Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEApril 23, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC / Updated April 23, 2019, 4:55 PM UTCBy Tom WinterIn a first in the fight against the opioid crisis, a major drug distribution company...
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]For the first time, a major pharmaceutical distributor is facing federal criminal charges over its role in the opioid crisis that has ravaged the United States.The company, Rochester Drug Cooperative,...
A police investigation into a “known suspended driver” in Hamilton resulted in multiple drug charges and the seizure of what they believe to be heroin and fentanyl.Police say shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, they observed a black 2010 Honda Civic...
Alvogen’s fentanyl transdermal system is sold at five different strengths, and an error saw products containing 50mcg/h patches labelled as 12mcg/h. The lots were distributed in the US to the pharmacy level.According to the company, the application of a 50mcg/h patch instead of the prescribed...
BELFAST — A needle exchange program made its Belfast debut April 18, when it officially opened to the public. The program, which is overseen by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, is run by the nonprofit Health and Equity Alliance. Until the Belfast office opened, the closest...
Opioid users fear accidental overdoses from street drugs laced with fentanyl, but unpredictable drug quality means they often lack reliable strategies to avoid it, according to a team of researchers who suggest that fentanyl test strips may reduce overdose deaths. ...
THE opioid Fentanyl could be classed as a "weapon of mass destruction" in the US, as part of a drastic bid to lower overdose deaths. The drug, which provides intense relief from severe pain, is said to be 100 times more powerful than heroin. Getty Images -...
The US Government could start classing the opiod drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction in a bid to improve its control of the chemical.More than 18,000 Americans died of fentanyl overdoses in 2016, a rise of more than 1,000 per cent from 1,600...
Two judges have thrown out the charges against Reo Adkins in the case from May 2017. The Erie County District Attorney's Office is once again trying to restore a drug case involving fentanyl that has been dismissed twice.Two judges in Erie County have tossed the charges...