NT Man Risks 12-Year Prison Term if Drug Treatment Fails

NT man risks 12-year prison term if drug treatment fails
LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, charged with two drug deals and a strongarm robbery, pleaded guilty Thursday to gain entry to the judicial diversion program of court-supervised drug treatment. If Gino A. Fascitelli, 42, of Allen Street, succeeds in … Read more on Buffalo News

Sasha Abramsky's 'American Way of Poverty'
The country he portrays is damaged by indifference at high levels — his American heroes are not in Congress or boardrooms — but is rescued here and there by caring citizens at the grass roots, their inventive programs achieving small successes … Read more on New York Times

Setback for Drug Made by Glaxo, Prosensa
The drug, drisapersen, is in late-stage development for DMD, a rare, fatal muscular disorder. In a study of 186 boys, there was no treatment difference in key secondary assessments of motor function between the drug and placebo groups, the companies said. Read more on Wall Street Journal