Fentanyl
‘There was nothing I could do’: Mom of son who overdosed on tainted heroin
Police are questioning a person of interest after a batch of tainted heroin on the West Side killed four people and hospitalized at least a dozen others earlier this week. Reports of multiple overdoses started about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, and by late afternoon, at least 17...
26 April, 2019
‘There was nothing I could do’: Mom of son who overdosed on tainted heroin
Police are questioning a person of interest after a batch of tainted heroin on the West Side killed four people and hospitalized at least a dozen others earlier this week. Reports of multiple overdoses started about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, and by late afternoon, at least 17...
26 April, 2019
Federal Authorities Have Busted Another Elaborate Cross-Border Fentanyl Shipment
While the United States experiences an "unprecedented" bogus asylum claim-driven migrant influx crisis at our beleaguered southwestern border, less attention is often paid to the contraband that seeps over that porous border — at the behest of the transnational gangs, trafficking rings, and cartels —...
26 April, 2019
65 facing charges in CNY multi-county drug bust
Dozens are facing charges Thursday after a multi-county drug bust spanning Central New York. Operation Central City – the name of a 15-month drug trafficking investigation led by New York State Attorney General Letitia James’ Office. And the outcome of the bust? A total of 65...
26 April, 2019
Alameda sheriff’s deputy potentially exposed to opioids during search
An Alameda County sheriff’s deputy appears to have been exposed to opioids while responding to a Wednesday morning call in Castro Valley, authorities said. ...
25 April, 2019
Two-thirds of Americans blame drug companies for opioid crisis, new poll says
The United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose crisis in the nation’s history. More than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2017. Nearly 48,000 of those deaths involved some type of opioid, a category that includes heroin, fentanyl and prescription...
25 April, 2019
See names of 65 indicted in fentanyl, heroin, cocaine bust in CNY; read indictments
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An Onondaga County grand jury has indicted 65 people in connection with a Central New York drug bust.State Attorney General Letitia James announced the bust during a news conference in Syracuse on Thursday afternoon. The 15-month investigation dubbed “Operation Central City”...
25 April, 2019
‘Toxic supply:’ Carfentanil found in street drug
The potentially deadly opioid carfentanil has been found in a blue powder presented at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre for testing on Wednesday.“Carfentanil is the most toxic of all the opioid analogues,” said Rob Boyd, director of Sandy Hill’s Oasis program, the harm reduction...
25 April, 2019