The recent Arizona seizure of 73,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a microcosm of what is fueling the nationwide opioid crises. President Trump recently touted that 17 percent fewer opioid prescriptions were written this year compared to last...
The letter says a preliminary report from Dr. Dirk Huyer, the province’s chief coroner, cited 142 carfentanil-related deaths through April 29, 2019, compared to 95 for all of 2018. That represented a 50 per cent increase for the first four months of the year....
By Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner BENNINGTON — A North Pownal man has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice in the drug overdose death of his girlfriend in December 2016. Two other defendants in the case have already been sentenced. Richard Muir, 42, pleaded guilty to the felony offense...
The city is expanding a nightlife-centric campaign to prevent overdoses by spreading the word about the presence of the deadly opioid fentanyl in cocaine and distributing overdose-reversal kits to club and...
It’s officially summer and that means music festivals are on the horizon. While everyone wants to have a good time, BC health officials are warning about deadly fentanyl overdoses at music festivals. Here’s what you should be cautious about. BC's Island Health wants everyone to enjoy...
A sobering new United Nations report shows that the opioid crisis has metastasized beyond U.S. borders and engulfed the globe, concluding that opioids were responsible for two-thirds of all drug deaths worldwide in 2017.In their annual World Drug Report, the United Nations (UN) Office...
CLOSE A team of three journalists from the BBC World Service spent six weeks embedded in the Louisville newsroom. Courtesy BBC World Service, Louisville Courier JournalKentucky earned its spot on a list it probably doesn't want to be on:...
Toni Braxton's niece Lauren Braxton's cause of death was just revealed, according to E! News. Reports say Lauren died of a heroin overdose and fentanyl intoxicationLauren, nicknamed "LoLo" died in April at just 24 years old. Toni Braxton fans were devastated when news broke in...
Seven men were arrested in a Bushwick drug bust Wednesday — including one man who allegedly sold heroin near a public elementary school, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. The other six men were selling heroin laced with fentanyl and crack cocaine inside the Bushwick Houses, a public...
Posted: Jun 27, 2019 / 03:02 PM EDT / Updated: Jun 27, 2019 / 03:02 PM EDT RUSSELL COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) – As the Opioid crisis sweeps the nation, Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor sits down for an exclusive interview to speak about a grown...