A Philadelphia man who has been in the Blair County Prison since his arrest for heroin sales in August 2017, stated in a federal petition that he wants help for his mental health problems and he is not getting it.Keith Charles Christian, 45, filed a...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video YORK, Pa. -- York City firefighters say they've seen an uptick in drug overdoses in the past two weeks, and the fire chief thinks he might know why. Specifically, Chief Chad Deardorff says...
COLORADO – By John Herrick for The Colorado Independent. Colorado lawmakers are moving ahead with drug-possession sentencing reforms as part of a broader effort to curb the opioid epidemic and drive down the state's prison population. "We know that addiction is a public health issue,"...
Mary Byberg at a rally in Queen's Park protesting the Ford government's recent cuts to overdose prevention. Mary recently lost her daughter to an overdose. The Globe and Mail Three mothers stricken by the opioids crisis have gathered for a question-and-answer...
In a digital version of broken telephone, the debunked claim that illicit cannabis is now being laced with deadly fentanyl has travelled to the White House from a Vancouver police press release put out four years ago. Twice in the past month, the U.S....
Burlington’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic have earned the city national attention, with Mayor Miro Weinberger and other officials touting the 50 percent decrease in opioid deaths between 2017 and 2018 in Chittenden County. During Weinberger’s State of the City address Monday, the mayor called on the Legislature to pass H.162,...
Maine State Police said they have arrested a New Hampshire woman who was listed on Strafford County New Hampshire’s most wanted list. In a post on Facebook, state police said they arrested 34-year-old Lace Meatty of Rochester, New Hampshire, at a home in Lebanon on Friday...
Two Monroe County men are facing years in prison after supplying heroin that lead to an overdose death of a mother who died in front of her young son. Two Monroe County men are facing years in prison after supplying heroin that lead to an overdose...
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to crack down on illegal shipments of fentanyl into the United States by bolstering points of entry here in New York. ...
Chris Mackie, the top public health official for London and Middlesex County, held a Friday press conference with London police chief John Pare to discuss the rash of recent drug overdoses that have killed five London men in the past six days. (MIKE HENSEN,...