The Rural Blog The same drug that is driving opioid-overdose deaths is also causing a surge in deaths from cocaine and overdoses of psychostimulants such as methamphetamine and legal drugs like Adderall. DEA photo “That’s according to a new analysis...
PHOENIX — It is a new drug-recognition technology that is saving lives, taxpayer dollars, and making Phoenix police and prosecutors more efficient.The device is called a TruNarc Handheld Narcotics Analyzer, and this week Phoenix City Council approved a roughly $533,000 contract with the manufacturer Thermo...
A heroin dealer and self-proclaimed "smooth criminal," his business associate and their underlings are behind bars and their sophisticated drug enterprise has been taken down, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced Thursday.With their capture comes the hope that authorities have put a dent in the...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — A repeat drug offender was ordered held without bail Thursday for a dangerousness hearing after police seized almost 11 grams of fentanyl in a raid.Edwin M. Collazo, 23, of 177 Arnold St., Apartment 2, New Bedford, is charged with trafficking...
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Currently, ASK Wellness is not allowed to go out and deliver test strips to people, however they’re hoping that by this summer, that could change. ASK’s test machine operational technician, Kile McKenna, says Interior Health and the BC Centre for Disease Control have been working...
It only takes a few grains to kill.As a Toronto emergency room physician who has treated more than his share of overdoses, Dr. Brett Belchetz has a simple message: “Don’t buy street drugs.”Belchetz isn’t surprised when he hears that two Milton teens nearly died this...
