Surprising push for supervised drug injection sites grows in US
AP reports US lawmakers in New York, Maryland and California, plus Seattle and Ithaca officials, weigh supervised injection rooms where doctors can give overdose antidotes. Critics fear legality gaps and warn against normalizing heroin use, while supporters point to treatment links and harm reduction.
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Nonpartisan W Va. court race draws big outside spending
In the first nonpartisan West Virginia Supreme Court election five candidates face heavy outside ads. The Republican State Leadership Committee has spent about 2 million of its roughly 3 million in outside spending, tying candidates to Obama and Democratic figures. Other groups counter with 496,400 to connect Beth Walker to Don Blankenship. Justice Brent Benjamin, up for re election, faces well funded campaigns and public financing.
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Clay County
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Judge Allows Sealed Records In WV Pill Shipment Suit
A Boone County judge ruled that information about prescription pill shipments to West Virginia can stay secret if the distributors settle the lawsuit within two weeks. The decision follows a request from the Charleston Gazette Mail to unseal records, and sets a 14 day window to appeal and a further two week settlement deadline. The suit, brought by state agencies and the attorney general, alleges distributors fueled a prescription painkiller problem. several firms are named, including AmerisourceBergen and Quest Pharmaceuticals, with a prior $2.5 million settlement by Miami-based Miami-Luken.
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Spaghetti Dinner by Princeton Lions Club May 14
The Princeton Lions Club hosts a spaghetti dinner at First United Methodist Church Princeton on Saturday May 14 from 4 to 7 pm. Adults pay $8 and children under 12 pay $4. Proceeds support sight preservation for those in need.
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