State Rep. Jason Perillo joined his fellow colleagues and concerned citizens and organizations at the state Capitol on Tuesday for a press conference to call on the Senate to pass a House bill to strengthen penalties on fentanyl. State Rep. Jason Perillo“This bills passed with bipartisan...
During an investigation of a suspicious person this morning, Old Saybrook Police Officer Christopher Palmieri was accidentally exposed to a drug suspected to be fentanyl. He was hospitalized and released.At 10:30 a.m., Old Saybrook Police Department (OSPD) officers responded to a report of a suspicious...
WICHITA – A man and woman from Great Bend have been charged in a 10-count indictment alleging possession or sale of cocaine, fentanyl, LSD, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.Iban Martinez-Enriquez, 21, Great Bend, Kan., and Kennedy Christine Beakey, 19, Great Bend,...
LEBANON, N.H. (AP) Police reports say the death of a patient at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was first treated as a possible homicide after employees raised concerns that family members had tampered with her pain medication. Authorities later determined the Jan. 27 death of Susan Massey,...
(HealthDay)—An increasing number of urine drug test (UDT) results positive for cocaine or methamphetamine are also positive for nonprescribed fentanyl, according to a study recently published in JAMA Network...
By Cammie Bellamy StarNews Staff Tuesday May 21, 2019 at 12:16 PM May 21, 2019 at 12:16 PM John Laws, 50, will serve minimum of nearly 6 years in prison WILMINGTON -- A Wilmington man who trafficked opioids here and in Winston-Salem pleaded guilty Monday.John Laws, 50, pleaded guilty in New Hanover County Superior Court to one count of trafficking opiates by...
Earlier this month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), reported that from 2015-2016 deaths from cocaine and psychostimulants (such as methamphetamine, Ritalin, dextroamphetamine) increased 52.4 percent and 33.3 percent respectively. In 2017, the CDC reported...
Research study evaluates safety of take-home drug checking kits Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), along with Interior Health, are collaborating on a new research project providing people who use substances with take-home drug checking kits to determine if...
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio Tuesday May 21, 2019 at 9:20 AM DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand Jury has indicted a Weymouth woman accused of dealing fentanyl.Melissa A. Edwards, 28, was indicted on trafficking more than 10 grams of fentanyl, distribution of fentanyl and two counts of possession of...