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Sudbury police seize $250,000 in fentanyl. (Supplied by Greater Sudbury Police Service) North Bay Detective Constable Brad Reaume isn’t exaggerating when he says as bad as the opioid crisis is in North Bay, it’s far worse in Sudbury. In the span of two months, Sudbury police...
Drug-related deaths have continued to climb in King County, with fatal overdoses involving methamphetamine and fentanyl on the rise, according to Public Health — Seattle & King County. Last year, 415 King County residents died from drug or alcohol use — up from...
Staff reports The Bulletin Wednesday Jul 3, 2019 at 6:47 AM Jul 3, 2019 at 6:52 AM KILLINGLY - A Killingly woman, who was arrested twice last week on narcotics charges, was arrested a third time Tuesday afternoon after police said she was in possession of 55 bags of Fentanyl at a traffic stop in Brooklyn.At 5:08 p.m., police...
CAPE CORAL The Cape Coral firefighters who were exposed to fentanyl on Tuesday were cleared to return to work. The incident happened on Tuesday, when four Cape Coral firefighters were exposed to lethal opioid, fentanyl, while responding to a call Tuesday morning. It happened after a fire...
CLOSEBuy PhotoFentanyl test strip package purchased in Canada. Individual strips cost $1 apiece. (Photo: Enquirer file photo)Hamilton County Public Health is now offering opioid users a way to test their drugs for the deadly synthetic opiate fentanyl.The health department's mobile syringe exchange program, The Exchange Project,...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is warning of legal chaos and lost drug trafficking cases if Congress doesn’t pass a law banning deadly fentanyl lookalikes within the next few months. A temporary ban on fentanyl copycats is set to expire in February, reopening a loophole...
Six individuals were sentenced this week for their alleged roles in a fentanyl...
Four Firefighters exposed to Fentanyl after responding to a call in Cape Coral ...
BAY CITY, MI – A federal grand jury has indicted a Mount Pleasant man on a murder charge after police accused him of killing another man in a four-vehicle pileup while he was drunk driving and on other drugs.The grand jury in Bay City...
The Department of Justice is calling on Congress to enact into law a temporary order from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifying fentanyl-like drugs as controlled substances. The 2018 order, which closed a legal loophole in U.S. drug laws that make Americans vulnerable to what...
“It’s not just a prescription for pills, but it’s a relationship between myself and the patient and a commitment to make things better,” Sereda said. “That involves me taking a risk and giving them a prescription, but it also involves the patient committing to doing...
LAWRENCE — After Carlos Rivera left Chloe Ricard, 13, of Amesbury at Lawrence...
It is the most potent – and most deadly – of opioid drugs. Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, says in the first four months of this year there was a 50 per cent increase in deaths in Ontario...
High Wire is Maia Szalavitz's reported opinion column on drugs and drug policy. As Facebook rolls out its campaign with the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids to “Stop Opioid Silence” and other initiatives to fight the overdose crisis, some stalwart advocates in the...
Canada needs to aim higher in its strategy to reduce overdose deaths. Meaningful therapy, not free heroin, is what will treat users’ problems. Canada is reaching the limits of a drug policy centred on harm reduction — a philosophy that aims...
CADILLAC — A 27-year-old Traverse City man was charged with multiple drug-related offenses...
MILFORD, CT — Two men were sentenced Monday in federal court for their role in a large heroin and cocaine trafficking ring in New Haven, according to authorities. Steven McCoy, also known as "S Dot," 26, of Hamden was sentenced to 60 months in prison...
A man is facing a slew of charges after a drug bust in the city, police say.According to authorities, a “concerned citizen” called the police from a laundromat near Barton and Wentworth streets at around 8 p.m. Monday after allegedly seeing...
Two-thirds of drug deaths around the world were caused by opioids in 2017,...
BARNSTABLE — A Yarmouthport man will spend 30 days in the Barnstable Country Correctional Facility and two years on probation for selling the powerful opioid fentanyl in the parking lot of a methadone clinic.Richard Cincotta, 65, pleaded guilty to possession of a class B substance...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — An investigation into a "poly drug trafficking gang who referred to themselves as the White Boys" that was further fueled by a Beach homicide in 2017 has culminated almost two years later after more than 60 arrests and the seizure of...
Charles Allen led a program on Louisiana wildflowers for the “Reflections in The...
« Older: City of Clarksville offices will be closed July 4th for Independence Day Newer: Nashville Sounds defeat Oklahoma City Dodgers, 4-3 » July 1, 2019 | Washington, D.C. – Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senators Chuck Schumer...
NEW BEDFORD — A city resident charged with trafficking fentanyl is being held without bail on the state's request for a dangerousness hearing, court documents say.Jose M. Sanchez, 40, of 121 Mashpee Court is due to appear Tuesday in New Bedford District Court, according to court records....
Department of Justice officials on Monday expressed alarm over an approaching deadline that they argued could significantly roll back recent progress in combating the scourge of fentanyl copycats fueling the country's opioid crisis.In a briefing with several reporters, the officials called on Congress to...
Sen. Chuck Schumer, flanked by Long Island’s top law-enforcement officials Monday, called for swift passage of a bill that would slap sanctions on Chinese drug manufacturers, banks and criminal organizations involved...
Euphoria is HBO’s newest project made to address realistic problems of high school students, and each week, the show just gets better and better. Last week’s...
CONCORD - A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking methamphetamine,...
Rio Grande Valley sector chief Border Patrol agent Rodolfo Karisch claimed that the mass influx of migrants has “absolutely” prevented agents from securing the border from illegal drugs.As IJR previously reported, the mass migration from Central America to the United States has stretched resources...
The United Nations World Drug Report 2019 has revealed that recreational drug use...
NEW BEDFORD — One fentanyl trafficking suspect was ordered held without bail and a co-defendant is being held for a dangerousness hearing on Tuesday, according to court documents.Robinson Paradisfeliz, 44, of 800 West St., Braintree, was ordered held without bail after a dangerousness hearing Friday...
A federal grand jury indicted two people from Mesa, Arizona, in June for possession and distribution after authorities discovered approximately a kilogram of fentanyl and 2,100 fentanyl-containing pills. Authorities apprehended Reyna Trejo, 30, and Felipe Penuelas-Rodriguez, 50, on June 6. The grand jury indicted the...
NEW YORK — U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is pushing his legislation aimed at slowing down the opioid epidemic here in New...
Department of Justice officials on Monday expressed alarm over an approaching deadline that they argued could significantly roll back recent progress in combating the scourge of fentanyl copycats fueling the country's opioid crisis. Interested in Opioid Epidemic? Add Opioid Epidemic as an interest to stay up to...
Drug use continues to rise—not only in the United States, where fentanyl and painkillers have devastated many lives, but in the Middle East, Africa and India.The numbers are provided in the 2019 World Drug Report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report...
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Lauren Braxton, niece of renowned singer Toni Braxton, died of “heroin and fentanyl intoxication” at the age of 24 years old, according to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Baltimore, Maryland.The specific manner in which Lauren died remains “undetermined.” Law enforcement, responding to a 911 call...
As the opioid epidemic continues to ravage families across America, authorities in Mesa, Arizona have arrested two individuals, including one illegal immigrant, on charges "of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl." The Toledo Blade reports that the U.S....
Devon Jacob Lopez-BergmanThe Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has confirmed that one of two men found dead in an apartment on Hacienda Place on May 5 died from the effects of cocaine, MDMA (also known as “ecstasy” and fentanyl. Devon Jacob Lopez Bergman was 21...
On the outskirts of Kabul, the Afghan Ministries of the Interior and Counter-Narcotics burned more than 20 tons of illicit drugs and alcohol. [UNAMA/Eric Kanalstein] NEW YORK, USA –The study from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), also shows that the negative health consequences...
Sen. Chuck Schumer will join with Long Island law enforcement officials Monday to push for congressional passage of a bill that will sanction Chinese drug manufacturers, banks and criminal organizations involved...
The family-friendly image of the Johnson & Johnson company is a distant memory now as the manufacturing/retail giant faces a huge legal battle that has temporarily moved the spotlight from its talcum powder lawsuits and its transvaginal mesh medical device lawsuits to a multi-billion dollar...
Report represents a comprehensive study of the Fentanyl Transdermal Patches Market. It consists of growth rate for the forecast period. The global report sums up by providing the estimated development of Fentanyl Transdermal Patches market in near future. It also involves driving factors that boosts...
Denise Krochta - Dear Denise: What are some of the signs of drug use we can look for to get an idea if a loved one is using drugs? Carl *** Dear Carl: There are many signs depending on type of drugs, age of drug user, relationship to person,...
A Cleveland man was indicted for selling the drugs that lead to an overdose death in Fairview Park last summer. According to...