Nicole Norwood grew up as a fairly average youth in the Santa Clarita Valley, she said. She occasionally drank beer and smoked a bit of pot. But her life began spiraling into the abyss at 18, when she was prescribed opioids as painkillers after emerging from...
CINCINNATI - They were medical professionals but they traded prescription pain pills for sex, prosecutors say. Others let untrained office workers examine patients, leaving a blank prescription pad at the clinic, their indictments reveal. One dentist extracted the healthy teeth of patients as an excuse to give them...
Fentanyl-related deaths reported in Spartanburg County have more than doubled in two years.The potent opioid killed more than twice as many people in 2018 than in 2016, and about 65-percent more people than in 2017, according to the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office’s annual report.The report,...
MORGANTOWN — Even as deaths relating prescription opioids are starting to decline, deaths related...
By Adam Shanks, The Berkshire Eagle NORTH ADAMS — A city man who led police on a brief foot chase Wednesday night allegedly tried to ditch 200 bags of fentanyl. Marquis Williamson, 31, is being held on $1,500 bail after being arraigned Friday in Northern Berkshire District...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco city officials said on Thursday they’re cautioning visitors of the city’s annual 420 marijuana celebration against buying or accepting cannabis from unlicensed vendors after nearly a dozen event-goers were hospitalized for opioid overdoses at last year’s event. This year’s...
San Francisco city officials said on Thursday they're cautioning visitors of the city's annual marijuana celebration "Four-Twenty" against buying or accepting cannabis from unlicensed vendors after nearly a dozen event-goers were hospitalized for opioid overdoses at last year's event.This year's pot celebration, held every April...
FLORISSANT, Mo. (KMOV.com) – A Florissant man has pleaded guilty to selling a...
Drugs with an estimated street value of more than $1 million were found at a California immigration checkpoint, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced. Authorities...
Three men were charged Thursday in federal court in Boston with participating in a scheme to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl, according to US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling’s office. In a statement, Lelling’s office identified the suspects as Javier Marrero, 27, and Ariel...