Share This Article:Fentanyl found in 2004Mitsubishi Endeavor. Photo via Sheriff’s DepartmentA woman and her boyfriend were behind bars Thursday after allegedly being caught transporting more than 20 kilograms of powdered fentanyl — an illicit drug haul valued at $1.5 million — on an Otay Mesa...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Onondaga County saw an 11 percent increase in opioid overdose deaths last year fueled largely by the powerful drug fentanyl.There were 101 unintended opioid deaths in 2018, up from 91 in 2017, according to the Onondaga County Health Department. The county’s...
Handout Chatham-Kent police Chief Gary Conn, left, and Insp. Trevor Crane are shown with the largest drug seizure in the municipality's history. Chatham-Kent police have made the largest drug bust in the municipality’s history, seizing more than $2.6 million worth of opioids and other illegal drugs.On...
Looking for a quality used fire truck? Selling one? Visit our sponsor Command Fire ApparatusA Columbia Journalism Review article today (Thursday) blames the news media and others for pushing a myth about the threat of fentanyl to firefighters, EMS, police and bystanders. Despite medical experts...
Treating America's Pain: Unintended Victims of the Opioid Crackdown, Part 1 – The SuicidesThe national opioid crisis propelled a crackdown on prescription painkillers, causing hundreds of doctors to abruptly reduce or completely cut off their patients’ prescriptions, leaving many among the estimated 20 million Americans...
Staff Sgt. Pierre Blais poses for a photo with a drug shipment from BC containing 60 kg of marijuana, drug manufacturing equipment and 2,000 fentanyl pills during a press conference at ALERT Edmonton in Edmonton, Alta., on Tuesday June 14, 2016. Ian Kucerak / Ian Kucerak/Postmedia A...
https://wskg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WEB-1.mp3BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) – Broome County executive, Jason Garnar declared a state of emergency March 27 after 10 overdose deaths related to fentanyl occurred in 10 days. Over the last two weeks, Garnar has conducted a meeting every morning at 11 o’clock with representatives from all...
Two Florida Republicans are leading the charge on Capitol Hill to crack down on fentanyl being brought in to the U.S. from China, Mexico and other nations. Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined other senators--including Arkansas Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton and New York...
WARREN — Trumbull County health officials are once again seeing a rise in drug overdose deaths. The latest statistics released Wednesday the Trumbull County Coroner’s Office show there were 27 cases through March 13. Kathleen Meszaros, chief forensics investigator with the coroner’s office, said there are five...