Temiskaming OPP issued a warning about the potentially deadly effects of opioids such as fentanyl in announcing a manslaughter charge relating to a sudden death in Latchford last November.“Opioids such as fentanyl are odourless and can be mixed with any drug; even a small amount...
COLUMBUS—When it comes to tobacco use among kids, the statistics are alarming. What kids are doing with e-cigarettes and vaping devices and how they're getting them is creating concern Kids are getting high and modifying vaping devices One JUUL pod is equal to 200 hundred hits of nicotine In...
Sarnia Jail. File photo / /The Observer A Sarnia man, 30, is charged with drug trafficking days after he and two other inmates were rushed to hospital due to suspected fentanyl overdoses inside the city’s jail.The incident happened Friday afternoon. Two corrections officers at the 100-bed facility...
Windsor police have arrested four people after a drug trafficking investigation. Members of the drugs and guns unit were actively investigating suspected trafficking of illicit drugs from a residence on Friday. A judicial authorization...
One drug advocate is asking Canadians to mail him their street drugs to find out how fatal they are — even though it’s illegal.So far, at least 25 people, three of whom are from Toronto, have sent in samples of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), CBD and...
TAUNTON — Compared to 2017, both the numbers of opioid-related overdoses and deaths increased in Taunton in 2018.According to 2018 opioid overdose statistics compiled by Taunton Police Department Crime Analyst Jennifer Bastille, there were 292 opioid-related overdoses last year, 46 of which were confirmed by the...
What do Murder 8, Apache, China Girl, China White, Friend, Dance Fever, Goodfella, Jackpot, TNT, and Tango and Cash all have in common? They’re all street names for fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin. Fentanyl is an incredibly powerful synthetic...
Regina provincial court Matthew Kruchak / Regina Leader-Post What court heard was a family-run drug trafficking operation has netted the patriarch of the group a prison term.Sean C.J. Carson pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a drug for the purpose of trafficking and one count...
Chandler B. GoodardBradley A. McRaeHartsville, In. —After a lengthy narcotics investigation, two Columbus residents suspected of bringing fentanyl and heroin from out of state and selling it locally were arrested after their vehicle was stopped on Friday afternoon. During the investigation, Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team detectives...