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KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called "zombie" outbreak in New York. Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site...

KAMLOOPS, B.C.—The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called “zombie” outbreak in New York.Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site found the powerful drug mixed...

Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — A city man charged with running a cocaine delivery service was ordered held without bail as he awaits trial on drug trafficking charges, court records say.Miguel A. Martinez, 40, of 472 Cottage St. was found dangerous and...

In 2017, 172 people in Monmouth County lost their lives to a drug overdose. One year later, that casualty count was easily surpassed — overdoses took 215 lives in the county.That jump can easily be blamed, officials say, on fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's taken...