Mary Byberg at a rally in Queen's Park protesting the Ford government's recent cuts to overdose prevention. Mary recently lost her daughter to an overdose. The Globe and Mail Three mothers stricken by the opioids crisis have gathered for a question-and-answer...
In a digital version of broken telephone, the debunked claim that illicit cannabis is now being laced with deadly fentanyl has travelled to the White House from a Vancouver police press release put out four years ago. Twice in the past month, the U.S....
Burlington’s efforts to fight the opioid epidemic have earned the city national attention, with Mayor Miro Weinberger and other officials touting the 50 percent decrease in opioid deaths between 2017 and 2018 in Chittenden County. During Weinberger’s State of the City address Monday, the mayor called on the Legislature to pass H.162,...
Maine State Police said they have arrested a New Hampshire woman who was listed on Strafford County New Hampshire’s most wanted list. In a post on Facebook, state police said they arrested 34-year-old Lace Meatty of Rochester, New Hampshire, at a home in Lebanon on Friday...
Two Monroe County men are facing years in prison after supplying heroin that lead to an overdose death of a mother who died in front of her young son. Two Monroe County men are facing years in prison after supplying heroin that lead to an overdose...
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to crack down on illegal shipments of fentanyl into the United States by bolstering points of entry here in New York. ...
Chris Mackie, the top public health official for London and Middlesex County, held a Friday press conference with London police chief John Pare to discuss the rash of recent drug overdoses that have killed five London men in the past six days. (MIKE HENSEN,...
Mike Stuart, U.S. Attorney for West Virginia's Southern District, hosted a public safety...
Addiction is a difficult subject to discuss because it is often complex. For one, drug addiction is a law enforcement matter, which brings a moral element to the discussion. Theft is clearly wrong, as is assault. But moral judgment when it comes to drug addiction...
