GOSHEN — Orange County lawmakers unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling on the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to outlaw variations of fentanyl that were created to skirt the law but have the same effect as the powerful opioid and are just as deadly.The...
Police officers carry and administer naloxone in response to opioid overdoses like other first responders. File photo Increase in suspected overdoses reportedThe Community Drug Strategy has received a report of a higher volume of suspected overdoses in Sudbury.“While we cannot confirm the substance that has caused the...
Illegally manufactured fentanyl was the driving force behind a 45.2% increase in deaths involving synthetic opioids from 2016 to 2017, according to a new report published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In all, there were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017....
A three month investigation into drug activity in Northern Ocean county culminated in the arrest of four people, with one remaining at large, from Lakewood and Toms River according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.The Prosecutor's Narcotics Strike Force, Northern Enforcement Unit, Lakewood Township Police...
Illegally manufactured fentanyl likely drove an increase in national overdose deaths between 2013 and 2017, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday. Opioids accounted for more than two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths in 2017, a rate increase of 12 percent...
Xannies, Bars, Z-Bars, Zanbars, Xanbars, Handlebars, Planks, Bricks, Benzos. These are all slang terms for anti-anxiety drug Xanax that doubles as a recreational drug of choice for many young high school students – one that authorities are encouraging...