An accused drug dealer charged with selling tainted heroin that killed a 22-year-old remained on the run for months but was captured Monday — a day before the one-year anniversary of the victim's death.A fugitive team with the U.S. Marshals Service captured Eric Kelly Carson,...
A Sanford man is facing drug charges after he allegedly threw fentanyl from his car during a traffic stop. Brandon Smith, 34, of Sanford Photo courtesy Maine State Police Brandon Smith 34, was arrested Friday in Lebanon after he threw drugs out of the car...
CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com CAMDEN – Joe Wysocki, deputy chief of the Camden County Police Department, had just told a very harrowing...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - The United States Drug Enforcment Administration has arrested 24 individuals in Johnson City in just the past couple weeks on drug charges.There have been 133 drug related arrests...
One of two men accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills in the quad-city area plead guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale (class 2 felony) and possession of drug...
ELYRIA — Following a traffic stop Sunday on state Route 57 near Interstate 90, a Lorain man and a North Ridgeville woman were arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly possessing prescription pills without a prescription along with other illegal drugs, and lying...
The stigma causes a lack of coverageClose(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)Last Wednesday, I got a text from my mom saying someone from my hometown, Littleton, Mass., had overdosed. I talked to a sergeant from the Littleton Police Department, and he said this overdose...
By Viktoria Ristanovic Nation & World Editor On April 1, China declared all varieties of fentanyl as controlled substances and would officially ban the opioid from the country starting on May 1, according to The New York Times. Xi announces the ban on the controlled substance. (YouTube)Chinese President...
What to KnowNew Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez announced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, which would hold China accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.The legislation would impose sanctions on China and Chinese entities who supply and support the trafficking of fentanyl. The Act would also...
In just the first three months of 2019, drug overdose has claimed the lives of more than 600 people across the state. Government leaders say that’s due in large part to the infiltration of the potent synthetic opioid known as fentanyl. It’s 50 times more...