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2d state chemist charged with drug tampering

With state courts still reeling from trouble at the now-shuttered drug lab in Jamaica Plain, a second chemist — this one at the crime lab in Amherst — is being charged with tampering with drug evidence, authorities said Sunday.

Sonja Farak, 35, of Northampton, allegedly tested two samples, believed to be heroin and cocaine, on Jan. 2 and Jan. 8 and then replaced the drugs with counterfeit substances, Attorney General Martha Coakley told reporters at an afternoon news conference.

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Too many Democrats believe the state employment system belongs to them: Hence, their hands-on, over-sight of employment applications, inferior appointments, and unqualified workers.

What has happened to the Massachusetts Human Resource Services Department?

There are university degree courses to provide qualified HRS staff: Why are qualified people not being hired?

STOP _ already with the hiring of family, friends, cousins, neighbors, etc. who are not qualified with the education and work experience to competently do the job.