Mattoon Man Pleads Guilty to Reduced Drug Charge

Mattoon man pleads guilty to reduced drug charge
Paul D. Uphoff, 51, whose address on record is 2980 E. Lake Paradise Road, Mattoon, pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled substance that accused him of having cocaine on Sept. 1, 2011. Uphoff was originally charged with possession … Read more on Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Treatment or Jail: Patrick Kennedy Wages Fierce Anti-Pot Crusade
He used to think of it as a funny episode, a collision of Camelot's cocaine kid and America's foremost opponent of illegal drug use. But Kennedy took his last hit of anything in 2009, and he's since honed an anti-drug message that sounds a bit like … Read more on NBCNews.com