Michigan has a Mexican-sourced drug epidemic
Beth Bailey Published 10:50 p.m. ET March 17, 2019 Fentanyl and meth seized by Customs and Border Protection officers is shown at the Nogales Port of Entry...
18 March, 2019
Overdose
Death investigations rise in 2018 in Lenawee County with fentanyl a growing factor in drug deaths – News – The Daily Telegram – Adrian, MI
ADRIAN — At the beginning of every year, Sarah Palmani, the office manager of the Lenawee County Medical Examiner’s office, collects the statistics that she has fastidiously kept over the previous year of all the unexpected deaths in the county. In 2018, the office responded to...
17 March, 2019
Our opinion: Needle exchange spending a hasty decision | Opinion
There is no doubt that opioid abuse is a crisis in our community.It’s...
17 March, 2019
Every community affected by addiction – News – The Daily Jeffersonian
In nearly every community across the United States, the footprint of addiction has left its mark. The overdose-related death rate in Guernsey Country has increased astronomically over the past eight years. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), drug poisoning is now considered...
17 March, 2019
Editorial: With overdose arrests, history has been made
In a very real sense, history was made again March 11 when two men were arraigned on manslaughter charges for allegedly supplying heroin cut with fentanyl to a Riverhead man who died after using this deadly mix. In the nightmare that is America’s opioid crisis, responsible...
16 March, 2019
Clarion DA: ‘Fentanyl is death’ | Front Page
CLARION - Arrests of six people in connection with a fentanyl and heroin...
16 March, 2019
Breaking a cycle of addiction, Part III
PHOENIX, AZ — It is now termed the deadliest drug in the United States. Fentanyl is listed as the cause of death on thousands of death certificates and it's also behind multiple overdose calls. Those who have taken fentanyl recreationally, and live to tell,...
16 March, 2019
After pushing addictive OxyContin, Purdue now pursuing overdose antidote
Enlarge / If approved, Purdue's new drug would compete with opioid overdose antidote, naloxone. Notorious OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma—which has been widely criticized for deceptively marketing its highly addictive painkiller...
15 March, 2019
Arizona emergency responders warned about dangers of fentanyl
PHOENIX — The Valley's top drug enforcement officials are calling this the "most dangerous drug epidemic this country has ever faced."Doug Coleman, the special agent in charge for the Phoenix division of the Drug Enforcement Agency, says fentanyl is such a deadly drug, it's putting...
15 March, 2019
