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Yellow Jackets drug mystery ties high school death to ephedra
Coroner details a晨 sequence from Sean Riggins death at Lincoln Community High to a regional health probe. Fricke and Diane Stephenson uncover use of ephedra caffeine capsules called Yellow Jackets among students after testing uncovers no water contamination. Health officials interview students. Kevin Riggins pushes for public warning as path leads to Senate testimony and a heart attack as the autopsy verdict.
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Fricke
Sean
Logan County Health Department
Lloyd Evans
Health Department
Diane “Stephenson
Diane
Lincoln Community High School
Chool
Diane Stephenson
Sean Riggins
Clinton Lake
Yellow Jackets
Springfield
Kevin Riggins
Riggins
Kevin
U.S
Dick Durbin
Durbin
Washington
Senate
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
U.S. Senate Subcommittee On Oversight of
Lincoln High School
Stephenson