One drug advocate is asking Canadians to mail him their street drugs to find out how fatal they are — even though it’s illegal.So far, at least 25 people, three of whom are from Toronto, have sent in samples of cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), CBD and...
TAUNTON — Compared to 2017, both the numbers of opioid-related overdoses and deaths increased in Taunton in 2018.According to 2018 opioid overdose statistics compiled by Taunton Police Department Crime Analyst Jennifer Bastille, there were 292 opioid-related overdoses last year, 46 of which were confirmed by the...
What do Murder 8, Apache, China Girl, China White, Friend, Dance Fever, Goodfella, Jackpot, TNT, and Tango and Cash all have in common? They’re all street names for fentanyl or fentanyl-laced heroin. Fentanyl is an incredibly powerful synthetic...
Regina provincial court Matthew Kruchak / Regina Leader-Post What court heard was a family-run drug trafficking operation has netted the patriarch of the group a prison term.Sean C.J. Carson pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a drug for the purpose of trafficking and one count...
Chandler B. GoodardBradley A. McRaeHartsville, In. —After a lengthy narcotics investigation, two Columbus residents suspected of bringing fentanyl and heroin from out of state and selling it locally were arrested after their vehicle was stopped on Friday afternoon. During the investigation, Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team detectives...
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The leading opioid present in the bodies of overdose victims in Thunder Bay is methadone. DAVID_JACKSON The lineups start before 8 in the morning outside the drug stores of Thunder Bay – recovering opioid users form queues to obtain their...
As pharmaceutical companies prepare to square off with states and local communities in courts around the U.S., a growing number of state and local officials say the industry should pay to cover the cost of the nation's deadly opioid epidemic."I think they are as complicit...
Other communities were alerted about a potentially fatal drug found in Tecumseh before residents in Windsor-Essex were told.According to Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, the delay is due to not receiving information from the OPP quickly enough."It's all about the data. It's all about the information...