A Halifax-based harm reduction group is striving to raise awareness about reports of fake Xanax pills in Halifax containing the deadly opioid fentanyl.“We were given an anonymous tip that some Xanax, or what looks like Xanax around the Halifax area, is...
Improbable that China is sincerely motivated to crack down on opioid trade, says criminal lawyer NEWS ANALYSIS A heavy human cost from Canada’s inability to contain money laundering is the fentanyl opioid crisis, which resulted in 2,400 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 alone, based...
Pot prices climb Canadian cannabis users are paying more since legalization. The average cost has gone up over 17-percent for legal weed, while the price of illegal cannabis has dropped. Stats Can says smokers who buy from legal brick and mortar shops are paying the most...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Broome County leaders held an update at the George Harvey Justice Building on Wednesday about the ongoing State of emergency in Broome County. Broome County Executive Jason Garnar stating that the fentanyl outbreak has claimed...
JEFFERSON CITY - Despite being one of the most commonly abused opioids nationwide, there is currently no law in Missouri that allows for the prosecution of those who deal fentanyl. A bill by Rep. Nick Schroer, R-O'Fallon would change that and create stricter penalties for those...
Massachusetts State Police Some of the drugs authorities seized as part of the investigation. Authorities arrested an alleged Fitchburg heroin and fentanyl trafficker Tuesday afternoon and seized more than 300 grams of a heroin/fentanyl mixture, officials said.Rosemary de los Santos, 29, of Fitchburg is facing multiple charges....
A California truck driver was arrested Wednesday in Middlesex County after authorities found him hauling about 116 pounds of fentanyl and cocaine as part of a coast-to-coast drug trafficking network, officials said.Jose Santos Garcia Guzman is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess...
OTTAWA - More than 10,000 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses since a public health crisis erupted in 2016, according to new data released Wednesday.The latest figures — 3,200 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 — show that the powerful painkiller fentanyl remains...
