Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that his office has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma, accusing the drug company of fueling a devastating opioid epidemic. Purdue Pharma is the maker of OxyContin, a powerful and addictive opioid that is prescribed by doctors...
WHITE PLAINS - The New York Senate has approved Stephen's Law, a measure aimed at battling the opioid crisis. Seven years ago, Carol Christiansen's son was out of treatment for less than a week...
CLOSE U.S. Rep. Tom Reed was joined by local law enforcement officials to announce he will reintroduce legislation in Congress to address an opioid epidemic. Jeff Murray / Staff videoThe 16th and final defendant in a major Elmira-based opioid ring...
Heather Yakin Times Herald-Record @HeatherYakin845 As we’ve been following the opioid epidemic, another ominous trend has emerged: a rising tide of deaths from cocaine and stimulant overdose. These deaths, according to last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and...
MARYLAND Ex-bishop who hit bicyclist is released A former Episcopal bishop who fatally struck a bicyclist while drunk and texting behind the wheel more than four years ago has been released from a Maryland lockup. Heather Cook was the second-highest-ranking Episcopal leader in the...
PROVIDENCE – A suspected drug trafficker who fled members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force in Pawtucket in early April and was arrested the next day in Fall River is facing a minimum of 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in federal...
A fentanyl check in progress. One red line on top is a positive result for the presence of fentanyl or one of its analogs. Two red lines is a negative result. Handout Vancouver Coastal Health and B.C. Centre for Disease Control are collaborating on a pilot project...