JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – On Wednesday, Max’s Mission will be passing out Naloxone kits and fentanyl testing strips for free. The nasal spray naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose. According to Jackson County Public Health, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent...
An influential British Columbia labour union is calling on the B.C. government to launch a public inquiry into organized crime, opioids and money laundering in the province.And while the B.C. NDP government has been resisting demands for such an inquiry, party...
SPRINGFIELD - Two men will be arraigned Tuesday on manslaughter charges in connection with the overdose death of David Simonoko in Ludlow in March.Bradley S. Hoffmeier, 23, of Ludlow, and Vashon B. Robinson, 23, face the involuntary...
A passerby’s video of Tallahassee Police making a shoplifting arrest Thursday showed a toddler climbing out the driver's side door of a pick-up truck and walking barefoot with her hands up over her head toward officers with their guns drawn. As the video ricocheted around social media...
. (Photo: .)Muskingum County Common PleasJudge Mark FleegleRyan M. Viney, 41, Ross Correctional institution, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated riot, a third-degree felonyAlexis R. Stoneburner, 24, Roseville, pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking methamphetamine, a third-degree felonySchuyler J. Green 22, Zanesville, pleaded guilty...
A real life version of “Breaking Bad” that was playing out in China has witnessed its own “series finale.” A self-taught man, with only a middle school education, was described by police as surpassing the skills of some organized gangs in manufacturing methamphetamine. A man by...
One out of every 96 Americans will die from an opioid overdose, according to a 2017 report released by the National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “eliminate preventable deaths.” The odds of dying from an opioid overdose have surpassed the one in 103...
CLOSE TPD is reviewing this video to determine if its officers did indeed point guns at a very young child. Special to the Democrat, Tallahassee DemocratA passerby’s video of Tallahassee Police making a shoplifting arrest Thursday showed a toddler...
Drug abuse is an alarming global crisis. Reports suggest that each day over 130 people die of an opioid overdose in the US. Opioids are a class of drugs that are primarily used in medication for pain relief including anaesthesia, however,...
LISBON — Amber N. McCauley, one of the Operation Big Oak defendants, was sentenced to nine months in the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville by Common Pleas Court Judge Megan Bickerton last week..McCauley, 30, East Fourth Street, East Liverpool, previously pleaded guilty to three...