CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of lawmakers held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss ways to fight the ongoing opioid crisis, nearly two weeks after at least 20 people overdosed on heroin on the West Side. The lawmakers said opioid addiction is nothing short of...
EU scientists are working to analyse and identify synthetic drugs, in a fight against a rapidly-growing market.New psychoactive substances (NPS) are designed to mimic the effects of illegal narcotics such as cannabis, cocaine or heroin, and can be extremely harmful.Despite this, the synthetic drugs are...
Top Executives of Insys, an Opioid Company, Are Found Guilty of Racketeering [NY Times]A fentanyl maker's top executives, including the company's founder, have been convicted of racketeering. "Just as we would street-level drug dealers, we will hold pharmaceutical executives responsible for fueling the opioid epidemic." Grandmother...
A new awareness campaign aims to dispel some myths about the risks of opioid overdose for casual drug users.The Know Your Drugs campaign officially launched Friday in Thunder Bay, an initiative of the city police's Zone Watch program.Thunder Bay police media coordinator Scott Paradis said the campaign...
North Bay police have charged three North Bay residents in connection with separate fentanyl deaths in the city. The first person to die of a drug overdose was a 24-year-old North Bay man who died last June. Police continued to investigate his death and have now charged...
Mississauga Centre MPP Natalia Kusendova tabled her first private members bill on Wednesday (May 1) in an effort to fight back against Canada’s opioid crisis. If passed, the Mandatory Police Training Act, 2019 will require those under...
DORCHESTER – State Police arrested three men and confiscated three duct-taped bricks of fentanyl following a six-month investigation into opioid trafficking.Pablo Alberto Arias Herrera, 48, of Dorchester, and Omar Medina-Santiago, 31, and Julio Missael Ramirez Peguero, 26, both of Roslindale, are scheduled to be...
PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES Cannabis, however, not on scientists’ testing list ELI HILLeli.hill@age.co.nz Government scientists testing Masterton’s wastewater have found methamphetamine to be Masterton’s most popular drug – by a long shot. In 2016 scientists began testing for meth, MDMA, fentanyl and heroin in Whangarei, Auckland’s North Shore and Christchurch –...
Mahaska County Sheriff Russ Van Renterghem Oskaloosa, Iowa – At Mahaska Drug this past Saturday, the Oskaloosa Police Department and the Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office held a drug take back day. The hope is that individuals will turn in their unused prescription drugs in an effort to...
Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner BENNINGTON — A 50-year-old local woman has pleaded not guilty to providing fentanyl to another woman who died of the drug in January. Beth Brace is charged with selling or dispensing a regulated drug in Bennington that resulted in the death of Dawn...