Illicit drug overdose deaths are down in B.C. so far this year, but Kamloops remains near the top of cities in the province when it comes to fentanyl-related deaths. Figures released this week by the BC Coroners Service also show that while fewer...
When President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump recently invited our family to meet with them in the Oval Office, I found the president was focused on opioids. He and the first lady departed for Atlanta after our meeting, where they both spoke on the...
OPP - ARRESTS FOR POSSESSION OF COCAINE AND FENTANYL Highway 17 #LSN_Crime NIPIGON, ONTARIO - May 17, 2019 (LSN) - On Thursday May 16, 2019 approximately 02:30pm an officer of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Manitouwadge Detachment conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle...
In April, the TV news program "60 Minutes" aired a report about fentanyl, a synthetic opioid much more potent than heroin that's been implicated in thousands of overdose deaths in the United States....
The charges stem from an undercover narcotics operation conducted early last year in Beverly City by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office Gang, Gun and Narcotics Task Force and the Beverly City Police Department. MOUNT HOLLY — Four Beverly City men have been indicted on a total...
This is not an elegy for heroin, a dangerous drug in its own right that spread from cities into suburbs and rural areas about a decade ago, when addictive prescription painkillers became harder to get. But for longtime urban users like Mr. Miller, many of...
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A federal grand jury has indicted 12 members of a Syracuse-based...
On the same day new provincial data showed most drug-related deaths occur in private residences, local health agencies announced a research project that works toward combatting that very phenomenon. New home-drug testing kits determine whether drugs...
GALLATIN, Tenn. (WKRN) - A two-month drug investigation in Gallatin by the 18th Judicial Task Force culminated this week with the seizure of a large amount of marijuana and thousands of dollars in...