Valium (drug)

OSCEOLA, Mo. -- A family doctor from Lowry City is accused of writing prescriptions for more than two years without having a valid state permit to do so.  The St. Clair County prosecuting attorney filed 16 felony charges against Dr. John Ure on Monday...

The director of sports medicine for the Jacksonville Sharks professional arena football team has been arrested on trafficking in controlled substances and other drug charges. A pharmacy alerted the team's physician in early March about the amount and...

On Dec. 12, 1981, martial law was declared in Poland, and Barbara Rusek was dragged from her home wearing only a nightgown for her involvement in the Solidarity Movement. She was beaten, forced to wait in freezing temperatures and held in prison for six...

When he died, Michael Jackson had a cocktail of anti-depressant and mood drugs in his system as well as a level of the anesthetic propofol typical of a patient undergoing major surgery. The revelation came during testimony Monday in the lawsuit Jackson'...

Michael Jackson had a long list of prescription drugs in his system when he died in the days before his anticipated comeback tour, a toxicologist with the Los Angeles County coroner's office testified Monday. Dan Anderson, the first witness called in...

Dear Pharmacist: I can't sleep well and have taken Ambien for years. What else do you recommend? — F.T., Bradenton Dear F.T.: If you can't sleep on Ambien, I'd try something different. Another novel sleep drug is coming to the market called...

It's not uncommon for laid-off employees to nab a few office supplies on their way out the door. After a man from Evergreen Park was fired from his gig at a South Side hospital last week, he allegedly returned Tuesday to pocket seven hypodermic needles,...

Pale and emaciated, Michael Jackson lay on his bed in his $100,000-a-month Holmby Hills mansion looking like an end-stage cancer patient who had come home to die. The scene inside the house where Jackson lived as he prepared for a comeback tour was...

A Boonville teen was sentenced to jail time Friday in Lewis County Court for damaging a Lyons Falls car wash. Jason T. Lynch, 17, of 8149 Boonville Road, was sentenced to one year in county jail, $1,540 restitution and $375 in court fees on a charge...

The family of a man who diedwhilein custody at the Santa Fe County jail is suing the county, claiming that jail staff failed to give the seriously ill man proper medical care. Bobby Baros Jr., 37, was booked into the jail on April 22, 2011 and was found...

The family of a man who died while in custody at the Santa Fe County jail is suing the county, claiming that jail staff failed to give the seriously ill man proper medical care. Bobby Baros Jr., 37, was booked into the jail on April 22, 2011 and was...

Fad drugs change quickly, and some oldies take on new twists. Area youth workers learned Tuesday at a workshop in Brazil about which new drugs are available to kids during an Indiana Youth Institute forum that explored drug impact on children, and the...