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Opioid poisoning hospitalization rates higher in smaller communities: report
A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information says the number of opioid related hospitalizations is higher in smaller communities compared to larger, urban cities.The report found that communities with between 50,000 and 99,999 people saw some of the highest rates of opioid poisonings.In...
17 December, 2018
N. Kentucky ‘meth house’ shutdown sign of changing drug scene
CLOSE Kentucky law enforcement seized 12.5 percent more meth this year than the last. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.comThe Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force seized this meth, or "ice," in March.(Photo: Provided)The recent shutdown of a "meth house" yielding four...
17 December, 2018
Drug ring tied to ‘El Chapo’ took in $19 million in two years, agents say – The Buffalo News
Sea cucumbers are big in Southeast Asia and parts of Europe. In China, the marine animals are a delicacy, a high-priced, special-occasion food whose popularity is rising to the point where some worry about overfishing. And in Buffalo? By all accounts, sea cucumbers still lag behind wings and...
17 December, 2018
Potent synthetic opioid unknowingly used by people who use illicit drugs in England, new study finds
The research builds on Change Grow Live’s work to understand the growing threat posed by fentanyl. Sparked by the charity’s direct experience of managing and learning from fentanyl-related issues in its cohort of service users in collaboration with Volteface, the independent organisation that covers the...
17 December, 2018
7 New Lenox Heroin Deaths In 2018
It appears Will County is on pace to have less heroin overdose deaths in 2018 than the county had last year. As of Dec. 11, Will County had 103 accidental overdose deaths so far. Of those, a total of 70 cases...
17 December, 2018
70 Will County Heroin Deaths In 2018
JOLIET, IL - It appears Will County is on pace to have less heroin overdose deaths in 2018 than the county had last year. As of Dec. 11, the Will County Coroner's Office had tabulated 103 accidental overdose deaths. Of those,...
17 December, 2018
VA Nurse Stole Narcotics Including Fentanyl From His Patients
A VA nurse pled guilty to stealing narcotics including fentanyl for personal use according to federal agents familiar with the case. Erick Lee Tombre, 46, is out on bond pending his sentencing in April. The registered nurse worked at Denver VA Medical Center. A system audit...
17 December, 2018
Drug users, families advised to keep naloxone kits handy
Island Health is advising illicit drug users and their family and friends to keep life-saving naloxone kits close at hand. “Don’t keep the naloxone kit in your car,” said Tracey Thompson, Island Health’s regional harm reduction co-ordinator. “It’s not helpful. It’s also not...
17 December, 2018