Motorist Stops for Breath, Blood Samples Spur Anger, Apology
Motorist Stops for Breath, Blood Samples Spur Anger, Apology
Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse
The Fort Worth, Texas, police chief has apologized for an operation that pulled drivers to the side of the road and asked them for breath, blood, and saliva samples for a federal research project on driving while impaired. But the $ 7.9 million project …
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Drug enforcement administration releases new summary
Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse
K-E-T-K spoke with Dan Salter from the Dallas DEA. who says, "There's more treatment in emergency rooms for people that have overdosed problems on prescription drug abuse than there are people who are treating or treated for car wrecks". Painkillers …
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Can Congressman Trey Radel Survive A Drug Bust?
Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse
Radel isn't the only politician who's been waylaid by substance abuse — indeed, the circumstances of his situation appear to pale next to the drama unfolding in Toronto, where the City Council voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of his power Monday after he …
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Amber Alert for missing Texas City girl canceled
Filed under: Texas Drug Abuse
Police say she was taken by her mother, Brittany Rivas, 29, yesterday morning. Investigators say Brittany Rivas is suicidal, has a history of violence and drug abuse and may be carrying a weapon, which led to the alert. Police say Alexxa was found and …
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