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Tainted drugs settlement fund grows to $210 million http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/03/06/tainted-drugs-settlement-fund-grows-million/9YyHqgiAq6jw09bl3pbkcK/story.html Payments to victims of compounding errors may go out this year By Kay LazarGlobe Staff  March 06, 2015 The fund to compensate patients killed and sickened by tainted drugs from New England Compounding Center grew this week to $210 million, more than double the original amount. […]

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Authorities target kratom as herbal supplement being abused as a drug http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/authorities-target-kratom-as-herbal-supplement-being-abused-as-a-drug/2220397 After the recent crackdown on prescription and synthetic drugs across the state, authorities are now focusing on controlling an herb currently legal in Florida and believed to elicit the same effects of some narcotics. Made from the leaves of trees that grow in […]

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Twin brothers may have smuggled more than 6 tons of cocaine into the US on the DEA’s watch  http://www.businessinsider.com/pedro-and-margarito-flores-deal-with-the-dea-2015-2#ixzz3TeDaQmdt From 1998 to 2008, twin brothers Pedro and Margarito Flores ran a nearly $2 billion drug ring that operated in Chicago and other major US cities. They were finally sent to prison in January of this year.  […]

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