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This week’s In Depth story looks at the opioid epidemic’s effect on chronic pain patients.Union-Tribune reporter Kristina Davis gives...
LISBON — Two Cleveland men indicted as a part of the Operation Big Oak made appearances on Friday afternoon in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.An arraignment was held before Judge Megan Bickerton for Anthony Jackson, 31, Cleveland, is one of the Jackson relatives believed to...
Some of the opioid overdose victims in north Seattle reported injecting heroin, while others reported snorting a crushed pill. The latest update shows that fentanyl was likely involved in at lease one of the overdoses. ( Pixabay ) Seattle & King County authorities issued...
9:10 PM 01/19/2019 | USEvie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s decision to review its gift acceptance policies after revelations about its donors, members of the opioid-profiteering Sackler family, created joy and fury in photographer and activist Nan Goldin,...
On Christmas Day, 18-month-old Ava Floyd ingested “a large quantity” of fentanyl while her parents were producing and packing the potent drug for sale at their home in Clinton Township, Mich. That afternoon, Ava...
Methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana were the most common drugs picked up by the Portage County Drug Task Force in 2018. "Heroin dropped off the face of the earth," said Portage County Sheriff’s Office Major Larry Limbert, who oversees the task force. The drug task force...
A 24-year-old Lynn man faces arraignment after Arlington police charged him Friday, Jan. 18, with trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine.Angel Manuel Rodriguez, after meeting with an undercover officer, was charged with trafficking in more than 10 grams of fentanyl, a Class A drug, and distributing...
As fentanyl spreads across the globe, drug-related overdoses and fatalities rise with its flow. Where it initially was involved with mostly heroin when reports of...
As a member of Congress, I took an oath to protect our country against all enemies — both foreign and domestic. It’s a responsibility I take seriously. That’s why it’s so important to get the truth out there about the border security debate happening in Washington.Right...
GoFundMe Precious Wallaces. HAVERHILL — Police arrested a Lawrence man in connection with the death of an 11-year-old Haverhill girl, who was stricken last month at a rooming house and died days later at a Boston hospital.The Essex district attorney’s office on Saturday morning announced charges against...
“My first bill of this term would allow more local public servants help save lives in their communities,” Zorn said. Related: Zorn Senate bill shaped by Monroe County case advances State Sen. Dale Zorn, R-Ida, has reintroduced legislation aimed at helping local communities fill public safety vacancies...
Ariana Grande shared this picture on Instagram Saturday to remember her late boyfriend, Mac Miller, on what would have been his 27th birthday. (Instagram )Ariana Grande turned...
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Just a short time ago, I had the honor of presiding over the swearing in of five new great American citizens. It was a beautiful ceremony and a moving reminder of our nation's proud history of welcoming legal immigrants from all over the world into...
CLOSE Check out the latest crime in the area with our crime wrap-up. Ashley Books, abooks@gannett.comTwo women are jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail in connection with the first fatal overdose of 2019 in Franklin County. Melissa Cook, 39,...
CLOSE Here's a breakdown of the stories right now at www.democratandchronicle.com. Virginia Butler, Democrat and ChronicleIn the days after his 10-year-old son J'Vieon Grayson died in 2017 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, Michael Coles agreed to assist authorities...
NORTH ANDOVER, MA -- North Andover Police arrested two men on drug charges Wednesday after an investigation into suspicious activity at the North Andover Mall. Luis Gonzalez, no age or date of birth provided, was charged with trafficking Fentanyl and possession...
PORTSMOUTH, NH — A woman was arrested Friday and charged with providing fentanyl to a Portsmouth man who died of an overdose over the summer. Felicia Gray, 31, of Durham, was charged with violating the controlled drug act, with a death...
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Health announced Friday that it has launched an investigation on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – the federal agency that oversees things like patient safety and hospital performance. The investigation follows the news this week...
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HAGERSTOWN, MD. - Washington County is experiencing a 66 percent spike in drug and alcohol related deaths in the past two years, while the state of Maryland's average is at 8 percent.Washington County's...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – A Steamboat Springs woman was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.Stephanie Dye has been charged with distributing fentanyl, a schedule II controlled substance, and black tar heroin, a schedule I controlled...
One day after new data showed DuPage County opioid deaths climbed 3 percent in 2018 and fentanyl-only deaths were...
EDMONTON—Five people have been charged with a slew of offences after an investigation resulted in the seizure of crystal meth and approximately one ounce of fentanyl powder in Edmonton.The investigation started after the Strathcona County Municipal Drug Unit received a drug complaint in early January....
More Headlines MADISON, Wis. - Michael Schoenmann, 31, of Spring Green, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the...
Preliminary data from the CDC show slight declines in overdose deaths in the first few months of 2018 Bill Kinkle hasn't worked as a nurse in nearly a decade. But the Pennsylvania man never leaves home without emergency medical supplies.Always on...
Three men who used the 'dark web' to sell a powerful drug linked to 125 deaths in the UK have been jailed for a total of more than 40 years. Jake Levene, 23, Lee Childs, 45, and Mandy Lowther, 22, set up...
The National Crime Agency has outlined how three men ran a dark web site selling deadly Fentanyl around the world. Three men...
Vials of prescription fentanyl at the University of Utah HospitalPhoto: Rick Bowmer (AP)Last Saturday, police in Chico, California reported that 13 people in the same house were involved in a mass drug overdose, possibly involving the powerful opioid fentanyl, with at least one person...
ROCKLAND — A Friendship couple pleaded guilty Friday to their roles in a family drug operation that distributed the deadly drug fentanyl throughout the midcoast. Joseph “Joey” Thurston, 31, and Amanda Thurston, 30, pleaded guilty Jan. 18 to trafficking in fentanyl. The pair were two of seven...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid so potent that a miniscule amount equivalent to several grains of saltcan cause afataloverdose. Yet it's difficult for people who use drugs to detect, which presents a major public health hazard given how commonly fentanyl...
Three men who ran a dark web business which sold potentially deadly drugs around the world have been jailed. Three men including...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Texas man arrested while passing through the Cleveland area in late December was indicted this week after authorities found pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in a car he was driving, officials said.Roland...
Three men who ran a dark web business which sold potentially deadly drugs around the world were told their actions had brought “misery” as they were jailed.Lee Childs, 45, Jake Levene, 23, and Mandy Lowther, 22, were told by a Leeds Crown Court judge that...
North Andover Police Department North Andover police arrested a 24-year-old alleged drug dealer from Boston and his alleged customer inside a restroom at the North Andover Mall on Thursday, the department said. Luis Gonzalez, 24, a Dominican national who has a Boston address but has been...
Reviving someone from an overdose is just one step in tackling complicated addiction issues.When emergency responders administer Narcan, the antidote to an opioid or opiate overdose, they only lift a patient out of a dangerous overdose state, but there is more to treating addiction than...
Christine Allison's husband, Troy, died after being given a 1,000 microgram dose of fentanyl ordered by Dr. William Husel after going to Mount Carmel West in July. He died at age 44. Christine Allison told her husband, Troy, that she would see him at Mount Carmel...
SPRINGFIELD — Jurors in the manslaughter case arising from a Westfield overdose spent the first part of Thursday hearing what was said in texts between the two defendants and the woman who died.Daryn M. Sampson, 35, and...
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Jackson County Sheriff's officials got the call Tuesday one of their own had been exposed to the opioid Fentanyl during a field test. "I later started hearing some different kind of traffic where he was radioing back and I knew something...
ORANGE PARK, Fla. — An Orange Park man is facing a maximum penalty of life in prison after a jury found...
Dan Scanlan @scanlan_dan Thursday Jan 17, 2019 at 6:32 PM A 34-year-old Orange Park man was found guilty Wednesday of selling fentanyl that killed 18–year–old Ariell Jade Brundige on Nov. 10, 2016, according to the State Attorney's OfficeA federal jury found Trumaine “Lucky” Muller guilty of one count of distributing...