Fentanyl
Murder indictments issued in 2 Volusia drug overdoses – News – Daytona Beach News-Journal Online
A grand jury indicted Sergio Perez, 43, of Deltona, with one count of first-degree murder and Melanie Cunningham, 27, of Deltona, with two counts of first-degree murder. Two ringleaders of a heroin distribution organization jailed after their operation was busted in October were charged Monday with...
23 April, 2019
Breaking down the numbers on opioid overdoses in Vermont
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Despite the many initiatives the state has implemented to fight the opioid epidemic, overdose deaths continue to rise in Vermont. Preliminary data from the Vermont Health Department shows opioid overdose deaths generally did not change from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, the health department...
23 April, 2019
Prosecutors: Driver arrested with cocaine, fentanyl after chase led to rollover caught on camera
MILWAUKEE — A 1.8-mile pursuit ended in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood, where a vehicle flipped and a driver was ejected. It was all caught on camera. The SUV might not have stopped if not for a few road blocks. The driver is facing charges for what...
23 April, 2019
Homeland Security considers designating fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for surging drug overdose deaths in the United States, has for decades concerned national security officials...
23 April, 2019
Nampa Police seeing uptick in counterfeit oxycodone pills | Local News
NAMPA — The Nampa Police Department is seeing an increase in counterfeit oxycodone...
23 April, 2019
Drug linked to U.S. ‘zombie’ outbreak found in Interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called "zombie" outbreak in New York. Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site...
23 April, 2019
Memoir Prince was writing before death to be released in October | News
Monday, April 22, 2019 6:43 p.m. CDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unfinished memoir that Prince was writing before his...
23 April, 2019
Warning in B.C. about ‘trippy’ drug linked to ‘zombie’ outbreak in U.S.
KAMLOOPS, B.C.—The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called “zombie” outbreak in New York.Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site found the powerful drug mixed...
23 April, 2019