There are many different kinds of drug addiction. We probably hear most about alcohol opioid addictions these days but folks are also addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates. Many people in the 1950’s found themselves addicted to Tranquilizers due to their wide availability. Tranquilizers are addictive ... Read More
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Janis Joplin’s Struggle With Addiction
Janis Joplin and drugs have long been associated with each other. Learn about her epic rise to fame and tragic downfall due to substance abuse. She may have only had 27 years, but there's no doubt rock star Janis Joplin's legacy will live on forever. Unfortunately, Joplin lost her life to a heroin overdose in 1970 ... Read More
Mississippi Man Uses Life Experience in Drugs And Prison To Rehabilitate Leaving Convicts
Benny Ivey had a hard life growing up in Jackson, Mississippi, with parents who progressed from one hard drug to harder drugs. He lived in a household that focused on feeding those addictions. Ivey’s parents would direct him to commit crimes to pay for meth and other drugs, which he also began to take part in abusing. ... Read More
Mississippi Gives Drug Case to Feds Hoping For Longer Sentence
Mississippi drug enforcement are passing a case to federal officials in the hopes that they’ll offer a steeper sentence than what their state’s penal codes can offer. Kelvin Roy Thompson, 53, of Jackson, is being prosecuted for crimes related to selling drugs, but Federal laws have extra provisions that allow for ... Read More
New Zealand Woman Pleads Guilty To Being Driver of Drug Sellers
Even abroad, methamphetamine addiction and the people who supply it are still a menace to society. In New Zealand, the Wellington High Court heard a guilty plea from Jonelle Rachel Phillips, 35, for the role she played in transporting meth from Auckland to a million-dollar Wellington drug ring. Her guilty plea was ... Read More
Four of Five Accused Drug Sellers Plead “Not Guilty” in Hancock County
Court proceedings are underway for five people accused in an attempt to sell a large amount of drugs out of state. Johnny Honorato, 23, Salomon Lopez, 28, Isidoro Martinez, 19, Stacy McDonald, 29, and Manuel Rivera Sanchez, 36, all residents of Apopka, Florida, are accused of trying to sell more than $100,000 worth of ... Read More
Meth Seller Caught and Sentenced In Lincoln, NE
It’s official, the justice system still works. William E Howell Jr., 36, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to sell about three pounds of methamphetamine in the Lincoln, Nebraska area, and was sentenced July 6. Howell will serve 10 years and one month in federal prison for his crime. U.S. Attorney Joe Kelley ... Read More
Dark Web Black Market Men Arrested, Two Lived In Same Ohio Town
Federal prosecutors made a big catch in the latter half of June, arresting over 35 people in connection with illegal sales of drugs, guns, and other things on the Dark Web. The Dark Web is a colloquialism for a number of ways to use the internet in a secure way that attempts to prevent access by outside sources. It is ... Read More