EBR Coroner Proposes Tougher Sentences for Heroin Dealers

EBR coroner proposes tougher sentences for heroin dealers
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Seeking to stem the recent surge of heroin overdoses in south Louisiana, the coroner of East Baton Rouge Parish is asking lawmakers to drastically increase prison sentences for people convicted of distributing the highly addictive drug. Dr. Beau Clark … Read more on The Advocate

Should Maryland add Lefty Driesell's name to Cole Field House?
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I know that Driesell was something of a polarizing figure on campus during portions of his Maryland career, and his departure a few months after the death of star player Len Bias from a cocaine overdose was not the way he or his fans wanted him to go out. Read more on Baltimore Sun

R. Douglas Wilkerson, [1944-2013]; Research administrator at UT taught …
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Mr. Wilkerson's research interests included cardiovascular pharmacology. He was among the few researchers in the mid-1980s to study the cardiovascular effects of cocaine use, Mr. Schlender said. After basketball star Len Bias, 22, died of an apparent … Read more on Toledo Blade