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Yesterday at 6:50 PM  Some New York lawmakers are pushing to prohibit using cash welfare benefits to pay for tobacco, alcohol, strip clubs and illegal drugs.

Monday, June 10, 2013  Following the arrest last week of four nurses involved in an apparent prescription drug scandal, administrators at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown are sending out assurances that they "will not tolerate this type of behavior."

Friday, May 31, 2013  The State Health Department is distributing posters and wallet cards to inform people about the Good Samaritan law and provide tips on how to report an overdose.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Federal prosecutors say they'll be releasing information on arrests made in a major drug bust in Utica.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Proposed bill would let law enforcers keep up with changing labels, contents

Friday, May 24, 2013  A Utica man is under arrest following police discovery of a large indoor marijuana growing operation in his home.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Families in a Cortland neighborhood are reacting after police arrested three people when they discovered a meth lab inside their apartment.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  The owner of a Syracuse head shop is spending 60 days in jail for selling synthetic drugs known as "bath salts" after a judge ordered him to stop.

Monday, May 20, 2013  A Cortland County man was arrested after a drug raid while a Cortland man was making meth in an lab in the Town of Scott.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  A federal jury convicted two Syracuse men on Wednesday after a drug bust back in 2011.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A man and woman from Oswego County were arrested at the Oswego County Jail following an investigation into a separate incident.

Monday, May 13, 2013  The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to additional regulations, under a proposal unveiled by the Food and Drug Administration.

Monday, May 06, 2013  U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Five young kittens are recovering after being found in a tied up plastic bag on a rural road in Madison County.