A homeless heroin addict pauses to shoot up by a railway underpass in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, which has become a hub for heroin use. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and a high-powered nonprofit are embroiled in a legal battle over the...
Heroin still kills — and so do other opioids such as fentanyl, with which it is often cut.From January...
WEYMOUTH − Investigators are seeking the identity of a man arrested after a suspected parking lot drug deal, police said.The man, who is reportedly 31 years old and from Boston, provided officers with a Florida license with his picture but under another name. The license...
APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — A Valley mother is questioning how her 14-year old son's school handled a near-fatal drug overdose.The incident did not take place on campus, but the mother who asked to stay anonymous, says her teen overdosed on fentanyl. He told her another...
By Mike Donoghue, Reformer correspondent BURLINGTON — A Brattleboro man who officials say allowed his Oak Street apartment to become the hub of a major drug distribution business was jailed Friday after a federal magistrate ruled the defendant violated his release conditions.Francis "Peanut" Macie, 44, is...
Share This Article:Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris StoneA Fallbrook man who sold heroin laced with Fentanyl to a man who fatally overdosed on the drugs was sentenced to more than a dozen years in federal prison Friday.Support Times of San Diego's...
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — At age 41, Ryan Bartell had already achieved so much: He was a two-time all-state runner, served in the Coast Guard, and was helping autistic children alongside his wife. He also had a son of his own. “Ryan called me on...
The White House routinely finds itself reaching to explain a spurious claim made by the current U.S. president or one of his bureaucrats. Sources are often questionable. “A lot of people” and “many people” are two of Donald Trump's favourites, for example.It’s less common for...