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  • Franklin County Drug Sweep

    Denise Raymo|Nov 23, 2011

    MALONE — Nine people were arrested in a drug sweep Tuesday, three were still being sought, and two others were taken into custody on outstanding warrants. One person had been arrested Friday. Franklin County District Attorney Derek Champagne blames revised Rockefeller drug laws on the rising incidents of prescription-drug peddling in the region. And he’s seeking a new state law that would ban synthetic drugs to combat he calls an epidemic of “bath salt” abuse in the North Country. MEDICAID ABUSE Officials say 95 percent of the prescri...