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The Town of Wareham is one of a few local communities participating in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Area residents can bring their unwanted or old prescription drugs to collection sites throughout the Southcoast, and safeley dispose of them...

Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is trying to figure out how much it will cost the state to sort through the legal problems caused by the mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug testing lab. In a letter sent on Thursday, Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez asked district attorneys, court administrators and other officials for initial estimates of the costs they expect t

According to a state police report, a chemist in the state lab scandal has admitted she faked test results. Annie Dookhan reportedly told investigators that for about three years she would just look at some evidence and label it what she thought it might be...

Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach has resigned in the wake of a growing investigation into a chemist whose alleged mishandling of drug samples led police to shut down the state crime lab.