Five Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses Reported In 15-Hour Span In Hartford, Police Say
The opioid crisis came to a head in Hartford this week, as police responded...
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The opioid crisis came to a head in Hartford this week, as police responded...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. Senator signaled some support on Tuesday for legislation permanently placing illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl into the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, a proposal championed...
A man from Rhode Island has been sentenced to time in federal prison after...
Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Canopy Growth founder Bruce Linton is walking back comments he made on Fox Business Network in which he stated black market cannabis may be laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl—a claim that has been repeatedly debunked. Linton,...
WATERVILLE, Maine — More than 15,000 lethal doses of fentanyl were seized and seven people were charged in a significant drug...
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House and Senate budget negotiators on Wednesday will begin settling a wide range of spending differences in the annual state spending plan, but in doing so they will also face major decisions about a series of potentially life-saving measures.Senate negotiators on a six-member conference committee...
Staff reports The Bulletin Tuesday Jun 4, 2019 at 11:52 AM Jun 4, 2019 at 11:52 AM HARTFORD - A Rhode Island man was sentenced Monday to 5 years in prison for driving with a suspended license to a drug deal in 2017, while in possession of more than $30,000 of heroin and an infant in the vehicle, according...
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By Mike Donoghue, Banner Correspondent BURLINGTON — Two Holyoke, Mass. area men pleaded guilty Monday afternoon in federal court in Burlington for their part in possessing almost 1,100 bags of fentanyl with intent to distribute as part of a major drug conspiracy in southern Vermont...
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Seven people were charged after police say they seized thousands of doses of fentanyl in Waterville on Friday. Police arrested six people and summonsed a seventh after they searched three apartments on Gray Street, Gray Avenue and Summer Street simultaneously Friday morning. ...
A Lenoir woman will spend six to eight years in prison for involuntary...
Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, under a proposal to be unveiled on Tuesday by the U.S. Drug...
By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, under a proposal to be unveiled on Tuesday by...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illicit chemical knock-offs of the extremely potent opioid fentanyl would be put permanently in the same legal class as heroin to boost prosecutions of traffickers and makers of the drugs, under a proposal to be unveiled on Tuesday by the U.S. Drug...
“We think about these things when big news comes about like that, especially in our state,” said Chad Kuhlman, a Rochester firefighter. “We think about our other first responders across the state and the area.” Kuhlman says when the Rochester Fire Department gets a call of...
A MUM killed her baby by giving her a sippy cup containing enough opioid painkiller fentanyl “to kill two horses”, say cops. A pink sippy cup with a red liquid was discovered on the bed of Charlette Napper-Talley after officers discovered the 17-month-old girl not breathing...
The chaotic scene at the small house along Bircher Avenue was something not seen before by South St. Paul police and first responders. As they pulled up around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, officers spotted three men lying on the ground outside. The men — between 25 and...
WESTERLY — A New London man and Providence resident are each facing drug...
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) - "Our mission will not end until we have zero Opioid related overdoses in Oconee County as well as South Carolina,"...
CONCORD A former physician assistant, described as "one of the nation's most prolific prescribers" of the addictive fentanyl spray Subsys, was sentenced Monday to 4 years in prison for prescribing the drug to ineligible patients and taking cash kickbacks from the manufacturer.Christopher Clough, 45,...
CONCORD -- A former physician assistant from Dover was sentenced Monday to four...
NEWS HERALD STAFF REPORT @The_News_Herald Monday Jun 3, 2019 at 4:42 PM Jun 3, 2019 at 5:27 PM SPRINGFIELD — A month-long drug investigation led to three arrests and the seizure of more than $50,000, guns and about 800 pills that have initially tested positive for the potent and dangerous drug fentanyl.The Bay County Sheriff’s Office...
Cassandra Stephenson, Jackson Sun Published 4:54 p.m. CT June 3, 2019 CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and up to 100...
The Navy will start routinely testing all urinalysis samples for the synthetic opioid fentanyl and norfentanyl, its main metabolite, effective immediately. “Navy policy remains clear with regards to substance abuse: zero tolerance,” wrote newly installed Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm....
A New Orleans man pleaded guilty Friday to ordering large shipments of fentanyl...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than three years later, a Twin Cities family awaits justice after a drug dealer was charged in their son’s death. Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She’s already been sentenced in the deaths...
NORMAN (TNS) — For six hours in a downtown Norman courtroom, a corporate representative for Johnson & Johnson and an attorney for the state of Oklahoma debated the company’s sales practices.Brad Beckworth questioned Johnson & Johnson corporate representative Kimberly Deem-Eshleman for the second consecutive day,...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than three years after his death, a Twin Cities family awaits justice for the dealer charged with killing their son. Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She’s already been sentenced in the deaths...
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A study of drug diversion in the US reveals that 47.2m doses of medicine worth $454m were channeled from the lawful to the unlawful supply chain last year.The annual...
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The following were charged last week by a grand jury...
Opioid-related overdoses and deaths have been a significant public health crisis in Canada for some time, with the province of British Columbia (B.C.) having declared a public health emergency in 2016. In B.C. life expectancy fell in 2017, for the second year in a row....
During the end of last year, the Advertiser reported that according to the latest crime stats the biggest issue in Boksburg is drug-related crime, which in total stood at 1 685 cases for the four police stations. And this is certainly not a problem unique to...
Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst with the San Francisco 49ers when he got word his best friend had died.“That shattered my whole life. That changed everything,’’ said Lowe. “I said, ‘I’m going back.’’’The drug overdose death of his high school buddy...
Montreal police are worried that a dangerous drug known as “purple heroin” has made its way into the city.An internal note obtained by The Canadian Press says the police service’s analysis and intelligence department has been informed of the drug’s presence...
Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerBefore Vermont’s public safety commissioner publicly concluded that one of his troopers had collapsed due to an overdose from accidental exposure to fentanyl, he asked whether it might be worth waiting.Thomas Anderson, the commissioner, sent an...
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We are told that just one gram can kill. This makes Fentanyl a...
A series of fake Kijiji ads offered to give away crosses from a memorial at Barton jail and encouraged takers to burn the remembrances to inmates who died of overdoses. "These crosses signify the many men and...
Drug use, like a lot of things, is subject to trends.Probably the safest way to monitor them is watching arrests – and in Alamance County lately arrests for methamphetamine are on the rise.“I think over the past couple of years we have seen a gradual...