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What to KnowThe mother of the 1-year-old Bronx boy who died in December after having ingested heroin and fentanyl was arrested for murderDaira Santana-Gonzales, 23, was arrested Friday on a charge of murder in the second degreeAuthorities say 1-year-old Darwin Gonzalez-Santana was found unconscious in...
May 29, 2019You have a problem. You can't deny it anymore. You can't hide it anymore. Your life is completely unmanageable.Now what?You've boosted electronics from big box retailers. You've stolen from your loved ones. Hell, you've sold your own body.Now what? Now you get help. The...
A Cobourg man faces drug-related charges following an arrest in the downtown area on Tuesday afternoon.Around 3:40 p.m., police identified a man who they say was wanted on an arrest warrant for failing to attend court. READ MORE: 3 arrested after police...
The parents of an Akron man who fatally overdosed on drugs said they think the man who pleaded guilty in the death of both their son and a Hudson woman would still be selling drugs if he wasn’t behind bars.“You’d be killing everybody!” Ricky Knotts,...
By Jason Good, Clearwater, Fla. Wednesday, May 29, 2019 | 2 a.m. Fentanyl is the strongest opiate on the streets; it’s estimated to be 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. Not only is fentanyl sold on the...
Joshua Weldon PORTLAND — A Sanford man charged with drug crimes who was the subject of an intense FBI manhunt last fall before he was apprehended at a Springvale convenience store is scheduled to change his pleas to guilty at U.S. District Court in Portland on...
Regina police arrested and charged four suspects involved in a drug trafficking investigation. The Regina Police Service Drug Unit, (RDU) with help from the Moose Jaw Police Service, say they made the arrests during a search warrant executed in Regina’s Harbour Landing...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Kenosha County Medical Examiner KENOSHA COUNTY -- The Kenosha County Medical Examiner's Office issued a warning after three suspected overdose deaths within a 12-hour period over the Memorial Day weekend. "It's a battle every...
Overdose deaths linked to illicit fentanyl-laced drugs rose 21 per cent last year among First Nations people in B.C. even as there was a glimmer of hope that the crisis may have peaked among the general population.Since the crisis began four years ago, B.C. Indigenous...
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Here are the different ways drug companies are influencing your doctor’s prescription pad — and what you can do about it.Share on PinterestIt’s not just money. There are a number of ways drug companies are influencing doctors to prescribe patients specific drugs. Illustrations by Ruth...
MANCHESTER — The Attorney General’s office says autopsies performed on a married couple...
Alcohol, cocaine, and cannabis are among the most abused substances in Ireland. Drug abuse is a global health concern. Many people continue to struggle with the problem as governments and other entities are finding ways to...
By Mike Donoghue, Reformer Correspondent BURLINGTON — The first Brattleboro resident connected to a major drug house on Oak Street pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to a new charge of conspiracy to distribute heroin, crack cocaine and fentanyl. Francis "Peanut" Macie, 44, acknowledged that between...
The opioid crisis is “the No. 1 threat facing the state,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said on Boston Herald Radio Tuesday. A multi-pronged approach targeting drug dealers, pushing prevention efforts and getting addicts into rehabilitation is key in finding a solution, Lelling said. “The people who are...
CONCORD, N.H. (CBS/AP) — New Hampshire authorities say autopsies on a couple found dead inside a hotel following a standoff with police in March show they died of a mixture of drugs, among other factors. About eight blocks in Manchester were sealed off for the standoff. The...
Regina Police Service. TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Post Three Saskatchewan men face multiple charges after Regina police found more than 3.4 kilograms of cocaine and over a kilogram of methamphetamine during the execution of several search warrants Friday.More than $13,000 in currency, 175 grams of fentanyl and...
Four people are facing drug trafficking charges after an investigation by the Regina Police Service Drug Unit with assistance from the Moose Jaw Police Service. Search warrants were executed in Harbour Landing and...
Three Saskatchewan men were charged after a multi-unit investigation into drug trafficking in Regina that took place May 17.Search warrants were carried out in the 6000 block of Rochdale Boulevard, 3300 block of Green Poppy Street, 1000 block of Dorothy Street...
Published: 5/28/2019 5:31:19 PM New Hampshire authorities are inconclusive about what killed two people involved in a Manchester hotel shootout...
Amid the United States’ heavily documented opioid crisis, the nation is dealing with another, lesser known rise in substance use. In recent years, national rates of cocaine use have steadily climbed. Cocaine-related overdose deaths are on the rise, too, and opioids are largely to blame. The...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A new public health campaign aims to inform opioid users about the dangers of fentanyl through “practical” and potentially life-saving advice.Launched by the city Department of Health (DOH), the $730,000 campaign warns drug users not to use alone, avoid mixing...
The Associated Press Published 3:03 p.m. ET May 28, 2019 | Updated 3:13 p.m. ET May 28, 2019CLOSE The overprescription of opioids is leveling off, but deaths continue rising, says Dr....
Temiskaming OPP issued a warning about the potentially deadly effects of opioids such as fentanyl in announcing a manslaughter charge relating to a sudden death in Latchford last November.“Opioids such as fentanyl are odourless and can be mixed with any drug; even a small amount...
COLUMBUS—When it comes to tobacco use among kids, the statistics are alarming. What kids are doing with e-cigarettes and vaping devices and how they're getting them is creating concern Kids are getting high and modifying vaping devices One JUUL pod is equal to 200 hundred hits of nicotine In...
Sarnia Jail. File photo / /The Observer A Sarnia man, 30, is charged with drug trafficking days after he and two other inmates were rushed to hospital due to suspected fentanyl overdoses inside the city’s jail.The incident happened Friday afternoon. Two corrections officers at the 100-bed facility...
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Windsor police have arrested four people after a drug trafficking investigation. Members of the drugs and guns unit were actively investigating suspected trafficking of illicit drugs from a residence on Friday. A judicial authorization...
One drug advocate is asking Canadians to mail him their street drugs to find out how fatal they are — even though it’s illegal.So far, at least 25 people, three of whom are from Toronto, have sent in samples of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), CBD and...
TAUNTON — Compared to 2017, both the numbers of opioid-related overdoses and deaths increased in Taunton in 2018.According to 2018 opioid overdose statistics compiled by Taunton Police Department Crime Analyst Jennifer Bastille, there were 292 opioid-related overdoses last year, 46 of which were confirmed by the...
What do Murder 8, Apache, China Girl, China White, Friend, Dance Fever, Goodfella, Jackpot, TNT, and Tango and Cash all have in common? They’re all street names for fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin. Fentanyl is an incredibly powerful synthetic...
Regina provincial court Matthew Kruchak / Regina Leader-Post What court heard was a family-run drug trafficking operation has netted the patriarch of the group a prison term.Sean C.J. Carson pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a drug for the purpose of trafficking and one count...
Chandler B. GoodardBradley A. McRaeHartsville, In. —After a lengthy narcotics investigation, two Columbus residents suspected of bringing fentanyl and heroin from out of state and selling it locally were arrested after their vehicle was stopped on Friday afternoon. During the investigation, Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team detectives...
The first opioid lawsuit to go to trial is set to open Tuesday in court in Norman, Oklahoma.Oklahoma is suing Johnson & Johnson, which produces a fentanyl patch, and several of its subsidiaries.The state has already reached several settlements with other drugmakers, including Teva Pharmaceuticals...
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After a lengthy debate at General Committee Monday night, Barrie city councillors voted to endorse an application for a supervised consumption site in Barrie, at 90 Mulcaster Street, beside the David Busby...
TORONTO - Canada’s most populous province of Ontario on Monday announced plans to sue opioid makers to recover health care costs related to the deadly addiction epidemic.Ontario’s attorney general, Caroline Mulroney, said the province will join a lawsuit launched last year by British Columbia against...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEMay 28, 2019, 5:36 AM UTCBy Linda CarrollOpioid prescriptions remain common for teens and young adults, a new study finds.From 2005 to 2015, nearly 15 percent of teens...
Thanks to the careful and determined efforts from DanceSafe – Colorado has now allowed drug testing kits to be disassociated with paraphernalia. Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed a package of bills, with the bill in...
The latest market report on Transdermal Drug Delivery System Market Research: Global Status & Forecast by Geography, Type & Application (2015-2025) indicates market drivers, trends and forecasts. The report is segmented based on product types [Fentanyl, Nitroglycerin, Estradiol, Nicotine, Others and others], applications [OTC, Rx]...
HEARTBREAKING footage shows the moment a little boy desperately tries to wake up his “drugged-up” mum after she appeared to pass out on the bus. The young boy could be heard crying out: “Mum that's our stop, that's our stop.” A young boy was filmed trying...
The leading opioid present in the bodies of overdose victims in Thunder Bay is methadone. DAVID_JACKSON The lineups start before 8 in the morning outside the drug stores of Thunder Bay – recovering opioid users form queues to obtain their...
As pharmaceutical companies prepare to square off with states and local communities in courts around the U.S., a growing number of state and local officials say the industry should pay to cover the cost of the nation's deadly opioid epidemic."I think they are as complicit...
Other communities were alerted about a potentially fatal drug found in Tecumseh before residents in Windsor-Essex were told.According to Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, the delay is due to not receiving information from the OPP quickly enough."It's all about the data. It's all about the information...
(Pictured) Canmore RCMP showcasing a large seizure of cannabis and other illegal drugs captured near Banff on January 26. The bust outside Banff seized 147 kg of cannabis along with two kg of a cannabis resin called shatter, a kilogram of THC edibles, 4.5 kg...