For the first time in a decade, the death rate in the United States has gone up. One of the major reasons for the rise has alarmed health experts and state lawmakers across the country: drug overdoses. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examined data from the National Center for Health Statistics …

As prescription drug abuse and prescription fraud rise to record highs in New Jersey, New York and seemingly everywhere else in the United States, federal officials are proposing that state governments mandate that doctors use a nationwide pill-tracking database before prescribing painkillers. This call to action comes on the heels of a report from the …

New Jersey authorities fear that thousands of drug convictions may be in jeopardy after an investigation found that an NJ State Police lab tech faked evidence in a drug offense case. Although evidentiary issues do sometimes arise in NJ drug cases, they usually involve questions about the chain of custody. The revelation that a laboratory …