New Jersey store owners who have been peddling a designer hallucinogenic drug labeled as bath salts and plant food have 10 days to voluntarily surrender them or face criminal consequences, according to New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow. On Thursday, Ms. Dow set a May 18 deadline for storeowners who have been selling the drugs…

Abuse of painkillers, other prescription drugs on the rise, police say. Prescription drugs have become the drug of choice to abuse in Harford County, over both cocaine and heroin, police and others who work in the drug abuse field say. The abuse is at epidemic levels in Harford County and police say the illegal sale…

Seven students from Park Middle School have been caught possessing and buying marijuana from an adult who lives within 1,000 feet of their Kennewick school, police reported Thursday. A police investigation began just before 10 a.m. Wednesday at the school after students were caught with marijuana, said Kennewick officer Tony Valdez. A joint investigation with…

If you get behind the wheel with traces of illegal drugs in your body, you potentially could face a prison sentence. The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday handed down the opinion in People v. Martin, reinstating Aaron Martin’s original conviction of aggravated driving under the influence and a six-year prison sentence. Peoria County Circuit Court…

Maine, the New England state better known for its striking coastline and wilderness, has the country’s highest rate of residents in treatment to kick OxyContin, the brand name for oxycodone, and has suffered one of the nation’s biggest spikes in pharmacy robberies. The highly addictive opiate has been blamed for a rash of drug store…

New research shows increasing numbers of seniors and the elderly are far from sober. It’s called a ‘silent addiction.’ By the year 2020, The National Institute on Drug Abuse says the number of seniors with alcohol or other drug problems to leap 150 percent. And the issue goes unnoticed. “We become more isolated to those…

The number of Hawaii workers and job applicants testing positive for marijuana soared 25 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, according to a report released yesterday by Diagnostic Laboratory Services Inc. Three percent of workers tested in the first three months of 2011 had used pot, up from…

South Carolina state Sen. Harvey Peeler was at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in January when the human resources director of one of the area’s major employers, textile manufacturer Hamrick Mills, told him the company was having trouble hiring some people from the unemployment rolls. “They said they had potential employees that would come and…

Flagstaff police say drug sales at a fraternity house near the Northern Arizona University campus led to three firearms-related assaults, including a drive-by shooting. Investigators learned the recent activity involving aggravated assault and threats with the weapon at this location, reportedly stems from members of this residence being involved with the sales of illegal drugs.…