Scientists have developed a vaccine against fentanyl that may prevent addiction to the powerful opioid and may even prevent overdoses, a new study suggests. Fentanyl is now found in the bloodstreams of 90 percent of people that die of drug overdoses. The synthetic opioid is far more...
In April Governor DeSantis announced the commission of a statewide opioid taskforce that would identify best practices for addressing the state's opioid epidemic. He also reinstated the Office of Drug Control. Photo: Flickr Creative Commons The comments came during the announcement of a drug...
Police in Brevard County, Fla., arrested 100 people in a monthslong drug investigation involving the seizure of enough fentanyl to kill every person in the county.The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that arrest warrants for 100 people connected to a criminal organization were issued Wednesday as a part...
A vaccine against fentanyl—a drug contributing to the opioid crisis gripping the U.S.—appears to have put rats off the substance in a study. Between 2010 and 2016, there was a 493 percent spike in people being diagnosed with opioid addiction, in what the National Institute of...
Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York Attorney General, September 23, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) ...
A tip from the public to the Surrey RCMP resulted in the seizure of $27,440 in cash and a package of suspected fentanyl in South Surrey Monday evening. Surrey RCMP issued a news release Wednesday saying that officers...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — One of the conspirators in a New Bedford-based fentanyl trafficking organization was found dangerous Wednesday and ordered held without bail for four months awaiting trial, court records say.The dangerousness hearing for Lisa M. Telfair, 57, of Melville...