D.C. police and federal officials seized millions of dollars worth of heroin and marijuana from a Northeast D.C. home in what the mayor called the largest-ever seizure of heroin in the region.Authorities seized more than 88 pounds of heroin laced with fentanyl, 40 pounds of...
The latest absorbing legal puzzle of our times appears in Monday’s Vancouver Sun, which just caught up with a ruling given a few weeks ago in the local Provincial Court. We open on a typical Downtown Eastside scene: police are keeping a eye on a...
Kristen Harding, a spokesperson for the Lethbridge Police Service, said two people died in the early morning hours of Sunday and it is believed both people died of an opioid overdose. An injection kit is seen inside the newly opened Fraser Health supervised consumption site...
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A DOUBLE murderer hanged himself in his cell on death row after his execution was postponed twice and he told the state to “get to it”. Scott Dozier, 48, was found dead at Ely max security jail in Nevada, after repeatedly telling the authorities he’d rather...
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio Monday Jan 7, 2019 at 11:53 AM QUINCY — A Weymouth woman is facing fentanyl trafficking charges after a months long police investigation. Melissa A. Edwards, 28, of 26 Lakehurst Avenue, was charged with trafficking fentanyl in an amount more than 10 grams, distribution of...
In places like San Francisco, where fentanyl is clearly labeled and not disguised as heroin, some people who are addicted to opioids prefer the powerful synthetic. “Fentanyl is stronger, you need less of it, and it’s cheaper. So why wouldn’t I, as somebody with limited...
1. Talking about resolutions for the new year, this public official in Rowan County said he or she has a single resolution each year. “I have a sticky note in my office, and it just has two words on it. It just says, ‘Do better.’...
Audrey Gibson wants her Gucci back. And her Chanel, Fendi and Louis Vuitton. Federal prosecutors contend the high-end loot was purchased with the proceeds from a drug operation that peddled fentanyl and carfentanil on the streets of Northeast Ohio. In September, Gibson cut a deal in the case —...