“Other than marijuana, heroin is the number one abused and sold controlled substance in Lancaster County,” said John Burkhart, a detective with the local Drug Task Force, “and has been for over three decades or more.”
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Scooters are popular among a new class of India’s female travelers
Young, well-heeled and independent-minded women, who are also conscious of the perils of using public transport, are helping to propel a boom in sales of scooters.
Pope Francis faces church divided over doctrine, global poll of Catholics finds
30 percent of Catholics in the European countries and 36 percent in the United States agree with the church ban on female priests, compared with 80 percent in Africa and 76 percent in the Philippines, the country with the largest Catholic population in Asia.
Democrats splinter over governor race endorsement
Party committee members were splintered among five candidates Saturday during two rounds of voting at their winter meeting. State Treasurer Rob McCord received the most votes in both rounds, but fell short of the two-thirds majority necessary to win an endorsement.
DC City Council Approves Marijuana Decriminalization
The District of Columbia city council moved another step closer to decriminalizing marijuana possession in the nation’s capital Tuesday, approving a bill to do just that on an 11-1 vote. But it only acted after approving last-minute amendments that would make public pot-smoking a criminal offense and give police the right to conduct vehicle searches if they smell marijuana.
‘Aid in Dying’ Movement Takes Hold in Some States
Public support for assisted dying has grown in the past half-century but depends in part on terminology. In a Gallup Poll conducted in May, for example, 70 percent of respondents agreed that when patients and their families wanted it, doctors should be allowed to “end the patient’s life by some painless means.” In 1948, that share was 37 percent, and it rose steadily for four decades but has remained roughly stable since the mid-1990s…
Why can’t American media simply acknowledge the splendid Russian Olympic presentation?
Sometimes we should lighten up and acknowledge that an adversary has done something worthwhile.
Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases
NEW YORK TIMES: Her first thought after she heard the news, after she screamed and made her mother and boyfriend leave the room, was that she would never have children. Amanda Baxley’s doctor had just told her, over a speakerphone in her psychiatrist’s office, that she had the gene for Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease, or GSS, which would inevitably lead to her slow and terrible death…
LETTER: Is NewsLanc disingenuous over future debt?
Isn’t Newslanc more than a little disingenuous? Hasn’t Newslanc argued strenuously for greater debt knowing that future generations would have to pay for it?
Pennsylvania dealing with rash of heroin overdoses
According to a report by the Pennsylvania State Coroners Association last year, heroin-related fatalities rose steadily from 332 in 2009 to 827 in 2012 in 40 counties that were surveyed. A partial report from 2013 counted 524 fatalities through the summer. Over that time period, a total of 2,676 people statewide died overdosing on heroin or a combination of heroin and other drugs.
LANCASTER NEW ERA
“Corbett’s argument for selling off the stores would be more compelling, had the liquor store business been unprofitable. But as it is, the stores generate $500 million a year for state coffers…
Rep. Allyson Schwartz seen as liberal but ranks as a moderate
Muhlenberg College political pollster Chris Borick said despite Schwartz’s centrist voting record, it will be difficult for her to overcome the liberal name-calling from Republicans. And that may worry party Democrats intent on seizing the governor’s mansion from Gov. Tom Corbett, whose poll numbers are abysmal…
Corbett budget revenue problem
The governor’s plan relies too heavily on putting off the state’s bills. He would postpone full pension payments, repeating a mistake that helped the state accumulate unfunded liabilities. He would delay payments to Medicaid providers, straining the health-care industry.
Strings in Corbett’s education grant plan draw ire
The Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials echoed the other groups in pushing for Corbett to distribute the new money to schools through the general schools appropriation that helps underwrite the cost of instruction and operations.