Lockport man is charged with manslaughter in deadly overdose
LOCKPORT, N.Y. — A man from Lockport is charged with manslaughter in a deadly overdose from almost two years ago.Police in...
24 January, 2019
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Murphy calls for ‘all hands on deck’ approach to opioid fight | Video
Standing side-by-side with members of his cabinet, from health to labor to law enforcement, Gov. Murphy announced his administration’s effort in the battle against the opioid abuse epidemic specifically, but against substance abuse disorder, more generally. The strategy begins with getting all hands on deck,...
24 January, 2019
Red Scorpion gang members busted in Nanaimo drug sting
NANAIMO — A notorious Lower Mainland gang was tied to a notable drug bust at a high-end north Nanaimo neighbourhood. Nanaimo RCMP announced Wednesday four men were arrested in Nanaimo as part a 10-month long investigation, which spawned from a police raid last April at a...
24 January, 2019
Attorneys share details about fourth wrongful death suit against Mt. Carmel, doctorAttorne
Attorney David Shroyer said Wednesday that the family of Jan Thomas is still reeling. The family just filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mt. Carmel, Dr. William Husel, nurses and pharmacists, claiming she was given a lethal dose of pain medication."They are not doing well,...
24 January, 2019
Policy changes come to Mount Carmel amid lawsuits | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nurses and physicians at Mount Carmel West Hospital now cannot administer medications during the removal of a ventilator without prior approval from the pharmacy, a hospital spokesman confirms to 10 Investigates.That confirmation comes among other policy changes at Mount Carmel Health System...
24 January, 2019
Rockingham man gets 54 months in federal prison | The Brattleboro Reformer
By Bob Audette, Brattleboro Reformer BURLINGTON — A Rockingham man arrested in March 2018 on charges of selling fentanyl in Windham and Windsor counties was sentenced in federal court to four-and-a-half years in prison.On March 22, 2018, Randy L. Holmes, then 27, was arrested with Ashley...
24 January, 2019
Family Behind OxyContin Maker Engineered Opioid Crisis – CBS Boston
(CBS News) — Only on “CBS This Morning,” we’re hearing from the Massachusetts attorney general, who blames the founding family of a pharmaceutical company for helping create the opioid drug crisis. Almost 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2017, according to the CDC. In...
24 January, 2019
Fentanyl dose was clearly excessive
COLUMBUS (WCMH) - A doctor who says he reviewed the medical records of a patient at the center of one of the wrongful death lawsuits against...
24 January, 2019
Purdue Pharma lawsuit: Family behind OxyContin-maker engineered opioid crisis, Massachusetts AG says
Only on "CBS This Morning," we're hearing from the Massachusetts attorney general, who blames the founding family of a pharmaceutical company for helping create the opioid drug crisis. Almost 400,000 people died from opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2017, according to the CDC. In a lawsuit,...
24 January, 2019