Illegally manufactured fentanyl likely drove an increase in national overdose deaths between 2013 and 2017, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday. Opioids accounted for more than two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths in 2017, a rate increase of 12 percent...
Xannies, Bars, Z-Bars, Zanbars, Xanbars, Handlebars, Planks, Bricks, Benzos. These are all slang terms for anti-anxiety drug Xanax that doubles as a recreational drug of choice for many young high school students – one that authorities are encouraging...
via Edward Kimmel on Flickr Dec. 21, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Two Glendale men were arrested yesterday for their involvement in a nine-month-long opioid distribution operation in Queens, the New York Eastern District Attorney announced yesterday. Douglas “Dougie” Marra and Joseph “Max B” McClean, both 34, were charged...
A more than $58,000 pilot grant will help local health officials determine if the distribution of fentanyl test strips can reduce drug overdoses and deaths.Since July, more than 2,800 test strips have been distributed via a National...
The inmate who died at St. Louis' Medium Security Institution (MSI) in August died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, the autopsy report shows. Louis L. Payton, 48, was the latest inmate to die at the facility known as the Workhouse this year. He was the...
Sponsored by First Line Technology By Sarah Calams, PoliceOne BrandFocus StaffOn average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 115 Americans die every day from opioid overdose. As a result, the risk of synthetic opioid exposure to law enforcement and other first responders is...