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Two Laramie Residents Arrested on Meth Charges

Trevor T. Trujillo — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:22:51 +0000

According to court paperwork Lisa Diane Bailey and Terry Lee Norris were arrested following an investigation by a task force of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation.

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Two Arrested With Psilosybin Mushrooms in Albany County

Trevor T. Trujillo — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:39:40 +0000

Two people have been arrested near the city of Laramie on charges of possession of psilocybin mushrooms.

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Three Men Arrested in Laramie Heroin Bust

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:02:57 +0000

Three men have been arrested in connection with a Laramie heroin bust.

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2 Utah Residents Accused in Wyo. Drug Ring

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:55:05 +0000

Two Utah residents are accused of being involved in a heroin and prescription drug ring in northern Wyoming.

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Laramie Heroin Overdose Leads to Investigation

Trevor T. Trujillo — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:48:28 +0000

A man in Laramie, who was said to have overdosed heroin, was found to be in possession of a felony amount of the drug.

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Laramie P.D. Releases Information On K-Mart Robbery [Photos]

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:32:54 +0000

The Laramie Police Department has released information regarding an armed robbery that occurred at the K-Mart Pharmacy in Laramie.

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Wyo. Highway Patrol K-9 Scores a Hit

Trevor T. Trujillo — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:20:42 +0000

A Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9 assisted in the seizure of just under three pounds of marijuana Sunday.

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Justin Glidden Sentenced To Prison In Drug Stabbing Case

Kevin Koile — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:10:22 +0000

A man is going to prison for his role in a drug deal that went bad.

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FDA Bill Moves Quickly Through The Senate

Brian Scott — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:06:03 +0000

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill today that will help ensure that Americans have access to crucial medicines and medical devices. The bill is also a model for how legislation is supposed to be done according to U

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2 Arrested After Drugs Found During Traffic Stop

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:40:24 +0000

MOORCROFT, Wyo. (AP) — A traffic stop in northeast Wyoming has resulted in two arrests.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol says the case involved a U-Haul truck that was stopped for unsafe driving Sunday night on Interstate 90 west of Moorcroft

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Drug Testing Bill Moves Forward

Associated Press — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:30:23 +0000

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A bill to require drug testing for some state welfare recipients has received preliminary approval in the Wyoming House of Representatives.

The House endorsed a bill sponsored by Rep

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Smarter Kids May Be Experimenting More with Drugs — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:00:45 +0000

A new study of 8,000 kids published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health finds those who had high IQs were more likely to use certain illicit drugs as they aged. Smarter girls in particular may tend to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, and other illicit drugs later on.

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Fatty and Sugary Foods May Be as Addictive as Cocaine and Cigarettes

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:32:44 +0000

There is a growing body of evidence suggesting fatty and sugary foods rewire the brain in the same way drugs like cocaine and nicotine do, leading to addiction.

In recent studies, lab animals who have been fed a diet of sugary and fatty snacks show the classic signs of addiction, and brain scans of obese humans show the same disturbances in their reward circuits as the brains that are found in drug addicts.

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Half of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:34:52 +0000

According to a new Gallup poll, 50 percent of American adults favor legalizing marijuana, the highest percentage in Gallup’s 42-year history of asking that question. Forty-six percent of Americans believe marijuana should remain illegal.

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Couple Busted in Colorado With $10 Million Worth of Cocaine

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:51:39 +0000

Today’s lesson in drug smuggling: obey the traffic laws, make sure your license is valid, and get your story straight.

So learned Mark Bailey and Lisa Calderon, a California couple arrested in Pueblo, Colorado on Sunday after it was discovered they had some $10 million worth of cocaine in the trunk of their rented car.

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Missing Amazon Tribe Likely Overrun by Drug Smugglers

Shauna Wright — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:30:01 +0000

Several months ago, aerial photos taken of a previously-unknown tribe in the Amazon rainforest captured imaginations and got a lot of people talking.

The tribe has since vanished, and now Brazilian authorities are worried cocaine smugglers are responsible for its disappearance.

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