licenses deride the… Read More »
So, Cannabis Is Schedule III Now
The popular movement to legalize cannabis is decades old, but in the past ten years or so, we have seen a lot of legal acrobatics whereby cannabis isn’t illegal, but where it isn’t legal, either. There have been scenarios where you can smoke weed in Philadelphia but not in Pennsylvania, where Colorado is 420… Read More »
Medetomidine Withdrawals Add A Scary Twist To The Opioid Epidemic
Like the title character of Stephen King’s IT, the opioid epidemic maintains its fearsome nature by constantly changing shape. First there was morphine, then heroin, then prescription opioid pills like oxycodone, and then fentanyl, an opioid so strong that a tiny dose can kill. While there are other opioids in existence that are stronger… Read More »
What Does The Trippy New Executive Order Mean For Pennsylvania Drug Cases?
Health fads come and go quickly. Keep eating your favorite foods, and eventually a self-proclaimed expert will claim that they are the secret to a long and healthy life. First, it was vegan diets, and now being a carnivore is all the rage. Eventually Cheez Wiz will have its moment; everyone else will figure… Read More »
Pittsburgh Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud And Drug Diversion
Healthcare is prohibitively expensive, and in general, doctors and nurses provide the best care they can and help patients access whatever services are available to them. Therefore, healthcare professionals often face criminal charges for the types of misconduct that, in other industries, would only result in civil penalties and loss of professional licenses. When… Read More »
The Return Of GHB: The Internet Revives Yet Another 90s Fad, This Time With Major Legal Consequences
Much to the chagrin of those who lived the most embarrassing moments of their adolescence in the final decade of the previous millennium, many fads from the 1990s are making a comeback. Movies and TV shows from the 90s are getting reimagined and rebooted, to the choker necklaces, ripped jeans, and tie dye shirts… Read More »
Five Philadelphia Men Arrested For Drug Trafficking After Investigation Links Their Drugs To Fatal Overdose
Brand identity matters as much in the black market for controlled substances as it does in legal businesses. People who sell drugs illegally are simultaneously trying to avoid detection by police and to make their drugs stand out among the drugs of their competitors. People who sell illegal drugs online can craft a brand… Read More »
Misbranding A Controlled Substance
Among life’s greatest pleasures is stopping for a meal in one of Pennsylvania’s roadside diners, where every table is stocked with an array of condiments. Everyone has a grumpy uncle who, upon being served the most affordable full breakfast in town, will complain that the ketchup in the glass bottles with the Heinz labels… Read More »
Bethlehem Township Doctor Gets Prison Sentence For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances
Many of the scariest and most dangerous drugs are sometimes legal for medical use. Schedule I controlled substances, such as heroin, are not legal under any circumstances. Schedule II controlled substances, a category that includes fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, amphetamine (sold under the brand names Adderall and Dexedrine), and even cocaine, have accepted medical… Read More »
The 7-OH Crisis In Pittsburgh Continues
A repeating pattern in the history of society’s favorite intoxicating substances is that proponents claim that a newly introduced substance is a safe alternative to another one that has long-standing popularity and well documented risks. For example, when coffee was introduced to Europe in the 16th century, it gained a reputation as a social… Read More »
