Posts tagged Alcohol

• Alcoholic Energy Drinks Come Under FDA Scrutiny

  David Mittleman | November 16, 2009 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Alcoholic energy drinks have gained in popularity, particularly among younger drinkers. But now, the drinks, marketed under flashy names like Evil Eye or Max Fury, are coming under the Food and...

• MSU Student Killed in Grand Rapids-Area Car Crash

  Devon Glass | October 21, 2009 7:36 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Jeremy Sobczak-Obetts was, by all accounts, a hard-working and humorous individual with a bright future. A senior at Michigan State University, he had hoped to graduate with a degree in food service...

• Nassau County Woman, Drunk and High, Kills 7 in Head-on Collision

  David Mittleman | August 11, 2009 12:39 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Diane Shuler was driving to her home on Long Island after spending a vacation weekend at a Parksville campground with her daughter, son and three nieces. The only problem was that she was driving...

• Head-On Collision outside of Hesperia Kills One Man and Seriously Injured a Child

  Devon Glass | August 01, 2009 11:36 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  8-year-old Elizabeth Sied was transported by helicopter to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in critical condition after a vehicle driven by Bruce Hallowell crossed the center line of Maple Island...

• Teen Boy Dies at House Party from Lethal Combination of Alcohol and Erectile Dysfunction Medication

  David Mittleman | July 27, 2009 8:07 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Orinda, California—16-year-old Joseph Loudon died on May 23 during a house party. Investigators were not surprised to find alcohol in his blood, but were shocked to find high levels of...

• Family and Friends Mourn Loss of Teenager Who Was Killed by Drunk Driver

  Devon Glass | July 02, 2009 1:37 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Holland—Kevin Babcock, a 44-year-old man, hit and killed Curtis Jacobs, a 19-year-old bicyclist, and seriously injured Christian Van Wyngarden, also 19, on Saturday on U.S. 31 near Holland....

• Elderly Man Causes Head-on Collision Early Sunday Morning

  Devon Glass | June 14, 2009 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 74-year-old Flint Township man is in critical condition after he was involved in a head-on collision on northbound I-475 at 2:30 this morning. Police reported that the man was driving the...

• Part II: Drunk Driver Caught After Trying to Flee From Accident

  Devon Glass | April 22, 2009 11:15 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Further information has been released about the tragic death of two Lansing, Michigan residents. Sylvia Porter and her 17-year-old son, Major Washington, Jr., left their home on Monday night to...

• Keeping Your Kids Safe From Substance Abuse

  David Mittleman | March 21, 2009 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Drug and alcohol abuse among teenagers is alarmingly prevalent. Perhaps the most frightening aspect of this epidemic is that very few parents are aware that their children may be involved in these...

• Is 99% Of The Time Good Enough?

  David Mittleman | January 14, 2009 11:40 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Sparrow Hospital distracted lab-technician confused two samples of a deceased woman’s blood and urine samples, mistakenly finding that she had no alcohol in her system the night she died in...