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NC, 44 states settle with GlaxoSmithKline
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — North Carolina’s attorney general says GlaxoSmithKline is paying 45 states $105 million to settle allegations that the company unlawfully marketed drugs. Attorney General Roy...
View ArticleCharlotte doctors face drug charges
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) — Charlotte police have charged two eye doctors with drug trafficking after investigators said the doctors wrote fake hydrocodone prescriptions for some patients and stole the...
View ArticlePolice: Man breaks in, steals prescription drugs from King’s Pharmacy
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Police are searching for a suspect they say stole prescription drugs from inside a Wilmington pharmacy after breaking in through a window at the store Sunday night. Wilmington...
View ArticleDoctor’s receptionist charged in prescription drug bust
PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — A receptionist at a doctor’s office, along with several family members and friends, are facing charges in connection with a prescription drug ring. Investigators with the...
View ArticleAG Cooper visits school, talks to students about drug abuse
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — State officials say prescription drugs kill more people a year than illegal drugs, so Attorney General Roy Cooper says he’s trying to teach North Carolina youth how to change...
View ArticleCombined law enforcement effort leads to drug arrests
LELAND, NC (WWAY) — Leland Police say they arrested two people on several drug charges. Police said they charged Anthony Mallette and Lena Kinlaw for possession with intent to sell and deliver heroin,...
View ArticleWilmington CVS technician arrested on drug charges
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A Wilmington pharmacy technician is scheduled to appear in a New Hanover County courtroom Wednesday on drug charges after SBI agents arrested her Monday, according to a news...
View ArticleBrunswick County drug overdose rate almost double state average
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — According the State Center for Health statistics in 2014 Brunswick County nearly doubled the state average of prescription drug overdose deaths. The death rate of...
View ArticleNHRMC hosts medication disposal Saturday
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wondering what to do with expired prescriptions in your medicine cabinet? New Hanover Regional Medical Center is hosting a free medication disposal event Saturday. It’s from 9...
View ArticlePolice: Robbery suspect stole prescriptions from pharmacy
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Police are searching for a man who they say stole prescription drugs from an area pharmacy during an armed robbery early Tuesday. Dispatchers say an employee called to report...
View ArticleLawmakers anxious to hear From Shkreli, but he’s taking 5th
Pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli refused to testify Thursday in an appearance before U.S. lawmakers who excoriated him over severe hikes for a drug sold by a company that he acquired. Shkreli,...
View ArticleNHRMC to hold medication disposal event
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — New Hanover Regional Medical Center wants your old or expired medications. The hospital is hosting a free medication disposal event on Saturday, April 2. The event runs from 9...
View ArticleStudy: Insurers’ spending on costly meds soared from 2003-14
A new study finds that insurers’ spending on very expensive prescription drugs nearly quadrupled in the U.S. from 2003 through 2014, while the number of such prescriptions filled tripled over that...
View ArticleWHY IT MATTERS: Opioid epidemic
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — THE ISSUE: More Americans are dying from opioids than at any time in recent history, with overdose deaths hitting a peak of 28,000 in 2014. That amounts to 78 Americans dying from...
View ArticleMedication disposal event planned for Saturday, April 1
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — If you have any medications that need to be safely disposed of, New Hanover Regional Medical Center is holding a free event this Saturday. Organizers say it’s an effort to...
View ArticleWhiteville PD, DEA to host drug drop-off this weekend
WHITEVILLE, NC (WWAY) — Whiteville Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are joining forces to collect expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The collection is Saturday from...
View ArticleTrump squabbles with Democrats before speech on unity
By JULIE PACE, AP Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, President Donald Trump will call for unity and cross-party cooperation in...
View ArticleUS to set up plan allowing prescription drugs from Canada
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will set up a system to allow Americans to legally import lower-cost prescription drugs from...
View ArticleNHRMC holds autumn drive-through medicine disposal event
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, Oct. 23 and to mark the occasion, New Hanover Regional Medical Center is holding a drive-through medicine disposal event...
View ArticleDrop off unused or expired prescription medications at Operation Medicine...
SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — If you have any unused or expired medications, you can dispose of them safely at the Operation Medicine Cabinet event. The Operation Medicine Cabinet event provides the...
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