Sheriff’s deputies bust drug dealers at medical pot clinics in Southern California

Deputies bust drug dealers at medical pot clinics

Novartis discontinues hepatitis C, antifungal treatments, takes $590 million 3Q charge

Novartis drops 2 drugs, expects $590M charge

3-time Tour de France winner Contador blames contaminated meat for positive doping test

Contador blames bad meat for positive doping test

Pot legalization measure exposes Calif.’s conflicted relationship with the drug it popularized

Calif measure shows state’s conflicted link to pot

Federal judge rules Colorado’s medical marijuana law is no defense for US drug charges

Judge: State pot law no defense for drug charges

Judge rules Colorado’s medical marijuana law is no defense for federal drug charges

Judge: State pot law no defense in federal case

Colorado pot grower loses round in federal court after allowing TV reporter to do story

Colorado pot grower loses round in federal court

Police arrest 2nd suspect in killing of employee at Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary

Police arrest suspect in LA pot dispensary killing

Major South African hospital chain, CEO charged in international organ trafficking

S. African hospital charged in organ trafficking

Government report finds rate of illegal drug use rising to highest level in nearly a decade

Report: Illegal drug use up sharply last year

Forest Pharmaceuticals agrees to pay more than $313M, enter guilty plea regarding Celexa

Drug company to pay more than $313M over Celexa

Los Angeles County sheriff says nearly all pot clinics operate as criminal enterprises

LA sheriff says almost all pot clinics criminal

Is that medicine real? In new system, Africans are sending text messages to find out

Africans text message to check if drugs are real

Doctor: Smith complained of ailments but he couldn’t diagnose source of most pain

Doctor felt Smith used drugs for emotional pain

Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen domestic abuse case with wife, gets 30 days in rehab

Charlie Sheen pleads guilty in Aspen wife assault

Colorado pot shops face closure as tough state rules take effect

Colo. pot shops face closure under tough new rules

DEA: Most Colo. pot dispensary owners have arrest records, 18 percent have felony convictions

Most Colo. pot center owners have arrest records

Circuit judge orders new trial for SC man who blames Zoloft in grandparents’ shotgun deaths

New trial granted for SC man in Zoloft case

Judge extends order blocking Oklahoma law requiring women to have ultrasounds before abortions

Judge extends order blocking Okla. abortion law

Growers warn of ‘McDonald’s-ization’ of marijuana under Oakland plan to tax pot cultivation

Oakland pot-growing plan worries small bud tenders

Study: Legalizing pot in Calif would cause prices to fall, might curb potential tax windfall

Study: Pot prices would plummet if Calif legalizes

Los Angeles police investigate 3rd medical marijuana dispensary shooting in 3 days

LA police investigate 3rd pot dispensary shooting

Los Angeles police probe fatal shootings at 2 medical marijuana dispensaries

LA police probe 2 marijuana dispensary killings

Police: 2 dead after robbery attempts at 2 Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries

Police: 2 dead in pot dispensary robbery attempts

Police say man dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary

Police say man killed in LA pot dispensary

Afghan opiate use doubled in 5 years, as US struggles to curb trade that fuels insurgency

Afghan opiate use has doubled in 5 years, UN says

Medical cannabis can cost parents in custody disputes; does it endanger kids?

Medical pot can cost parents in custody disputes

ER doctors say life-and-death decisions, fear of malpractice suits raise risk of overtesting

ER doctors: Lawsuit fears lead to overtesting

Gunmen kill 19 people at drug rehab clinic in northern Mexico; 16 slain in another city

19 slain at Mexico rehab clinic, 16 in second city

Gunmen kill 19 people at drug rehab clinic in northern Mexico; 20 slain in another city

19 slain at Mexico rehab clinic, 20 in second city

Gunmen kill 19 people at drug rehab center in northern Mexico; 20 others slain in another city

19 slain at Mexico drug center, 20 in another city

Mexican police say 20 people killed in drug-plagued northern city

Mexican police say 20 killed in drug-plagued city

19 fatally shot at drug rehab center in northern Mexico

19 fatally shot at drug rehab center in Mexico

LA haze begins to clear as new law goes into effect, some pot dispensaries close

LA haze begins to clear as pot dispensaries close

Ritter signs medical marijuana regulations; law allows cities and counties to ban dispensaries

Ritter signs medical marijuana regulations

Judge denies last-minute attempt to stop shutdown of LA pot dispensaries

Judge denies bid to stop closure of LA pot shops

NY liver transplant recipient guilty of drunken driving, alcohol level 7 times legal limit

NY man who got new liver admits drunken driving

Man who admitted wire fraud in organ transplant scam sentenced in NY to 15 years in prison

Man sentenced in NY over organ transplant scam

NYC man’s kidney transplant gave him woman’s cancer; trial weighs transplant risks, rewards

NY man’s kidney transplant gave him woman’s cancer

Medical marijuana is facing a backlash; civic leaders complain of an overdose of pot shops

Drug overdose: Medical marijuana facing a backlash

Nearly 600 drug addicts escape from rehabilitation center in northern Vietnam

578 addicts escape from rehab center in Vietnam

Montana city imposes moratorium on medical marijuana business licenses as police probe arsons

Montana city to halt new medical pot businesses

New White House drug control strategy to stress treatment, prevention programs