Heroin GP was 'slumped over desk'
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A County Antrim GP is convicted of illegal possession of heroin, otherwise known as diamorphine, a court hears.
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An accidental overdose is blamed for the death of a rapper whose lyrics mention an illegal drink with codeine as an ingredient.
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Â· Death not natural causes, pathologist tells inquest   Â· Nobody charged despite police murder inquiry
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - An El Paso County deputy coroner is accused of stealing and selling prescription drugs collected from the homes of dead people.  Leon Carl Moynier, 32, was arrested last week on suspicion of distributing prescription drugs.
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Rapper Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, who died in a recording studio last month at the age of 35, had taken cocaine and a prescription pain relief drug before his collapse, the Medical Examiner&#39;s office said on Wednesday.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A pain management doctor charged with drug trafficking acknowledged Monday he prescribed unusually high doses of opiates for some patients, but maintained it was always for a medical reason.
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The NHS is failing to offer sufficient out-of-hours GP care for severely ill patients, experts say.
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An Australian court ruled Wednesday that a convicted heroin dealer can claim a 220,000 Australian dollar (US$165 million; euro 129 million) tax deduction for money that was stolen during a drug deal.
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Seven doctors from a drug addiction clinic failed in their duty to their patients, a disciplinary hearing was told.
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A Food and Drug Administration official who sought to estimate the harm done to patients by side effects of the painkiller Vioxx said yesterday that his supervisors tried to suppress his conclusions, according to Sen.
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A tip to law enforcement last year that a Miami Beach doctor&#39;s checking account was unusually bloated led to the arrest of the state&#39;s largest prescriber of the painkiller OxyContin
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Dr. Sidney M. Wolfe, the drug safety gadfly, is on something of a roll.
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HUNDREDS of thousands of patients taking commonly prescribed painkillers should have their treatment reviewed by a doctor after growing concerns about possible health risks, a government watchdog said yesterday.
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A 92-year-old man died of a heart attack after a junior doctor gave him a drugs overdose, an inquest hears.
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Mother unlawfully killed when drug was mistakenly fed into her arm via intravenous drip, inquest finds
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Olâ Dirty Bastardâs autopsy report has revealed that his death was an accident and that he died as a result of taking cocaine and Tramadol, a prescription painkiller.
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A man who fell ill during a drugs trial criticises adverts calling for more volunteers.