CLOSE Former congressman Patrick Kennedy thinks the opioid crisis and suicide rates are merely symptomatic of a society gripped with depression and anxiety. USA TODAYTwo Elmira men convicted as part of a major opioid manufacturing and distribution operation have...
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The RCMP are reviewing how their members should handle fentanyl following new reports that downplay the risks faced by frontline officers exposed to the drug.While fentanyl remains a deadly and unpredictable drug for those who take it, new research from within the RCMP suggests that police officers...
Over recent months, anti-laundering authorities have determined that vast sums of money are being smuggled into Canada by unscrupulous organizations using...
New York authorities seized 20,000 highly potent fentanyl pills that were disguised as bootleg oxycodone in Manhattan and the Bronx earlier this month. The blue tablets, with a street value of $600,000, were stamped “M30” to look like prescription oxycodone, according to the city’s Special Narcotics...
PHOENIX — Fighting fentanyl has become one of the primary tasks for first responders across Arizona.Every day firefighters across the Valley are administering the life-saving drug, Naloxone, also known by its brand name, Narcan."We are just up to our shoulders in these calls, before we...
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio Monday Feb 11, 2019 at 7:20 PM WEYMOUTH — Police say a report of two women shoplifting led to a number of drug charges, including trafficking, for a third woman who was with them.Lisa M. Gangemi, 36, of Holbrook was arraigned Monday on charges of...