PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid so potent that a miniscule amount equivalent to several grains of saltcan cause afataloverdose. Yet it's difficult for people who use drugs to detect, which presents a major public health hazard given how commonly fentanyl...
Three men who ran a dark web business which sold potentially deadly drugs around the world have been jailed. Three men including...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Texas man arrested while passing through the Cleveland area in late December was indicted this week after authorities found pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in a car he was driving, officials said.Roland...
Three men who ran a dark web business which sold potentially deadly drugs around the world were told their actions had brought “misery” as they were jailed.Lee Childs, 45, Jake Levene, 23, and Mandy Lowther, 22, were told by a Leeds Crown Court judge that...
North Andover Police Department North Andover police arrested a 24-year-old alleged drug dealer from Boston and his alleged customer inside a restroom at the North Andover Mall on Thursday, the department said. Luis Gonzalez, 24, a Dominican national who has a Boston address but has been...
Reviving someone from an overdose is just one step in tackling complicated addiction issues.When emergency responders administer Narcan, the antidote to an opioid or opiate overdose, they only lift a patient out of a dangerous overdose state, but there is more to treating addiction than...
Christine Allison's husband, Troy, died after being given a 1,000 microgram dose of fentanyl ordered by Dr. William Husel after going to Mount Carmel West in July. He died at age 44. Christine Allison told her husband, Troy, that she would see him at Mount Carmel...