CLOSE Check out the latest crime happening in the area with our crime wrap up. Ashley Books, abooks@gannett.comA Hagerstown, Md. man will spend more than a decade behind bars for his involvement in distributing hundreds of grams of fentanyl in the...
CLOSE The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report more Americans are dying from drug overdoses than ever. WochitThree men, including one from Cedar Grove and another from Belleville, were arrested as part of a large bust in...
The number of fatalities related to the drug held fairly steady between 2011 and 2012, hovering around 1,600 deaths in both those years. In 2013, the number increased to just over 1,900 fatalities. Beginning in 2014, though, fentanyl-related deaths began to double each year. In...
The death rate among African Americans from fentanyl-involved drug overdoses rose 141 percent each year, on average, from 2011 to 2016, and the death rate for Hispanics rose 118 percent in that period every year on average. Altogether, the records revealed that more than 36,000...
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Local police seized almost $50,000 worth of fentanyl and cocaine from a Mid-City home Tuesday. The Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) served a search warrant for a residence near the intersection of 11th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard and recovered nine ounces of fentanyl, about...
CLOSE He's seen addiction from both sides. Bill Kinkle built a successful career as a nurse but lost it all to opioid use disorder. Now he's using his experiences to help others. Jasper Colt, USA TODAYTwo more people who were...
CLOSE If you want help for addiction, go to a Cincinnati Health Center and they'll guide you to expert treatment. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.comOhio Attorney General Dave Yost has endorsed a proposed law that would increase penalties for aggravated...
NEWS RELEASE GUELPH POLICE SERVICE **************************** In response to the ongoing opioid crisis, members of the Guelph Police Service Drug Unit have continued to address this issue through enforcement. This investigation began in January of 2019, specifically targeting the trafficking...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEMarch 20, 2019, 8:30 AM GMTBy Laura StricklerWASHINGTON — A former senior U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official who testified before Congress on the government's efforts to stop the...