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Justin Murray Smith, 34, a former high-ranking member of the club Fallen Saints MC in Saskatoon was sentenced to 18 years in prison for gun, drug and organized crime offences. Credit: Facebook "Brian Fitzpatrick feature" jpg Charged during a large-scale investigation into crimes committed by...
ST. LOUIS — Local addiction experts on the front lines of opioid abuse are issuing a warning.There is a deadlier form...
Federal prosecutors late Tuesday charged British drug maker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid products including Suboxone. The company allegedly created a "nationwide scheme" in the U.S. designed to convince doctors and government insurance...
Federal prosecutors late Tuesday charged British drug maker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid products including Suboxone. The company allegedly created a "nationwide scheme" in the U.S. designed to convince doctors and government insurance...
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - State and Lawrence police seized fentanyl and cocaine from a home in Lawrence on Monday after they found a suspected drug trafficker hiding in a bedroom with a knife in hand, officials said. Troopers and federal agents assigned to a regional gang...
HARTFORD — Officials have provided an update Tuesday regarding a fentanyl overdose at Hartford Correctional Center, where a total of four inmates were taken to the hospital following an overdose, according to police. Hartford officials said one person...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials Tuesday warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.The Food and Drug Administration said it will add advice to labels on how to taper opioid...
SPRINGFIELD – A 65-year-old man pleaded guilty to his role in a large-scale drug dealing ring that trafficked in dozens of kilos of heroin and fentanyl into the city.Francisco Sandoval, of Lawrence, was one of 19 people charged by a federal grand jury in...
Here’s the opposite of a fun fact: As opioid deaths continue to rise, and as fentanyl gains ground as the most common drug involved in fatal overdoses, cocaine is making a comeback.Availability, use and deaths from cocaine have hit their highest level since 2007, according...
A former Middletown Fire Department lieutenant faces up to 25 years in prison after...
NORRISTOWN — As he headed to prison for playing a role in the...
Oxford County public health nurse Lisa Gillespie (Sentinel-Review file photo) The surge of suspected fentanyl overdoses last week has seen area public health and emergency medical services continue to remind the public of the need for prevention education.Between March 29 and April 2, there were roughly...
A man was arrested Monday, and authorities recovered more than 300 grams of fentanyl, as well as cocaine and an unknown brown substance, that were allegedly present on him and in a Lawrence apartment, officials said.Hector Rivera, 39, is facing numerous charges, including trafficking in...
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts State Police and Lawrence police seized fentanyl and cocaine from a home in Lawrence on Monday after they found a suspected drug trafficker hiding in a bedroom with a knife in hand, officials said. Troopers and federal agents assigned to a...
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts State Police and Lawrence police seized fentanyl and cocaine from a home in Lawrence on Monday after they found a suspected drug trafficker hiding in a bedroom with a knife in hand, officials said. Troopers and federal agents assigned to a...
A West Hartford man remains in custody on a slew of charges after 360 bags of fentanyl and other drugs were found in his possession. By Ronni Newton What began as a motor vehicle stop for misuse of a license plate turned into a foot chase by West...
LAWRENCE -- Police arrested a 39-year-old man for trafficking in fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is at least 50 times more potent than morphine, and other crimes as a result of a drug dealing investigation.Hector Rivera was arrested on Monday on the trafficking charge,...
A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators, including Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, is pushing...
Kevin Rauch was sentenced to up to 15 years for selling the fentanyl-laced heroin that caused an Exeter Township man's overdose death on Aug. 22. ...
Journal Staff Tuesday Apr 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM Apr 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM PROVIDENCE — A Central Falls man faces six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking fentanyl from his apartment and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Providence.Dennis Rivera, 31, pleaded guilty...
With every traffic stop and house visit, police officers and public safety officials...
On April 4 2019, the following warning appeared (archived here), containing the claim that marijuana smokers can detect fentanyl contamination by smell: In addition to its primary claim (that fentanyl-laced weed smells like popcorn), the post contained some secondary tacit claims: primarily that marijuana can be contaminated with...
Frontline outreach workers say they are seeing a rise in the number of fake Xanax pills circulating in the Halifax area that contain the deadly opioid fentanyl."We definitely are starting to see more contamination within different substances in Halifax," said Matthew Bonn, an outreach worker for Halifax...
Lee Klinedinst (Photo: Submitted)A Glen Rock man is accused of providing the drugs that killed a Shrewsbury Township woman two years ago, according to state police.Police said Lee Michael Klinedinst, 28, gave fentanyl to Christine Munsey, 34, on April 4, 2017. Her cause of death was mixed...
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 April 9, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released an analysis of misguided provisions in Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-Minn.) budget that would impose new taxes on pharmaceutical drugs in the name of halting the opioid crisis. Below...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently reported that, while overdose deaths have come down slightly over the past year in the Cleveland metropolitan region, a new killer has emerged on the scene: cocaine mixed with fentanyl. The Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office informs the public that...
It is common knowledge that addiction to opioids and other controlled substances such as fentanyl is a national epidemic that needs to be addressed. But, the plans being offered by Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz and the state legislature will drive up pharmaceutical costs, hurt patients,...
An accused drug dealer charged with selling tainted heroin that killed a 22-year-old remained on the run for months but was captured Monday — a day before the one-year anniversary of the victim's death.A fugitive team with the U.S. Marshals Service captured Eric Kelly Carson,...
A Sanford man is facing drug charges after he allegedly threw fentanyl from his car during a traffic stop. Brandon Smith, 34, of Sanford Photo courtesy Maine State Police Brandon Smith 34, was arrested Friday in Lebanon after he threw drugs out of the car...
CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com CAMDEN – Joe Wysocki, deputy chief of the Camden County Police Department, had just told a very harrowing...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - The United States Drug Enforcment Administration has arrested 24 individuals in Johnson City in just the past couple weeks on drug charges.There have been 133 drug related arrests...
One of two men accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills in the quad-city area plead guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale (class 2 felony) and possession of drug...
ELYRIA — Following a traffic stop Sunday on state Route 57 near Interstate 90, a Lorain man and a North Ridgeville woman were arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly possessing prescription pills without a prescription along with other illegal drugs, and lying...
The stigma causes a lack of coverageClose(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)Last Wednesday, I got a text from my mom saying someone from my hometown, Littleton, Mass., had overdosed. I talked to a sergeant from the Littleton Police Department, and he said this overdose...
By Viktoria Ristanovic Nation & World Editor On April 1, China declared all varieties of fentanyl as controlled substances and would officially ban the opioid from the country starting on May 1, according to The New York Times. Xi announces the ban on the controlled substance. (YouTube)Chinese President...
What to KnowNew Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez announced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, which would hold China accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.The legislation would impose sanctions on China and Chinese entities who supply and support the trafficking of fentanyl. The Act would also...
In just the first three months of 2019, drug overdose has claimed the lives of more than 600 people across the state. Government leaders say that’s due in large part to the infiltration of the potent synthetic opioid known as fentanyl. It’s 50 times more...
A Seacoast man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday for selling a fatal dose of drugs to a teenager.Benjamin Mackenzie, 22, was found guilty of selling a lethal dose of fentanyl to Bryanna Frechette, 19, in 2016. The victim's family described the pain...
CAMDEN, NJ— U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez was in Camden Monday to announce new legislation that would impose steep sanctions on China and Chinese entities who supply and support fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opiate that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Menendez was joined by city...
In May, the Ridgecrest Police Department will launch its Naloxone program with the intention of saving lives. Naloxone is a non-addictive, life-saving drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when it is given in time. It works by binding the opioid receptors...
Lynda Bascelli, the chief medical officer at Project H.O.P.E — a Federally Qualified Health Center in Camden— can provide medication-assisted treatment to 275 people experiencing...
Street oxycodone laced with fentanyl. - Video - CityNews Winnipeg Street oxycodone laced with fentanyl. ...
After a 27-year-old man was found dead in his home from a fentanyl overdose, authorities in Warren County traced the source of the powerful painkiller.A two-and-a-half-month investigation led them to Matthew Evans, of the first block of Woolston Way in Washington Borough -- a...
Journal Staff Monday Apr 8, 2019 at 5:14 PM A Dominican national, who has been deported from the United States three earlier times, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to trafficking heroin and fentanyl, and illegal reentry into the United States, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney...
A Georgia man was arrested Friday after a raid on a Hagerstown apartment...
Thompson RCMP are searching for a man wanted in connection with more than 1,400 pills – confirmed by police to contain fentanyl – seized at a traffic stop in February.Matthew Delorme, 29, who was arrested and released on a recognizance for...
Kolin Glendenning isn’t trying to sugarcoat anything when it comes to the recent death of his father.“He was an addict. He spent a lot of time in jail,” the 25-year-old London man told 980 CFPL.“As far as I know, my grandma...
Lawmakers have passed several medical marijuana bills through both chambers this session, hoping...