Part of Cannabis and your health Expand stories Police are working on the assumption that two teenagers found unconscious with vomit around their mouths after smoking marijuana overdosed on opioid-laced cannabis. Peter Dejong/AP...
Voting once again to strengthen Connecticut drug law, State Rep. John Frey (R-111) joined his colleagues and unanimously passed legislation that will make the sale and distribution of the synthetic opioid fentanyl a felony. “I’m proud to join my colleagues to put drug dealers on notice that they...
CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — State drug agents made two arrests on Tuesday as part of a lengthy investigation into the trafficking...
The unjustified prescription and abuse of immediate-release fentanyl, a potent opioid, has put the Spanish authorities on alert. The Health Ministry and Spain’s regional governments have decided to establish a working group “to evaluate and improve the use of opioids, particularly when delivered in forms that...
PHOENIX — It is a new drug-recognition technology that is saving lives, taxpayer dollars, and making Phoenix police and prosecutors more efficient.The device is called a TruNarc Handheld Narcotics Analyzer, and this week Phoenix City Council approved a roughly $533,000 contract with the manufacturer Thermo...
A heroin dealer and self-proclaimed "smooth criminal," his business associate and their underlings are behind bars and their sophisticated drug enterprise has been taken down, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced Thursday.With their capture comes the hope that authorities have put a dent in the...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — A repeat drug offender was ordered held without bail Thursday for a dangerousness hearing after police seized almost 11 grams of fentanyl in a raid.Edwin M. Collazo, 23, of 177 Arnold St., Apartment 2, New Bedford, is charged with trafficking...
It only takes a few grains to kill.As a Toronto emergency room physician who has treated more than his share of overdoses, Dr. Brett Belchetz has a simple message: “Don’t buy street drugs.”Belchetz isn’t surprised when he hears that two Milton teens nearly died this...
