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Porn star Jesse Jane and boyfriend found dead in suspected drug overdoses: report

Porn star-turned-actress Jesse Jane was found dead along with her boyfriend from a suspected drug overdose, according to reports Thursday. The bodies of Jane, 43, and Brett Hasenmuller were discovered by police officers Wednesday at their home in Moore, Oklahoma, during a welfare check by Hasenmuller's supervisor. TMZ said. The newspaper said it was unclear […]

‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli’s lifetime drug industry ban upheld

Martin Shkreli, once known for raising the price of life-saving drugs by more than 4,000%, will not be able to return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld his lifetime ban. A three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the lower court judge acted appropriately […]

Police association blasts AG for indicting sergeant who killed drug dealer

An undercover New York City police sergeant has been indicted by the state attorney general's office on criminal charges in connection with the death of a drug suspect on a scooter in the Bronx in August, The Post reported. Sergeant Eric Duran is expected to surrender to authorities Tuesday in Bronx Justice Court. The Sergeants' […]

Sri Lanka drug crackdown leads to over 40,000 arrests, police say

Sri Lankan authorities have carried out a month-long drug crackdown that has resulted in tens of thousands of people being arrested. According to police, more than 40,000 people have been arrested and questioned so far, and 5,000 of them have been ordered detained by courts. Sri Lanka, known as a hub for drug trafficking, is […]

Sanders plans to subpoena Merck, J&J CEOs on drug pricing

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP), on Thursday issued subpoenas to the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck to testify. announced that it would take a vote. He declined a request to appear before a Senate committee after which he discussed drug pricing. The subpoena […]

Ex-Pfizer employee convicted of insider trading on COVID drug study

Federal prosecutors found a former Pfizer employee guilty of insider trading on Thursday for purchasing stock options in November 2021, shortly before the company announced clinical trial results for its coronavirus antiviral drug paxlobid. announced that it had been received. A federal jury in Manhattan convicted Amit Duggar, 44, of Hillsboro, New Jersey, on one […]

Virginia Democrats vote down bill that would serve harsher penalties to drug dealers

A Virginia Senate committee narrowly rejected a bill Wednesday that would expand the circumstances under which drug dealers can be charged with felony murder in connection with the death of a user. The bill, a priority of Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Republican lawmakers, was proposed as a crime deterrent that would save criminals' lives as […]