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During a roundtable discussion on opioids Thursday, Lehigh Valley medical experts told Sen. Pat Toomey that greater emphasis needs to be placed on battling addiction in general rather than blocking access to a specific drug.

North Somerset Courthouse. - Credit: Mark Atherton A man has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to 15 charges relating to the supply and distribution of illegal tobacco products.   Choli Hassan Ali, aged 45 of Diamond Batch in Worle, was sentenced to 10-weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work in the community and to pay £2,700 prosecution costs with a £115 victim surcharge. The hearing at North Somerset Courthouse, in St Georges, on February 19 was told that in February 2019 nearly 25,000 cigarettes and 23kg of...

Allentown officials are largely in agreement: Recruiting social workers to help city police respond to 911 calls involving mental health crises, substance abuse and homelessness issues is, conceptually, a wise move. But some are reluctant to bring in a consultant to offer some pointers until they ensure Lehigh County officials and one of the regional health networks are on board — and prepared to provide funding. Others fear mental health professionals will expropriate, rather than supplement, police resources.

Published December 22, 2020, 5:48 PM CAMP OSCAR FLORENDO, La Union – Three high value targets were arrested by police in separate drug bust operations in Pangasinan and Ilocos Sur on Tuesday (Dec. 22, 2020).  In Pangasinan, two high value individuals (HVIs) were arrested while some Php. 340,000.00 worth of illegal drugs were seized in a drug buy-bust operation.  The operations were conducted in Barangay San Miguel, Calasiao, Pangasinan by members of PDEA RO1 – Pangasinan Provincial Office, Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 1 (RPDEU1), Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU), and Cal...