WASHINGTON - A pharmaceutical company is recalling some of the painkiller it manufactures that is more than four times as powerful as indicated on the carton's label.The Food and Drug Administration announced that Alvogen,...
FROM THE BORDER — Last week, a group of Republican lawmakers took a trip to the southern border to get a firsthand look at the growing crisis. The Phoenix Arizona DEA division captured the trip on Twitter. Thank you to @RepAndyBiggsAZ, @Rep_Hunter, @RepMattGaetz, @RepSeanDuffy, @RepDustyJohnson,...
A grand jury indicted Sergio Perez, 43, of Deltona, with one count of first-degree murder and Melanie Cunningham, 27, of Deltona, with two counts of first-degree murder. Two ringleaders of a heroin distribution organization jailed after their operation was busted in October were charged Monday with...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Despite the many initiatives the state has implemented to fight the opioid epidemic, overdose deaths continue to rise in Vermont. Preliminary data from the Vermont Health Department shows opioid overdose deaths generally did not change from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, the health department...
MILWAUKEE — A 1.8-mile pursuit ended in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood, where a vehicle flipped and a driver was ejected. It was all caught on camera. The SUV might not have stopped if not for a few road blocks. The driver is facing charges for what...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for surging drug overdose deaths in the United States, has for decades concerned national security officials...
NAMPA — The Nampa Police Department is seeing an increase in counterfeit oxycodone...
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called "zombie" outbreak in New York. Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site...