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Impaired Man Sparked New Jersey Hotel Fire With Cigarette

A man who authorities say was “impaired” by opiates in his system fell asleep face down in a New Jersey motel couch while smoking in March, touching off a fire that killed four people. The Ocean County Prosecutors Office on …

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Cracks Down on Pain Pills

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said it has stepped up monitoring of the millions of doses of pain pills prescribed to injured workers every year as the agency tries to control costs and fight rampant prescription drug abuse. Starting …