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4 arrested in Stoughton raid; fentanyl, heroin seized – News – The Enterprise, Brockton, MA
Detectives executed a search warrant at a Canton Street home along with a MetroLEC SWAT team. STOUGHTON — Four people were arrested late Friday afternoon when detectives executed a search warrant along with a SWAT team.The arrests were the result of an investigation by Stoughton police...
12 January, 2019
Police say Bethlehem drug bust turns up Fentanyl, hundreds of packs of heroin
69 News 69 News BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After arresting two suspected customers, Bethlehem police on Thursday arrested an Allentown man and seized hundreds of heroin...
11 January, 2019
What’s The Risk Of Getting A Disease From A Used Needle?
Starbucks employees are worried about the danger of being stuck with used syringes discarded in store bathrooms. More than 3,700 people had signed a petition requesting safe syringe disposal in the stores’ bathrooms as of Friday. The petition cited fear of exposure to infectious diseases like...
11 January, 2019
He was a small-time heroin dealer in Virginia. Four women he dated have fatally overdosed.
Perry Botto and family members gather in December to remember the lives of his daughter Jeanette Botto and her mother Teresa. Jeanette died of an overdose in 2016, and her mother killed herself while grieving months later. (Cal Cary/For The Washington Post) ...
11 January, 2019
Drug bust in Grande Prairie yields 4 kilos of meth, 2 kilos of coke, over 6000 opioid tablets: RCMP – Edmonton
Police officers seized thousands of opioid tablets and several kilograms worth of crystal meth and cocaine when they raided an apartment in Grande Prairie, Alta., earlier this week, the RCMP said on Thursday.“Grande Prairie RCMP executed a search warrant on an...
11 January, 2019
Opioid town hall: Stopping the opioid crisis at the southern border
LAREDO, Texas (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — San Antonio stations KABB and WOAI along with Sinclair Broadcast Group hosted the second town hall meeting in a 12-part series to raise awareness of America's deadly opioid crisis.The Thursday event took place just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in...
11 January, 2019
Experts point to harm reduction as one tool against addiction epidemic | Health
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11 January, 2019
Contra Costa EMS Chief charged with stealing Fentanyl
A chief in charge of emergency medical services at the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District was charged Thursday with crimes including embezzlement after he was caught stealing narcotics from the agency, officials said. ...
11 January, 2019