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Deaths Linked To Poppy Seeds, FDA Under Fire Over Hidden Danger In Your Pantry Deaths Linked To Poppy Seeds, FDA Under Fire Over Hidden Danger In Your Pantry
Deaths Linked To Poppy Seeds, FDA Under Fire Over Hidden Danger In Your Pantry Poppy seeds — a staple on bagels and in pastries — are at the center of a stunning public health scare that has already cost lives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Tuesday, April 8. The FDA has extended the public comment period for its Request for Information about poppy seed contamination after reports of adverse events, including respiratory arrest and death, were linked to the presence of opiate alkaloids — toxic substances naturally found in the poppy plant but not supposed to contaminate seeds FDA RFI Extension. The danger is not theoretical: at least 19 death…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Three Suspected Holyoke Drug Dealers Busted: Police Three Suspected Holyoke Drug Dealers Busted: Police
Three Suspected Holyoke Drug Dealers Busted: Police After months of investigation between more than half a dozen agencies, Holyoke narcotics officers raided a suspected drug den and arrested three people.  Police raided the home at 392 Pleasant street just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, to make the arrests. Investigators found heroine, morphine, opium, and cocaine in the home, Holyoke police said.  Officers with the Hampden County Narcotics Task Force, CINRET, Safe Task Force, MSP Stop Team, HPD Narcotics Vice Unit, FBI Gang Task Force, and the DEA took part in the raid, authorities said.  Those arrested and their cha…

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by Josh Lanier
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Morphine-Siphoning Nurse Gets Jail For Stealing Drug From Northborough Dementia Patients: Feds Morphine-Siphoning Nurse Gets Jail For Stealing Drug From Northborough Dementia Patients: Feds
Morphine-Siphoning Nurse Gets Jail For Stealing Drug From Northborough Dementia Patients: Feds A judge sentenced a 43-year-old Northborough nurse who admitted to siphoning morphine from a dementia patient who she cared for at a nursing home will spend more than four years in prison, federal authorities said.  Gwen Rider pleaded guilty last year to one count of tampering with a consumer product and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and deception, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. A judge this week sentenced her to 52 months in prison and three years of parole.  Rider worked at a Worcester County nursing home and was placed in charge of caring …

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by Josh Lanier
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Connecticut Nurse Sentenced For Tampering With Liquid Morphine Connecticut Nurse Sentenced For Tampering With Liquid Morphine
Connecticut Nurse Sentenced For Tampering With Liquid Morphine A Connecticut nurse was sentenced in federal court in Western Massachusetts for tampering with liquid morphine prescribed to a patient. Tolland County resident Danielle Works, 42, of Stafford Springs, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and three years of supervised release on Wednesday, Aug. 18, said US Attorney Nathaniel Mendell for the District of Massachusetts. On Tuesday, March 30, Works pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product. “Ms. Works took morphine away from a hospice patient who instead received diluted morphine in her final hours of life – it is hard t…

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by Kathy Reakes