SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — A local woman is facing charges after police said she used fentanyl with another person, then abandoned them during an overdose. Julia Martin, 28, was arrested on Wednesday following the incident in February. According to South Kingstown police, the victim was...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including a doctor accused of trading drugs for sex and another of prescribing to his Facebook friends, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other drugs. U.S....
By AUSTEN BUNDY/Cronkite NewsPHOENIX, AZ – Baltimore and Phoenix are two completely different cities culturally and geographically, but they're both experiencing the same problem: increased deaths due to opioid overdoses, specifically those involving powerful fentanyl.From June 2017 to April 2019, there were a little more...
BOISE, Idaho — A Boise nurse who admitted to swiping vials of the powerful pain medication fentanyl from the hospital where...
Washington — NIOSH has released a video intended to protect first responders who face potential exposure to fentanyl – a synthetic opioid considered up to 50 times more potent than heroin – and other illicit drugs. The 13-minute video, Illicit Drugs, Including Fentanyl: Preventing Occupational Exposure...
NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford Police arrested seven people on drug charges throughout the day Tuesday, including a 73-year-old man.At about 1:30 p.m., police arrested 33-year-old Fallon Boucher and 32-year-old Keith Fleming, both of New Bedford, on charges of possession of a Class B substance...
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CINCINNATI – Federal prosecutors charged dozens of physicians and pharmacists Wednesday with illegally handing out opioid prescriptions in what they say is the biggest crackdown of its kind in U.S. history. Here's what you need to know about the pain-pill prescriber sweep that happened in five states.How many were charged?Federal prosecutors charged 60...