A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of five years of death certificates (2011-2016) found that among drug overdose deaths 29 percent were due to fentanyl by 2016, a huge leap from 4 percent in 2011, when oxycodone was most dangerous...
More than 100 drop boxes have been placed throughout King County in an effort to get secure unneeded opioids. By ...
Fentanyl pills photographed at Calgary Police headquarters. Gavin Young / Postmedia A Toronto man who brought a large amount of dangerous drugs to Sudbury is headed to the penitentiary and perhaps an uncertain future in Canada.“Fentanyl is probably more lethal than heroin and hydromorphone is as serious...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. – A two-year investigation in Snohomish County has led to the arrest of several suspected drug traffickers, some of whom have ties to a Mexican drug cartel. According to the Snohomish...
Police in Wetaskiwin have arrested and charged four people after serious drugs and weapons were seized Dec. 15 According to Wetaskiwin RCMP spokesperson Cst. Christine Hepburn, “Wetaskiwin RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) conducted a traffic stop resulting in...
Drug overdose deaths declined in Evanston this year, but fentanyl, the synthetic opiod that's surged to be the leading cause of overdose deaths nationwide, figured in both of the deaths reported here. The latest national statistics, released last week by the Centers for Disease Control, based...
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - A drug bust in Pasco County lead to several arrest and indictments.Five men were arrested in Operation "Now You 'Z' Me, Now...
The trial of a Millersville man charged with manslaughter for selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 16-year-old...
SIOUX FALLS, SD - For millions of people, overdose deaths are just statistics. For many families, those numbers equal the loss of a loved one. State,...
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — A 9-month investigation between the Drug Enforcement Administration and Pasco Sheriff's Office led to an arrest deputies hope will make a dent in the area's opioid crisis. "We will find you and we will arrest you and you will be held...