In the week leading up to 4/20 — wherein thousands of cannabis enthusiasts gathered in Golden Gate Park to smoke pot — the San Francisco Police Department distributed a disturbing narrative to the media. “Last year, we had numerous attendees pass out from using marijuana laced...
CLEVELAND — Twenty people were indicted Thursday for their roles in obtaining heroin and fentanyl and selling it to customers on Cleveland's west side. During this alleged distribution ring, numerous people mentioned in the indictment sold the deadly drugs while illegally carrying firearms.The following people...
Music superstar Prince's death shocked the world when he overdosed on counterfeit prescription pills, made of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Over three years later, deaths from similar BLACK MARKET pills continue to plague the country. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff investigates the crisis by shedding...
According to statistics released by the Monroe County Health Department, 47 people died from drug overdoses in 2018, two more than the year before. The number of deaths in Monroe County linked to drugs and heroin in 2018 is similar to figures from the previous year,...
Pittsburgh EMT looks at the wreckage of a house that collapsed due to a landslide. One UPMC physician says instances where first responders are getting...
Acton drug test manufacturer Psychemedics Corp. has begun marketing a hair test to detect fentanyl, a powerful opioid gaining a reputation for its role in drug overdoses.The test, the company said, is the first hair test for fentanyl cleared by the U.S. Food & Drug...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Broome County Executive Jason Garnar Thursday lifted the State of Emergency declared March 27, 2019, due to a significant spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths. During the months of January and February, Broome County...
CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wochit, Elissa Robinson/WochitThe month-long State of Emergency in Broome County after...
A sample of carfentanil being tested in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency lab Russell Baer / AP Potentially-deadly carfentanil was detected Wednesday in the street drug known as “blue fentanyl” in testing at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.Rob Boyd, director of the Oasis program at the...
An officer and a woman were hospitalized for possible fentanyl exposure Wednesday night in Boston’s South End neighborhood.Boston police said they received a call at 9:41 p.m. of a woman in her 30s needing medical assistance in her car. Officials then responded to the area...