Hospitals in Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio faced an influx of patients suffering fatal overdoses Saturday, according to a public warning issued by the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition.The alert was in response to 23 overdoses occurred between the hours of 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m....
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area attorney pleaded guilty Monday to a drug distribution charge for illegally selling more than 1,000 oxycodone pills after offering the narcotic painkiller for sale on Craigslist. Jackie Ferrari, 36, a resident of Downey, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court...
The sometimes onerous requirements needed to get a driver's license compliant with the strict federal Real ID Act didn't stop an alleged drug dealer from obtaining one from the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles under the identity of someone living in Puerto Rico.Jose Vittini-Arias, charged...
NORWELL — A Norwell woman facing a fentanyl trafficking charge was held on a $30,000 cash bail Monday after she was arraigned at South Shore Hospital. Police have accused a Brianna St. Peter, 39, of selling drugs out of her home on Arrowhead Drive after...
Ten people died from suspected drug overdoses in five days, according to the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition.Health and law enforcement officials painted a much clearer picture Monday of the overdose activity that ...
CVS Pharmacy officials kicked off a statewide program at one of its stores...
From Friday to Sunday, 60 people reportedly overdosed in Hamilton County.As of Monday, at least 10 people died from suspected overdoses. "It's extremely important that we get the call as soon as possible when that person overdoses," Newtown Police Chief Tom Synan said. Synan said...
“Then and there, I went to sell it, because I needed the money,” sing Los Armadillos, a band from La Sierra in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The popular song, “Cosecha Nocturna” (“Night Harvest”), is about growing and selling opium poppies, a crop that campesinos,...
Doctor Peter Butt, an addictions specialist and associate professor in the department of Family Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, at his office in Saskatoon, SK on Friday, July 7, 2017. Liam Richards / Saskatoon StarPhoenix Once seemingly limited to the streets of Vancouver, where scenes of...
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, June 24, and there’s a new leading cause of opioid overdose deaths in San Francisco, the homelessness crisis is playing out nightly at one BART station, and the future of PG&E’s land holdings is uncertain. Here’s what you need...