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Drug Issues

Drug Issues — The Drug Issues topic covers all aspects of drugs in prison not related to contraband, including sentencing reform for drug offenders, inmate treatment programs, and lethal injection issues.

FULL LIST OF Drug Issues Topics

Obama cuts prison sentences for 42 drug offenders - Roughly half of the 42 receiving commutations Friday were serving life sentences
Drug suspected in NC state prison inmate's death - State prison officials have asked the Halifax County Sheriff's Office to look into the death
La. drops penalties for drug paraphernalia - The change was to conform with reduced marijuana penalties
17 arrested in huge jail contraband smuggling investigation at Rikers - Authorities said inmates recruited Officer Kevin McKoy to take scalpels into its Anna M. Kross Center jail
In-jail gang note intercepted, helps bust Calif. drug-smuggling operation - The note, allegedly intended for 'Crip' gang members detailed a 'business arrangement'
NH prison system to start using Vivitrol - The so-called 'wonder drug' is a monthly injection that blocks receptors in the brain
Reports: Chemist who worked on drug cases was usually high - She handled about 30K cases during her career
Fla. high court urged to throw out death sentences - The Supreme Court still hasn't decided what should happen to the 389 people already on death row
CO who shot inmate with ECD 3 times: 'I wish I had died that day' - The video of the incident had been described by elected officials in recent interviews as 'disturbing'
How Pruno is brewing the spread of botulism in prisons -
Give drug felons food stamps, many states now say - A single person can receive up to $194 a month in food stamps and a a parent with two children could get $511
W.Va. opens first inpatient treatment program in regional jail - The residential substance abuse treatment unit will hold up to 28 inmates
Inmate assaults Ore. deputy, removed from court before during sentencing for outbursts - The inmate continued to shout, as two deputy marshals lifted him out of his chair
2 Ala. COs honored for saving inmate’s life - Officers perform CPR on unresponsive inmate
Ga. sheriff sued by family of man who died in jail cell after brawl with deputies - The inmate's family attorney said he was having a manic episode after failing to take medication for bipolar disorder
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