COLUMBIA, S.C. - More than 700 people died in 2017 from opioids, prompting the governor and agencies like the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services to kick prevention strategies into overdrive. ...
On April 23, 2019, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with Rochester Drug Co-Operative, Inc. (RDC), one of the 10 largest wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical products in the US, and filed felony criminal charges against two...
Mount Carmel Health System has settled two more lawsuits in the deaths of women cared for by a physician accused of ordering excessive amounts of painkiller for at least 35 intensive-care patients, court documents indicate.The settlements, filed Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, would...
Scott Cousins, scott.cousins@hearstil.com Updated 4:48 pm CDT, Monday, May 6, 2019 ...
A federal judge sentenced a 34-year-old Clay County drug dealer to life in prison today for the death of a woman who overdosed on fentanyl. Trumaine "Lucky" Muller was convicted for distributing a lethal dose of fentanyl that resulted in death in January, according to the...
The city’s top cop is seeing a correlation between increased meth use in the city and police officers’ use of force.Edmonton’s police Chief Dale McFee sat down with media Monday to discuss his first 90 days with the service and where he plans to take...
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced charges against of six individuals Friday for operating a major fentanyl distribution organization in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Agents executed search warrants on three residences in Hazleton on Thursday, confiscating 145 bricks of suspected fentanyl and one AR15 style rifle. One brick...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island man was arrested and charged earlier today with allegedly selling at least 40 grams of fentanyl and heroin laced with fentanyl between July 2018 and April 2019, resulting in two fatal overdoses.Nalerton Charles, 38, otherwise known as...