Gun buy-back program canceled thanks to new universal background check laws

Published July 26, 2013

Gun buy-back program canceled thanks to new universal background check laws

Filed under: Baltimore Drug Abuse

Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said the problem is that the new law requires background checks be performed by licensed firearms dealers for each transaction. There's no way to bring the InstaCheck equipment to the site to do the background checks.
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One man dies, another hospitalized after suspected heroin overdoses in …

Filed under: Baltimore Drug Abuse

Maryland overall has seen a 15-percent rise in heroin overdoses between 2011 and 2012, according to a new Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene report cited by The Baltimore Sun. A group of Harford residents urged the county to take more …
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Boston's Lost Son

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After Lewis' death, allegations of drug abuse surfaced immediately. Doctors found dead tissue in Lewis' heart, generally found in … Growing up in east Baltimore, Lewis was far from a basketball prodigy. Jordan was famously cut from his high school …
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