Maryland’s health secretary is calling for emergency regulations to add synthetic drugs known as “bath salts” to the state’s controlled dangerous substances list. Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on Thursday declared the drugs ...

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A federal grand jury has indicted a Baltimore police officer and four others on drug and gun charges. The indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that Officer Daniel Redd of Baltimore is one of five people who conspired to distribute heroin. Court ...

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COLUMBIA — Two dozen people were arrested over the weekend at a pair of Phish concerts at Merriweather Post Pavilion. Howard County police say they seized marijuana, hashish, ecstasy, nitrous oxide and methamphetamine. Officers also seized more than $2,000 in ...

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WASHINGTON — Some prisoners already serving time should benefit from a new law that lowers sentences for crack cocaine offenses, but only if their crimes did not involve weapons and they do not have lengthy arrest records, U.S. Attorney General ...

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WASHINGTON — During a lively debate about doctors’ privacy rights, the justices of the Supreme Court seemed doubtful about the constitutionality of a Vermont law that gives doctors the ability to block data collection agencies from accessing their prescription drug ...

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The attorney for actress Felicia “Snoop” Pearson says she is going through tough times, but has not turned to a life of crime. The 30-year-old actress was convicted on a murder charge as a teenager before finding success in acting ...

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Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it would eliminate 1,900 employees to keep profits up, indicating that one of the pharmaceutical industry’s few success stories of recent years is not immune to cost pressures squeezing the sector. The maker of drugs and ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Former Talk show host Montel Williams is coming to Maryland to support legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. Delegate Dan Morhaim said Williams, who is a multiple sclerosis patient, is scheduled to attend a news conference in Annapolis ...

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Federal agents have found more than two pounds of cocaine and heroin in a locker aboard the cruise ship Enchantment of the Seas in Baltimore. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a drug-sniffing dog found two packages of heroin and ...

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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is launching a website explaining its regulations to companies as part of a broader effort to rebrand itself as a more transparent, accessible agency. The website, dubbed “FDA Basics for Industry,” features answers ...

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