LMPD K9 sniffs out $200,000 worth of fake pills hidden under minivan
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police, with the help of a clever K9, halted a dangerous drug operation in its tracks.According...
03 January, 2019
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Experts Insist Opioid Fentanyl Could Be Used as ‘Tool of Terror’
Terrorists could potentially use fentanyl – a synthetic opioid mainly produced in China that is the primary source of the fatal overdose epidemic in the United States – as a “weapon of mass destruction,” Bloomberg News recently reported, citing experts and echoing other articles. On December...
03 January, 2019
Christmas tree reminds locals of overdose victims
Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pa. - The holidays are about spending time with family and loved ones, but for some, it's a reminder of who they've lost to addiction.Marianne Sinisi lost her son, Shawn,...
03 January, 2019
Hyannis man denies fentanyl trafficking charge – News – capecodtimes.com
Kristen Young @KristenCCT BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court to charges of fentanyl trafficking after a Yarmouth police officer conducting a traffic stop found more than 25 grams of the drug in his possession, according to...
03 January, 2019
Luzerne County overdose deaths break another record
Lisman - For the fourth consecutive year, drug overdose deaths have reached a new record high in Luzerne County. The county had 156 overdose deaths in 2018, with the potential for an additional nine awaiting toxicology analysis, the coroner’s office said. In comparison, there were 155 overdose...
03 January, 2019
EPD Officers being equipped with Naloxone to combat surge in Opioid Overdoses
Barely a week after completing training to recognize opioid overdose symptoms and how to administer a lifesaving antidote, Emeryville Police Officers were put to the test. Emeryville Police Department vehicles had just recently been equipped with doses of Naloxone, a drug proven to counteract the symptoms...
03 January, 2019
Regulate all illicit drugs to stem opioid tide: medical health officer
All illicit drugs should be regulated to avoid situations such as a recent incident in which a buyer seeking cocaine was sold a white powder tested as 20% fentanyl, a Vancouver Coastal Health medical officer says. “In public health, we believe all psychoactive...
03 January, 2019
