Many of you have read news headlines regarding fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid that has become a growing public health crisis in cities across the United States. In California, two recent reports of fentanyl overdoses in Fresno and Chico, collectively led to two deaths and 14...
CHICO, Calif. - The Chico Police Department has confirmed that the death in a mass-overdose in Chico on Jan. 12 was fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine poisoning. Aris Turner, 34, of Chico, died due to the mass overdose incident and 14 others were sent to the hospital. Chico Police...
CHICO — Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien on Wednesday released the cause of the death of the man who died in the apparent mass overdose earlier this month at a Chico home. The man, 34-year-old Aris Turner of Chico, died Jan. 12 from acute fentanyl, methamphetamine and...
A longtime pharmaceutical sales rep for Insys Therapeutics testified Wednesday that he broke the law for the company that made him a rich man with its alleged scheme to bribe medical practitioners to hook patients on Subsys, its potentially fatal fentanyl pain reliever. “Did you agree...
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized enough fentanyl to kill over 50 million people from a truck that was trying to cross the southern border into the United States, according to an investigation by “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” WATCH: “Well, the U.S. border patrol...
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A possible fentanyl lab has been dismantled in Calgary, according to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams.On Jan. 18, ALERT’s Calgary organized crime team dismantled the lab and reportedly found a pill press, dies, various chemical powders and fentanyl in both...
Charges have been laid against four Calgarians in connection with sting on a fentanyl lab that took place earlier this month in Forest Lawn. Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s Calgary...
"You wouldn't focus," says Demaline. On Jan. 11, a Wednesday eight days into his trial, Klaric was brought to the John Sopinka Courthouse from the jail without having his suboxone. His lawyer, Jordana Goldlist, hoped the situation...
Organized crime in Calgary was dealt a significant blow earlier this month after police shut down a suspected fentanyl lab, seizing roughly $75,000 worth of potentially lethal drugs.The lab was operating inside a detached garage at a home in the southeast community of Forest Lawn,...