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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering classifying the opioid drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to a report published Monday.A memo obtained by military news outlet Task & Purpose said that the department could classify the drug as a weapon...
(Photo : WVU) The National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University funded a recent study that has researchers Gordon Smith, Marie Abate, and Zheng Dai and they discovered an increase in fentanyl-related deaths in West Virginia, even as there is a decline in deaths related...
The incident began at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, when deputies responded to the scene of the crash at the intersection of Jackman and Smith Rds. BEDFORD TOWNSHIP — The 34-year-old female suspect in a pedestrian-vehicle crash that occurred in Bedford on Friday was in possession of...
The Department of Homeland Security is considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, or WMD, according to an internal memo attained by military news outlet Task & Purpose. The memo said the painkiller would be labeled a WMD "when certain criteria are met," and...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WDTV) -- A new study by West Virginia University researchers says fentanyl deaths have increased dramatically in the state, even with prescription-related opioid deaths declining. In a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers found that fentanyl-related deaths have risen...
Derry Crown Court heard today how a local man gave his son "an unedifying present" for his 21st birthday present by organising him to get the drug Fentanyl. Noel Lavy (41), of Clon Elagh in the Skeoge area of the city, was jailed after he...
When police got a tip about a quantity of cocaine, they secured judicial authorization in the form of a search warrant for a house in the 800 block of Algonquin Avenue. On Saturday, April 13 the search warrant was executed....
It is understandable that Minnesota politicians are looking to address an opioid crisis...
MORGANTOWN — Researchers at WVU have said the number of deaths in West...
NORTH BAY - Three people are facing charges after the North Bay Police Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant and seized an estimated $17,800 in cocaine and fentanyl from a residence in the 800 block of Algonquin Avenue. ...
A stealthy NBPS cruiser. File photo by Stu Campaigne, MyNorthBayNow.com The North Bay Police Street Crime Unit reports seizing quantities of purple fentanyl and cocaine with a street value of $17,800. Last Saturday, members of the unit began a drug investigation which has resulted in three...
File Photo Three North Bay people have been charged after police seized cocaine and fentanyl from a residence in the 800 block of Algonquin Avenue Saturday.Police allege the investigation involved information regarding the possession of a quantity of cocaine. The investigation lead to police to securing...
(CNN) — People who regularly use cannabis may need two times the level of sedation required by nonusers when undergoing medical procedures, a small-scale study finds. Fentanyl, midazolam and propofol, three sedation drugs commonly used during endoscopic procedures, were compared in the research. With “continued increase...
Harm reduction advocates say if any effort to stop the overdose crisis is going to work, it has to start with a conversation — but that can’t happen unless people are willing to listen.“Criminal justice efforts and community shaming is not going to fix the...
The global market report for the “Fentanyl Transdermal Patches Market” is a widespread report which provides both the analysis on the highly important areas and the company comprehension which is guided by the industry experts. In the initial part of the report, the recent launches...
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The DEA in San Diego County has issued an alert after three people have suffered documented fatal overdosed from a new form of the drug Fentanyl know as carfentanil. It would only take 2 mg of the drug to cause a deadly overdose...
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The Washington Post/Getty Images via CNN Crack Pie, served at the New York-based bakery Milk Bar, will change its name, according to a letter written by the bakery's founder, Christina Tosi . The Washington Post/Getty Images...
A Woodstock man was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday after admitting to providing a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to a 43-year-old McHenry man. Christopher L. Birong, 46, of the 2100 block of Willowbrook Drive, was charged with drug-induced homicide in the July 2018...
A report from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Kalina shows that a sample of an opioid, fentanyl, 100 kg of which was seized by police three months ago, is not the banned drug but a chemical used in its production and for manufacturing other...
One defendant, Ashlea E. Burks, 37, most recently of 527 Woodland Ave., Willard, faces 20 felonies. She is charged with six counts of burglary in connection with incidents from Jan. 1 through 18; Jan. 22; Jan. 25; Nov. 18 through Feb. 1; Feb. 13; Aug. 1...
Share on PinterestExperts say more research is needed on the topic. Getty ImagesPeople who use cannabis regularly may need up to two times more sedation if they undergo a medical procedure compared to those who don’t use the drug regularly, a new study claims. But...
Bride appears in court in her dress alongside her groom after they were arrested on their wedding day for selling fentanyl and crack cocaine from the bathroomDaniel Zapata de los Santos, 34, and...
By Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner BENNINGTON — A 54-year-old man has been charged by a federal grand jury in connection with a fatal overdose in Winhall, leading to the dismissal of similar state charges last Tuesday. Denis St. Onge, of Brattleboro, is alleged to have distributed heroin...
Authorities said the bulk amounts of fentanyl, cocaine and heroin and two stolen guns found in Roddy Sanchez-Martinez's home was a recipe for trouble. ...
Actor and television host Clark Gable III's untimely death at the age of 30 was due to an accidental overdose of fentanyl, as well as oxycodone and alprazolam (Xanax).Several news sources, including TMZ and the New York Daily News, revealed that an autopsy report from the medical...
A B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the sentence of a drug dealer caught with fentanyl-laced heroin.The court rejected Joseph Ryan Lloyd’s contention that a trial judge erred in concluding that fentanyl was an aggravating factor.Lloyd was sentenced to six years in jail, but he...
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PROVIDENCE -- A Providence man who conspired with the leader of a multi-state drug trafficking ring that included a Norton man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison, the Rhode Island U.S. Attorney's office announced Monday.Audi E. Diaz, also known as Boku, 29,...
For anyone who does not already realize that fentanyl ranks among the deadliest and most devious drugs out there, the Department of Homeland Security would like to underscore the point. Task & Purpose snagged an internal memo about the department looking toward deeming the synthetic opioid...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--If heroin is coffee, fentanyl is espresso. Just as a miniscule cup of espresso can hype you up more than a whole mug of coffee, a single exposure to fentanyl can get a user vastly higher than injecting the same volume of heroin. In...
His main priority is really to stop the flow of migrants and asylum seekers, and it was the rise in their numbers that triggered the latest round of rhetoric. But from his 2016 presidential campaign until now, he has also railed against the flow of...
A 46-year-old Woodstock man was sentenced to prison Monday after pleading guilty to delivering the dose of heroin that police said killed a McHenry man.Christopher Birong accepted an offer from the McHenry County State's Attorney's Office Monday and pleaded guilty to drug-induced homicide in connection...
CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wochit, Elissa Robinson/WochitDETROIT – The nation's opioid crisis began with prescription...
Toronto police have arrested two men and recovered three firearms, including an assault-style rifle, and a large quantity of cocaine and fentanyl following a pair of raids in Etobicoke on Sunday.Officers from the city’s 31 Division executed search warrants at two addresses near Islington Ave....
A neurologist at New York University’s Langone hospital, has been charged with drug possession after Nassau police say they spotted the doctor holding a glass pipe with what police believe was...
Oneida County Sheriff Robert M. Maciol issued a warning Friday afternoon that the deadly opioid fentanyl was found laced into a quantity of marijuana in Sullivan County. Maciol said fentanyl is believed to be linked to a majority of overdose deaths around the country in the...
The opioid crisis has become increasingly worse over the last decade and is estimated to cost the U.S. government nearly $38 billion in lost tax revenue due to employment loss.Opiant Pharmaceuticals (OPNT), the company behind the overdose reversal drug Narcan, is in the process of developing nasal nalmefene, a drug...
Even in states where marijuana is legal, some patients may feel reluctant to tell their doctors exactly how much they smoke. But per a report in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, having that honest conversation may be even more important than it seems....
Guelph police are warning residents after four suspected fentanyl overdoses were reported over the weekend.Police said all four appear to be a result of blue or purple fentanyl, which typically comes with a higher potency.READ MORE: Guelph’s overdose prevention clinic approved...
Twenty-eight people – including a son and his mother, who is a fugitive – were busted this week after prosecutors say they broke up a ring that pumped out 20,000 bags of heroin a month in New Jersey. "Operation Finished Business" resulted in the arrests...
But Pence did not spend time in the city of Nogales itself. Had he done so, he might have heard a conflicting message from people in the twin cities known as "Ambos Nogales" (or "Both Nogales"): The harshness and unpredictability of Trump's border security policies...
A small study out of a western Colorado endoscopy center has broken ground in reporting that patients who regularly use marijuana require significantly greater amounts of sedatives for endoscopic procedures.Mark A. Twardowski, DO, an osteopathic internal medicine physician who practices at Western Medical Associates in...
CLOSE News you can use Asbury Park PressLaw enforcement authorities busted a heroin trafficking network they claim pushed up to 20,000 bags of heroin each month, worth up to $400,000.The group sold heroin laced with the deadlier drug fentanyl throughout the Bayshore...
Monmouth County Prosecutors have wrapped up a 16-month investigation dubbed "Operation Finished Business" where 32 people have been charged from their roles in a large scale heroin distribution ring in the Bayshore Region, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Chris Gramiccioni.While all 32 have been charged, only 28...
He arranged for his mother to meet him in the country’s capital of Bogota. He boarded a commercial flight on July...
He arranged for his mother to meet him in the country’s capital of Bogota. He boarded a commercial flight July 17, 2015, from Montreal. As the plane started to move from the gate, he asked a Canadian federal agent who was escorting him when they...
FARGO — After serving 12 years in a Canadian prison, Daniel Vivas Ceron...
CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wochit, Elissa Robinson/Wochit The nation's opioid crisis began with prescription pain killers — Vicodin,...