Dr. Sunit Ranade, medical officer of health in Sarnia, says a recent rash of overdoses at the Sarnia jail could force public health to address opioids as an occupational hazard. (Tyler Kula/Sarnia Observer) The region’s top public health official says it’s bad news if the drug...
CLOSE Here are some facts about heroin and other opioids. WochitA federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Montgomery nurse practitioner to 10 years in prison, calling her a "drug dealer" who prescribed "outrageous quantities of narcotics" to vulnerable...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — Gang Unit detectives intervened in a suspected drug deal Tuesday and arrested two men, but not before one of them swallowed a bag of drugs, court documents say.Timothy Mello, 27, of 1224 Old Fall River Road, Dartmouth,...
Two days after Christmas, Darwin Santana-Gonzalez, a curly-haired 1-year-old, was toddling around a Bronx apartment where, the police said, a potent mixture of heroin and fentanyl was being prepared, stamped and packed for sale.The powerful opioids had been placed in packages, the authorities said, along...
By Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner BENNINGTON — Two Northshire residents were arrested Sunday after police reported finding heroin and fentanyl in their vehicle during a traffic stop in Bennington. Derek Bushee, of Arlington, and Joshua Bushee, of Sunderland, both 37 years old, are facing state charges...
Two days after Christmas, Darwin Santana-Gonzalez, a curly-haired 1-year-old, was toddling around a Bronx apartment where, the police said, a potent mixture of heroin and fentanyl was being prepared, stamped and packed for sale.The powerful opioids had been placed in packages, the authorities said, along...
DEDHAM — A Norfolk County Grand Jury had indicted a Weymouth man after police said a safe full of drugs and cash was stolen from his apartment.Christopher A. Fontes, 27, was indicted on trafficking more than 10 grams of fentanyl, trafficking more than 36 grams...
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Another suspected dark web drug dealer is about to stand trail because he wrongly believed Bitcoin transactions were entirely anonymous. This has prompted the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Erin Nealy Cox, to issue a warning for all those attempting to deal...