More from I-270 News FREDERICK, Md. - In 2017, the number of opioid overdoses in the City of Frederick stood at about 124.Now with the rise of fentanyl, 2018 has witnessed more overdoses and deaths."It’s so...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEDec. 26, 2018 / 11:13 PM GMTBy Janelle GriffithThe former CEO of a drug company that produced a powerful and addictive painkiller containing fentanyl for cancer patients has...
As part of the Trump Administration’s tough-on-crime stance, federal prosecutors will begin trying more fentanyl cases in federal court. They will be utilizing stronger resources and mandatory minimum sentences in an attempt to deter people from selling the deadly synthetic opioids in Baltimore, where there...
fe818764-6cf4-4b09-9715-a6e11074d6b7-large16x9_GreyDeath.jpgALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) - An autopsy report hasn't been completed yet on how 29 year-old Shane Lemperle ended up dead in his Albany County Jail cell, but a substance found in his sock leads investigators to believe it was an overdose on “Grey Death.” It’s...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEDec. 26, 2018 / 11:13 PM GMTBy Janelle GriffithThe former CEO of a drug company that produced a powerful and addictive painkiller containing fentanyl for cancer patients has...
Researchers have reported that a newly developed vaccine that could combat both opioid dependency and overdose has yielded what appear to be positive results in animal testing. The vaccine, which uses monoclonal antibodies – antibodies made by identical copies of immune cells – appeared to block...
FILE PHOTO: A box of the Fentanyl-based drug Subsys, made by Insys Therapeutics Inc, is seen in an undated photograph provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama/Handout via REUTERS...
A Halifax man who was caught with large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine in his apartment has been handed a six-year...