Blog: Drug Crime

A major category of prescription painkillers will now come with a “black box warning” that alerts consumers to the possible adverse health consequences that come with use of the drugs. The warnings are being issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is taking drastic measures in response to a frightening rise in prescription […]

New Jersey government officials are still dealing with the aftermath of the revelation that Kamalkant Shah, a lab technician with NJ State Police, faked the results of evidence analysis in a marijuana case. At least a dozen people who were convicted of NJ drug crimes are now set to file lawsuits against the New Jersey State […]

It is possible that nearly 8,000 drug crime cases could be affected by news that a New Jersey State Police laboratory technician faked crucial evidence in a marijuana possession case. Kamalkant Shah was employed by NJ State Police as a lab tech. He primarily worked at a laboratory in Little Falls, New Jersey, but the cases for […]

Heroin use is at an all-time high and has reached epidemic-level proportions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data released by the federal agency indicates that the total number of heroin users in the U.S. has risen by nearly 300,000 during the past decade. Moreover, nearly three out of every 1,000 Americans […]