This week’s In Depth story looks at the opioid epidemic’s effect on chronic pain patients.Union-Tribune reporter Kristina Davis gives...
LISBON — Two Cleveland men indicted as a part of the Operation Big Oak made appearances on Friday afternoon in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court.An arraignment was held before Judge Megan Bickerton for Anthony Jackson, 31, Cleveland, is one of the Jackson relatives believed to...
Some of the opioid overdose victims in north Seattle reported injecting heroin, while others reported snorting a crushed pill. The latest update shows that fentanyl was likely involved in at lease one of the overdoses. ( Pixabay ) Seattle & King County authorities issued...
9:10 PM 01/19/2019 | USEvie Fordham | Politics and Health Care Reporter The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s decision to review its gift acceptance policies after revelations about its donors, members of the opioid-profiteering Sackler family, created joy and fury in photographer and activist Nan Goldin,...
On Christmas Day, 18-month-old Ava Floyd ingested “a large quantity” of fentanyl while her parents were producing and packing the potent drug for sale at their home in Clinton Township, Mich. That afternoon, Ava...
Methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana were the most common drugs picked up by the Portage County Drug Task Force in 2018. "Heroin dropped off the face of the earth," said Portage County Sheriff’s Office Major Larry Limbert, who oversees the task force. The drug task force...
A 24-year-old Lynn man faces arraignment after Arlington police charged him Friday, Jan. 18, with trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine.Angel Manuel Rodriguez, after meeting with an undercover officer, was charged with trafficking in more than 10 grams of fentanyl, a Class A drug, and distributing...