There were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a number greater than all American deaths during the entire Vietnam War. Some 28,466 of those involved fentanyl, the highly addictive opioid that is...
China said Monday it could begin regulating all fentanyl-related medication as a class of controlled materials, at an alteration U.S. officials had long advocated as a way to stem the stream of deadly opioids out of China. The change in how China regulates...
With the tenacity of a pet seeking a treat, Blue, Prescott Police Department’s sole K-9, briskly sniffed lockers at Prescott High School on Tuesday morning, April 2. The 3-year-old...
Rich and Janice White knew the opioid crisis affected families across the country,...
In North Carolina’s Surry County, emergency crews responded to 371 drug overdose calls...
Faheem "Crippy" Walter has pled guilty in the case associated with disgraced rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (Photo: Bob Levey/Getty Images)A fourth person has plead guilty in the federal racketeering case brought against rapper 6ix9ine (born Daniel Hernandez) and members of his former crew.Jamel “Mel Murda” Jones...
They got “Shorty,” but Mexican authorities are dragging their feet on the fate of another 150 jailed drug traffickers awaiting extradition to the United States, a federal source told The Post. The new administration of leftist president Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador is also doing little to seize...
Correctional officers at the Donnacona Institution, a federal penitentiary 30 kilometres west of Quebec City, are raising the alarm after witnessing a wave of fentanyl and carfentanyl overdoses.Thirty-seven inmates overdosed between September and December 2018 according to the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, which is asking for more resources to...
The first two waves of the opioid epidemic — prescription painkillers and heroin...