APACHE JUNCTION, AZ — A Valley mother is questioning how her 14-year old son's school handled a near-fatal drug overdose.The incident did not take place on campus, but the mother who asked to stay anonymous, says her teen overdosed on fentanyl. He told her another...
Chris Mackie, the top public health official for London and Middlesex County, held a Friday press conference with London police chief John Pare to discuss the rash of recent drug overdoses that have killed five London men in the past six days. (MIKE HENSEN, The...
U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb has reintroduced legislation creating a grant program to help police obtain portable, chemical-screening devices that can be used to detect the dangerous drug fentanyl.Lamb, D-17, Mount Lebanon, along with U.S. Reps. David Joyce, R-Ohio, and David Trone, D-Md., introduced the Providing...
An incapacitated man lies crumpled on the sidewalk in front of the Salvations Army's Centre of Hope in London, Ont. on Friday April 5, 2019. He and a woman ingested what police said was likely fentanyl, leading to the woman overdosing. The woman was revived...
On March 28, over 77 pounds of suspected heroin or fentanyl were seized in Harlem, New York City. Ariel Hernandez faces drug charges and Luisuidyn Garcia Mena has been charged with conspiracy in the second degree and false personation. Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous substance, with...
Alarmed that Ohio's highest drug overdose death rate now belongs to black men, Gov. Mike DeWine is calling for increased efforts to battle addiction in the minority community.DeWine on Thursday appointed a minority health working group to develop recommendations as part of his RecoveryOhio initiative...
London Police headquarters (File photo) London police have charged a pair of twin brothers with drug possession, including oft-deadly fentanyl – a drug officials have said could be at the root of a recent raft of overdoses across Southwestern Ontario.Police say the men, aged 33, were...
NORWICH - A Norwich man and woman are facing narcotics-related charges following a drug raid Thursday afternoon, according to police.Police said they applied for and were granted a search warrant which they served 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 13 Carlson Street.The search came as the result...