The head of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on opioids has accused the federal agency of looking out for pharmaceutical company income at the tragic cost of public lives, saying the behavior “borders on the criminal.” “As I sit and listen to them in...
A Xanax tablet: A drug-checking machine in Surrey has detected harmful chemicals that could cause overdose or death. www.drugs.com The Fraser Health authority is warning anyone who uses drugs that fake pills are being sold on the street as pharmaceutical Xanax, and are tainted with a synthetic...
Kristopher Lee Harless, 41, New Cumberland, W.Va., pleaded guilty in Common Pleas Court to one count of aggravated possession of drugs for selling fentanyl in March 2017. Harless was initially charged with four counts of aggravated possession of drugs as a part of the Operation...
Fentanyl is 100 times as powerful as morphineThe US Drug Enforcement Administration says fentanyl has been around since the 1960s.It was meant to be a pain-killer for cancer patients.The DEA says fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine, and 50 times more potent than...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video SACRAMENTO -- The arrest of Carrie Markis is coming as a great surprise to those living in her neighborhood. On the outside, she was a quiet registered nurse with a master's degree from...
Drugs and other items seized during police raids on three London homes and a vehicle, January 24,...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEJan. 26, 2019, 3:02 PM GMTBy Erik OrtizChristine Allison and her husband, Troy, were watching television in their Columbus, Ohio, home last July when his breathing became erratic....
LORAIN, Ohio — A Lorain man will spend the rest of his life in prison for selling fentanyl that killed a 23-year-old bodybuilder in 2016. Russell Davis, 50, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after being convicted by a jury last year on...