Drugs

Chef Keith Corbin to Open New Restaurant in 2020

December 12, 2019

Watts native, Chef Corbin, is set to open a new restaurant while continuing to serve the community at Alta Adams. ... read more »

Black Teen Suicide Reaches Historic Highs

November 7, 2019

Researchers in the NYU study noted that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for teens from all demographics. ... read more »

Why can’t South L.A. be 100% employed?

October 24, 2019

A trusted advisor once told me, “Never reach over a dollar to pick up a dime.” It’s a metaphor I’ve lived by as a social entrepreneur and president and CEO of talent development accelerator LeadersUp for the last five years. It reminds me not to play small if I want to make transformative impact, which leads me to ask: Why can’t South L.A. be 100 percent employed? ... read more »

“Legal Drug Dealers’ Stronghold On Opioid Market Effects Young Gifted”

September 26, 2019

Success On “The Way”... Ask Dr. Jeanette Parker ... read more »

Speeding Cannabis Resentencing with Digital Technology

March 21, 2019

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas recommended leveraging technology to reach more people whose lives have been hampered by prior convictions for now-legal acts. ... read more »

FDA to more aggressively tackle disruptive drug shortages

July 19, 2018

Most shortages involve low-profit generic pills and injections ... read more »

City Attorney Sues South L.A. Church for Health and Safety Violations

June 15, 2017

The City Attorney's Office sued a South Los Angeles church Monday in an effort to halt alleged drug, gang and firearm activity at a home owned by the house of worship. ... read more »

LADA to Train Law Enforcement on Prosecuting DUI Cases Involving Marijuana, Other Drugs

March 2, 2017

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has created a new unit dedicated to training law enforcement personnel on how to investigate and prosecute driving under the influence cases involving marijuana and other drugs. ... read more »

California releases plan to use 1 drug in executions

November 12, 2015

California proposed on Friday November 6, to allow corrections officials to choose one of four types of barbiturates to execute prisoners on death row depending on what’s available, ... read more »

Lamar Odom Recovers from Overdose

October 22, 2015

After being in a hospital in Pahrump, Nevada for almost a week, the two-time NBA Champion and former Sixth Man of the Year Lamar Odom is scheduled to be transported to a Los Angeles hospital via medical helicopter, ... read more »

Drug inmates with long rap sheets among those freed early

October 15, 2015

In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, Kenneth Evans holds a composite of photographs of his son Tuan Evans, as he poses for a photograph at his home in Temple Hills, ... read more »

Bill Cosby Admits He Acquired Drugs So He Could Give to Women For Sex

July 9, 2015

Bill Cosby finally lets the truth be known that he acquired drugs for the purpose of giving them to women so that he could sleep with them. ... read more »

Jill Scott no longer supports Bill Cosby, ‘I was Wrong’