By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press State and local governments have been leading the legal fight against the opioid industry, seeking payouts to help them deal with the fallout from the nat... Read more
From The Trussville Tribune staff reports BIRMINGHAM — A Birmingham man was sentenced to 121 months in prison for being in possession of nearly half a kilogram of fentanyl, according to Unit... Read more
By CLAIRE GALOFARO and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The photo that flashed onto the courtroom screen showed a young man dead on his bedroom floor, bare feet poki... Read more
MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation... Read more
BIRMINGHAM – On Wednesday a federal grand jury indicted a Springville couple and a Moody physician on charges that they operated a pill mill, out of St. Clair County, for four years. The in... Read more
From the Department of Justice WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be man... Read more