Category: drug

Coroner: Aaron Carter Drowned in Tub From Drug, Inhalant

LOS ANGELES—Singer and rapper Aaron Carter accidentally drowned in his bathtub as a result of sedatives he’d taken and gas used in spray cleaners he had inhaled, a coroner’s report said Tuesday. Carter, the younger brother of the Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, was found submerged and dead at age 34 in the bathtub of his…


Deep Dive: The Brutal War Between Mexico’s Drug Cartels

The war between Mexico’s drug cartels has reached new heights as older major cartels have fragmented, increasing competition between the splinter groups and leading to more grisly acts of violence, even against Americans. The most recent example of the brutality by Mexican drug cartels against U.S. citizens is that of the four kidnapped Americans in…


FDA Advisers to Weigh Full Approval for Eisai-Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold a meeting of its outside experts in June to discuss full approval of the Alzheimer’s drug developed by Eisai Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc., according to a federal filing on Monday. The drug, Leqembi was granted accelerated approval by the FDA in January for patients in…


Chasing Horse Sex Abuse Charges Upheld, Drug Crime Dropped

LAS VEGAS—A Nevada judge has thrown out a drug trafficking charge against a former “Dances With Wolves” actor but upheld a Las Vegas grand jury’s sweeping indictment on 18 sexual abuse-related felony crimes. In an order issued late Friday afternoon, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny said state prosecutors presented enough evidence for “a…


Communist China’s Genocide Against America

Commentary Is communist China committing genocide against the United States? Mounting accusations and some evidence point to Beijing not only killing Americans with illicit fentanyl, but doing so intentionally. Intentionality is a key ingredient to the legal definition of genocide. The motive for the use of fentanyl, which 18 state attorneys general last year called…


FDA Announces Recall of Drug of Possible Contamination That Can Cause ‘Life Threatening Infections’

Camber Pharmaceuticals said it recalled some of its pneumonia medicine after it discovered the drug may be  contaminated with the Bacillus cereus bacteria, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement. The voluntary recall impacts one lot of Atovaquone Oral Suspension, USP in either 750-milligram or 5-milliliter doses to the consumer level due to possible…


Pfizer Recalls Millions of Doses of Common Migraine Drug

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer recalled millions of prescription migraine drugs that don’t meet packaging requirements, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Some 4.2 million Nurtec ODT (rimegepant) orally disintegrating 75 milligram tablets that were in blister packs lack the child-resistant packaging that is required under federal law. The recall notice said that the packing issue could…


VHA to Cover Eisai, Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug for Eligible Veterans

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) will provide coverage for Japanese company Eisai Co., Ltd and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi to eligible veterans living with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, the companies announced on March 13. In order to be eligible for the drug, veterans will need to meet certain VHA criteria (pdf), such as having undergone an MRI scan within…


Mexican President Threatens Republicans Calling for US Military to Target Drug Cartels

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has threatened to start a public “information campaign” in the United States against Republican lawmakers after several have called on the U.S. military to target drug cartels south of the border. “I would just like to tell them either they change their treatment of Mexico or from today we…


Man Who Killed 4 During Houston Drug Robbery Faces Execution

HOUSTON—A Texas inmate faces execution on Thursday for the drug-related killings of four people more than 30 years ago. Arthur Brown Jr. was condemned for the June 1992 deaths in a Houston home during a drug robbery. Authorities said Brown was part of a ring that shuttled drugs from Texas to Alabama and had bought…