As fentanyl continues to ravage communities, it is important that those on the frontlines get the resources they need to gain ground in the battle. As the Herald’s Lisa Kashinsky reports, in the Merrimack Valley, police chiefs are calling for assistance from the federal government. “We...
For the first time in Saskatchewan’s history, police have charged alleged drug dealers with manslaughter in connection to fatal overdoses.On Friday, all three accused in this case made their first court appearance at Saskatoon provincial court. Each faces four counts of...
Fentanyl overdose deaths on the rise in Yakima County over the last two years.YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash.- The Yakima Valley and the rest of the country has been trying to figure out the best way to handle the opioid crisis over the last few years.But now,...
YORK, Maine — One hundred two grams of fentanyl that were coming into Maine were stopped when police pulled over a...
Federal agents searched the man's Lovell Place apartment Friday and found evidence of a drug operation, according to court documents. The FBI charges that an Erie man acting as a "large-scale narcotics trafficker" was running a drug processing operation out of his Lovell Place apartment in...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Mateo County on Thursday joined more than 1,300 cities, counties and groups in suing opioid prescription drug makers for allegedly fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic. The county’s lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco, but is expected to be...
In this week’s FOIA round-up, public records requests reveal pollution from U.S. mining sites is contaminating American water supplies without being treated, researchers use FOIA documents to reveal mishandling of fentanyl distribution by the Federal Drug Administration, and new records raise ethical concerns over travel...
Talk about losing your appetite.One Ohio restaurant is in hot water for advertising a bag of fentanyl as a “new brunch special” in jest on social media — though many both within and beyond the local community don’t find the supposed joke to be so funny.Last...
