Three New Jersey men have been arrested and charged with running a counterfeit drug storefront on the dark web that sold hundreds of thousands of narcotic pills nationwide in exchange for cryptocurrency, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office. The investigation targeted an operation advertising...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering classifying the opioid drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to a report published Monday.A memo obtained by military news outlet Task & Purpose said that the department could classify the drug as a weapon...
(Photo : WVU) The National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University funded a recent study that has researchers Gordon Smith, Marie Abate, and Zheng Dai and they discovered an increase in fentanyl-related deaths in West Virginia, even as there is a decline in deaths related...
The incident began at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, when deputies responded to the scene of the crash at the intersection of Jackman and Smith Rds. BEDFORD TOWNSHIP — The 34-year-old female suspect in a pedestrian-vehicle crash that occurred in Bedford on Friday was in possession of...
The Department of Homeland Security is considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, or WMD, according to an internal memo attained by military news outlet Task & Purpose. The memo said the painkiller would be labeled a WMD "when certain criteria are met," and...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WDTV) -- A new study by West Virginia University researchers says fentanyl deaths have increased dramatically in the state, even with prescription-related opioid deaths declining. In a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers found that fentanyl-related deaths have risen...
Derry Crown Court heard today how a local man gave his son "an unedifying present" for his 21st birthday present by organising him to get the drug Fentanyl. Noel Lavy (41), of Clon Elagh in the Skeoge area of the city, was jailed after he...
When police got a tip about a quantity of cocaine, they secured judicial authorization in the form of a search warrant for a house in the 800 block of Algonquin Avenue. On Saturday, April 13 the search warrant was executed....
It is understandable that Minnesota politicians are looking to address an opioid crisis...