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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves his home on Friday, May 17, 2013, after published reports said a video appears to show Ford smoking crack cocaine. A report published Thursday night said the video is being shopped around by a group of men allegedly involved in the drug trade. The Toronto Star said, however, it had no way to verify the video. Ford called the allegations ridiculous. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

Drug dealer makes video purportedly showing mayor smoking crack

Rob Gillies The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 17, 2013 - 3:21pm

TORONTO -- A video purportedly of Toronto's mayor smoking crack has caused an uproar in Canada.

The video has not been released publicly and there is no way to verify whether it is authentic. Reports by gossip website Gawker and The Toronto Star said it was taken by a man who claimed he had sold crack to Mayor Rob Ford.

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Weber State Venture Course graduate Tina Gomez speaks at Tuesday’s graduation ceremony about how the humanities course has helped her turn her life around after a series of bad choices she made, beginning in her teenage years. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Graduates credit WSU course with helping them overcome adversities

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 6:24am

OGDEN — Twelve months ago, Susan Mosteller found herself desperate and considering a drastic life change.

The Kaysville resident said after 13 years of domestic abuse, she was questioning her value and her potential. Despite being jobless, she was considering leaving her marriage.

“I was asking myself, ‘Really, Susan? This is all you want? This is all you get?’” said Mosteller, now 36 and a speaker Tuesday at Weber State’s Venture Course graduation ceremony. “So I packed up and left, and through a strange series of events, I ended up in this program. And Venture gave me back my life.”

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Forgery arrests highlight Utah's growing problem of painkiller abuse

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 8, 2013 - 5:51am

FARMINGTON — The illegal use of prescription drugs is at epidemic levels, not just in Davis County, but in Utah and across the country, officials said.

In one week’s time, the Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force arrested and charged two women with forging prescriptions. Both women were using their medical knowledge to get painkillers illegally, officers said.

Even though Utah ranks low nationally on the number of people who abuse prescription drugs, each month an average of 23 Utahns has died as a result of an overdose of prescription opioids, according to the state’s Department of Health. That is more than the number of Utahns killed in car crashes.

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Top of Utah hospitals are seeing more people coming into their emergency rooms in the hopes of receiving painkillers. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

ERs no quick fix for pain, say Top of Utah hospital officials

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 25, 2013 - 7:18am

It’s something emergency room physicians deal with every day — people complain of agonizing pain.

While many of them are in true distress, others see the ER as ground zero for a quick fix.

Over the past year, emergency room physicians have written fewer prescriptions for narcotic painkillers. However, the number of people seeking them is on the rise.

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Ogden lawmaker backs bill to give hope to drug abusers

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 4, 2013 - 11:36am

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill described as providing “light at the end of the tunnel” for people charged with drug possession or use has cleared the Utah House.

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Binge-eating teens more likely to use drugs

Nicole Ostrow Bloomberg News

Last updated Monday, December 10, 2012 - 4:07pm

NEW YORK - Binge-eating adolescents are more likely to use marijuana and other drugs and become depressed, according to a study that suggests doctors be aware of their teen patients eating habits to help avert these issues.

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Ogden drug dealer's plea for leniency after father's death doesn't sway judge

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 19, 2012 - 8:09pm

OGDEN — In a bid for leniency — and in one of those moments of drama that can pop up unannounced in a courtroom, the defense argued some drug abuse is guilt-induced.

Attorney Ed Flint argued his client’s personal demons included a fight with her father over her drug use. She told him she wished he were dead.

“He died that night of a heart attack,” he told 2nd District Judge W. Brent West during the judge’s regular criminal calendar day this week, when 50 or more criminal cases are up for hearings.

The plea for leniency came up during sentencing for Kimber McCloy, 35, on charges of possession and drug dealing.

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Sunset police, along with Davis County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration, hosted medication drop-off disposal at Smith’s, 2353 N. Main St., Sunset, on Saturday. Sunset police collected 528 pounds of unused medications during National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Sunset was one of five locations in Davis County, and overall, the county collected 990 pounds. The nationwide event is held to help residents safetly dispose of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. (Courtesy Sunset Police Department)

Sunset tops Davis cities in safe medication drop-offs Saturday

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 7:30pm

SUNSET — Sunset may be the smallest city geographically in Davis County, but in four hours Saturday, it collected more prescription drugs than the other four drop-off points in the county.

“We collected 528 pounds,” said Sunset Police Lt. Bruce Arbogast. “This was by far the most we’ve collected, ever.”

The Sunset Police Department, along with other agencies across the state, participated in the fifth National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday.

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Ryan Leaf to be sentenced for drugs, burglary

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 2:24pm

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf is scheduled to be sentenced in Montana on Tuesday after having pleaded guilty last month to breaking into a house and illegally possessing painkillers.

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Leaf's life of lies a tragic part of fallen football hero

Danny O'Neil Seattle Times

Last updated Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 7:27pm

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- In the end, Ryan Leaf wasn't recognized as the quarterback who led Washington State to its first Rose Bowl in 67 years.

He wasn't identified by his NFL infamy, either.

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Eric Millerberg appears before the Second District Court in Ogden Monday, April 9, 2012.(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Dea Millerberg: Eric injected Alexis with meth

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 10:00am

OGDEN — Dea Millerberg took the stand this morning to describe Eric Millerberg twice injecting Alexis Rasmussen with methamphetamine on Sept. 11, 2011, and watching the young girl die.

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Steve Kelley: Leaf's story takes a dangerous turn

Steve Kelley Seattle Times

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 3:18pm

SEATTLE -- When we talked almost two years ago, Ryan Leaf had been sober for 18 months and he seemed as relaxed and happy and prepared for the rest of his life as a man who had fought so many demons could be.

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Brandon Scott, 19, of Auburn, leads a workshop at the Auburn Library regarding drugs and how they affect teens, March 22, 2012, in Auburn, California. Brandon transitioned from RX to heroin but has since gone through the Full Circle Treatment Center program and has been clean for about two years. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee/MCT)

More suburban teens turning from pills to heroin

Ed Fletcher The Sacramento Bee

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 9:34am

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Heroin, a drug most often associated with the gritty back alleys of big cities, is making a surprising surge in suburban, affluent places.

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Drowning, drugs killed Whitney Houston

Anthony McCartney The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 7:08am

LOS ANGELES — Drugs took many things from Whitney Houston — her pristine voice, clean image and her career — and coroner’s officials revealed Thursday that cocaine also played a role in the Grammy winner’s death in the bathtub of a luxury hotel nearly six weeks ago.

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Drug screening bill clears hurdle in Senate

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 7:24pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to require drug screening for people receiving public assistance has cleared another key hurdle as it makes its way through the Legislature.

House Bill 155, sponsored by Rep. Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, was approved on the first reading Wednesday by the Senate and has been moved to the body’s third reading calendar for final review.