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The number of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017 hit the highest level since the collection of federal mortality data started in 1999, according to an analysis by two public health nonprofits, the Trust for America’s Health and the Well Being Trust. To...
FALL RIVER — A 53-year-old city man was arrested Tuesday on charges including fentanyl trafficking after police learned he was allegedly selling heroin out of Modern Snack Bar on Alden Street, according to court documents.Luis Pavao, of Fall River, was arraigned in District Court Wednesday on...
In 2017, a Winnipeg postal worker stumbled upon an unconscious woman in an apartment vestibule, called 911 and suddenly had a difficult decision to make. The 911 operator was encouraging him to perform CPR, but the postal worker suspected the woman was overdosing on fentanyl. Rather...
CLOSE From the California Department of Public Health and its Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard, here are some numbers on the state's opioid problem. Steve ByerlyMethamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin were found Friday while arresting a suspected Ventura drug dealer, authorities...
Henry Marrero-Rodriguez, 47, was arrested and charged after a 7-year-old boy found a bag of drugs in a Subway shop, police said. (East Haven Police Department)A...
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- All month long, Arizona’s Family is committed to educating...
Hazmat being called to more police calls over fentanyl exposure Updated: 5:53 PM EST Mar 8, 2019 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RESPONDERS. MARY: POTENTIAL EXPOSURE HAS BECOMES A BIG PROBLEM IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND, A THIRD -- IN FACT, A THIRD OF ALL STATE HAZMAT CALLS...
A Clinton Township couple has been ordered to stand trial on homicide, child...
Six people in Hagerstown, Maryland, conspired to distribute enough fentanyl to kill 1 million people, or 25 times the population of Hagerstown, federal prosecutors say. Citing a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that law enforcement seized more than 2 kilograms of fentanyl during...
More than a dozen narcotics dealers, including a former NYPD cop, were busted Thursday after authorities launched an investigation into an Upper East Side man’s overdose death. “The conspiracy stretched from the South Bronx to the Upper East Side and involved widespread distribution of narcotics at...
A Massachusetts State Police Department Trooper was taken to a hospital following a fentanyl exposure scare in Norwell.At about 1:40 a.m. Friday, a trooper from the department's Norwell Barracks had a woman under arrest for possession of a class A drug and took her to...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — An accused drug dealer with a long criminal record has been charged with providing the fentanyl that killed...
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Attorney General Maura Healey is touting her Fentanyl Strike Force in connection with a drug trafficking bust in Lawrence that authorities say led to four arrests and the seizure of 770 grams of fentanyl. Three men, Alex Martinez, 32; Jean Marte-Velazquez, 27; and Severino Perez-Guzman, 29;...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video DES MOINES, Iowa --For decades, fentanyl has been used in hospitals to treat extreme pain either following surgery or during cancer treatments. “It's usually in a pill form, in some cases it might...
Thursday March 7 marks the six-month anniversary of rapper Mac Miller’s death. Before his accidental overdose, Miller was active on Instagram and he was set to start touring in October 2018. Things seemed okay for Miller—normal, even. And that’s the terrifying reality of drug abuse and...
A Lockport man who was previously charged for possessing fentanyl is facing more...
Police said they busted a fentanyl trafficking operation in Lawrence on Wednesday, resulting in four arrests and the seizure of approximately 770 grams of dangerous drugs. Three men, Alex Martinez, 32; Jean Carlos Marte-Velasquez, 27; and Servino Perez-Guzman, 29; and a woman, Genesis Fernandez, 26, all...
An Iowa police officer was carrying out a traffic stop over the weekend when he was exposed to an unknown substance suspected of being fentanyl, authorities said Monday.The situation unfolded after the Fort Dodge police officer pulled over a woman Sunday evening, the department said...
Boxes start to pile up at Canada Post’s Gateway Plant at Eglington and Dixie (Rene Johnston/Toronto Star/Getty Images) Once or twice a week, a 24-year-old man in London, Ont., opens up his laptop for a little online shopping—fentanyl, heroin and other recreational drugs. The man, who...
BALTIMORE — A federal grand jury has indicted six people for conspiracy to distribute...
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Do you ever get the feeling that news stories come and go faster than they used to? Ask anyone in the news business. It's real. The O.J. Simpson story lasted about a year. Now, it feels like there is an O.J. a week.Maybe it's the...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- In the past week, the Riley County Police Department said they've come across three cases believed to be related to Fentanyl in heroin, one of which resulted in death. Police said that the Fentanyl laced heroin is relatively new to Riley County,...
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT DARTMOUTH — A Dartmouth man was arrested Wednesday on fentanyl trafficking charges after a motor vehicle stop, according to court records.Steven E. Medeiros, 51, of 28 College Lane, Apartment 2, Dartmouth, is charged with trafficking fentanyl more than 10 grams...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A federal grand jury has indicted six individuals for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. According to the indictment, from Sept. through Dec. 2018, the defendants conspired to distribute fentanyl in Hagerstown and the surrounding area. During the investigation, police seized $127,241.25 in cash, 12 luxury watches...
SUBIACO, Ark. - Authorities make a dangerous discovery during a routine traffic stop outside of Subiaco in Logan County. Deputies found the drug fentanyl in the car. Also in the vehicle, was a baby within...
SUBIACO, Ark. - Authorities make a dangerous discovery during a routine traffic stop outside of Subiaco in Logan County. Deputies found the drug fentanyl in the car. Also in the vehicle, was a baby within...
Apparent Overdose takes the life of Bagdad resident – Pills containing Fentanyl possibly involved PRELIMINARY INFORMATION - On March 5, 2019, around 4 PM, deputies received a report of a medical emergency at a home on Lawler Terrace in Bagdad,...
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The US mailing system is one of the most significant fentanyl trafficking routes ...
CLOSE Alexis Pleus of Truth Pharm demonstrates how to administer Narcan to save a person from dying of a heroin, opioid overdose Kate Collins / Staff videoIn January, the Elmira Police Department and New York State Police got a confidential...
Esther Gomez De Aguilar. (Photo: Pinal County Sheriff's Office)Pinal County Sheriff's Office said it arrested a woman, who was disguised as a nun, and her husband on suspicion of trafficking $90,000 worth of fentanyl.The woman, Esther Gomez De Aguilar, and her husband, Jose Aguilar Diaz, of Yuma were initially...
Norwalk Police have arrested a man from Bridgeport who is accused of selling heroin laced with fentanyl.In January of 2019, officers with the Special Services Division learned that a man was selling heroin laced with fentanyl in Norwalk, police said.An investigation was initiated and multiple...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of migrant families crossing the southwest border is again breaking records, and the crush is overwhelming border agents and straining facilities, officials said. More than 76,000 migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border last month, more than double the number from the same...
Maryland officials have a new tool in their fight against fatal drug overdoses: test strips that can detect fentanyl, the incredibly powerful synthetic opioid that is now the top killer drug in Pennsylvania.Maryland officials plan to distribute 60,000 of kits by the end of...
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Opioid Crisis has caused problems for families in communities from coast to coast.Opioid addiction doesn't discriminate and can affect people from all races, cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds.It often starts with a painkiller prescription, according to Dr. Harry Duran of the Las...
FORT DODGE - An Iowa police officer survived being exposed to what was likely fentanyl while on the job.Body camera footage from a police officer responding to a scene involving the powerful opioid shows another officer...
Did Daniel Chesshire knowingly traffic in fentanyl? That was one of the questions defence attorney Garry MacDonald asked the jury to ponder during his opening statement in a South Delta fentanyl trial on Tuesday morning in New Westminster Supreme Court. Chesshire is facing...
Speech to Text for Fentanyl Fells Law Officer Below is the closed-captioning text associated with this video. Since this uses automated speech to text spelling and grammar may not be accurate. recovering after coming into contact with a substance believed to be fentanyl. now á we're looking...
Two major fentanyl busts in New York and New Jersey are bringing more attention to the growing opioid epidemic gripping America -- and a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent who helped lead the operations explained Tuesday how the drug is “a game changer.”“It’s so lucrative...
Louisville Metro's syringe exchange sites are now distributing test strips that can detect the presence of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl in other drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. The Department of Health and Wellness' Syringe Exchange Program began handing out the fentanyl test...