For Immediate ReleaseContact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 April 9, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released an analysis of misguided provisions in Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-Minn.) budget that would impose new taxes on pharmaceutical drugs in the name of halting the opioid crisis. Below...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently reported that, while overdose deaths have come down slightly over the past year in the Cleveland metropolitan region, a new killer has emerged on the scene: cocaine mixed with fentanyl. The Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office informs the public that...
It is common knowledge that addiction to opioids and other controlled substances such as fentanyl is a national epidemic that needs to be addressed. But, the plans being offered by Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz and the state legislature will drive up pharmaceutical costs, hurt patients,...
An accused drug dealer charged with selling tainted heroin that killed a 22-year-old remained on the run for months but was captured Monday — a day before the one-year anniversary of the victim's death.A fugitive team with the U.S. Marshals Service captured Eric Kelly Carson,...
A Sanford man is facing drug charges after he allegedly threw fentanyl from his car during a traffic stop. Brandon Smith, 34, of Sanford Photo courtesy Maine State Police Brandon Smith 34, was arrested Friday in Lebanon after he threw drugs out of the car...
CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com CAMDEN – Joe Wysocki, deputy chief of the Camden County Police Department, had just told a very harrowing...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - The United States Drug Enforcment Administration has arrested 24 individuals in Johnson City in just the past couple weeks on drug charges.There have been 133 drug related arrests...
One of two men accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills in the quad-city area plead guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale (class 2 felony) and possession of drug...
ELYRIA — Following a traffic stop Sunday on state Route 57 near Interstate 90, a Lorain man and a North Ridgeville woman were arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly possessing prescription pills without a prescription along with other illegal drugs, and lying...
The stigma causes a lack of coverageClose(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)Last Wednesday, I got a text from my mom saying someone from my hometown, Littleton, Mass., had overdosed. I talked to a sergeant from the Littleton Police Department, and he said this overdose...