Central Arkansas Harm Reduction Project hotline provides free naloxone kits
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Little Rock based program is on a mission to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths...
03 January, 2019
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Some worry new fentanyl-detecting strips could enable drug users, local doctors disagree
Fentanyl detection strips More News Headlines LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) - A new tool meant to reduce opioid overdose deaths...
03 January, 2019
Two Mainers to plead guilty to drug charge in case that led to overdose death
Two people accused of supplying fentanyl and needles to a man who injected the drug and died several days later have reached agreements to plead guilty to a federal drug charge, according to documents in U.S. District Court in Portland. Earl Cormier, 39, of Biddeford, is...
03 January, 2019
Pair charged with trafficking drugs in Augusta, Hallowell
AUGUSTA — A Hallowell man and Pittson woman were charged with drug trafficking in Hallowell and Augusta. Ryan J. Partridge, 29, also known as “Moon,” was arrested Monday and charged with four counts of aggravated trafficking in schedule W drugs, two charges of which involved heroin...
02 January, 2019
Drug users can now test if fentanyl is in the drugs they are using, before injection
INDIANAPOLIS — A new tool is emerging to battle the scour of overdose deaths that lead directly to the powerful synthetic drug, fentanyl. Drug users can now test to see whether the drug they are about to inject is in fact fentanyl. Lena Severance, 35,...
02 January, 2019
The Baker-Sudders “Opioid Law” is on the Wrong Side of History
By: Bharani Padmaabhan – Dec. 2018 Federal agencies including SAMHSA and the DEA released data for years documenting that overdose deaths were due to illegally-imported fentanyl and Heroin®. Despite the wide availability of real data, Charlie Baker and Marylou Sudders chose to defame, demonize and destroy...
02 January, 2019
Maryland Board of Public Works approves deal to share with outside lawyers any money recovered from opioid industry
Maryland’s Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a deal in which outside lawyers will help the state investigate...
02 January, 2019
TSA Whistleblower Disclosures Prompt Two Aviation Security Probes – Management
The Homeland Security Department late last month was ordered to reexamine precautions against the risk...
02 January, 2019
Manslaughter defendant Ryan Doyle’s alleged role in two heroin overdoses – one fatal – detailed in court
SPRINGFIELD — Ryan Doyle, 28, of Hampden, on Wednesday denied a manslaughter charge in Hampden Superior Court.Doyle is charged with involuntary manslaughter for the July 5 overdose death of Alex LaFleur in Tolland.Doyle was also indicted for...
02 January, 2019
Anti-doping agency sees no evidence for ban on tramadol. Cycling federation isn’t waiting
Opioids are typically associated with the deadly fentanyl overdose epidemic. Yet at the highest level of international pro cycling, competitors often numb their pain with a controversial opioid called tramadol despite dangerous risks.On January 1, 2019, the international cycling federation added tramadol to its list...
02 January, 2019