INDIANAPOLIS — Eighty percent of Indiana employers have been impacted by prescription drug misuse and abuse, including opioid painkillers, in their workplaces, according to a survey released today by the National Safety Council and the Indiana Attorney General’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force. The survey, the first of its kind in the nation, found nearly …read more.

Kosciusko The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Kosciusko County Jail. Nov. 5 Tiffany Marie McNees, 30, 340 E. Levi Lee Road, Warsaw, arrested for visiting a common nuisance. Bond: $350 cash. Nov. 4 Jason Ryan Coleman, 35, 503 W. Center St., Warsaw, arrested for possession of salvia/synthetic cannabinoid, resisting law enforcement and …read more.

The War on Drugs rages on. New “designer drugs” – synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones – are the latest drug craze to hit the U.S., and law enforcement have a new set of problems to deal with. Typical packaging of synthetic marijuana. (Photo courtesy of AAPCC) Synthetic pot, often referred to as “Spice,” “K2,” or …read more.