FORT MYERS Fort Myers man is found guilty in federal court on multiple narcotic charges, including the distribution of Fentanyl that resulted in a death. On January 18, 2018, Gregory Apicella sold Fentanyl to a victim in Lee County who ultimately died from an overdose. The Lee County Sheriff’s...
University researchers found that when young adults are provided fentanyl test strips, the majority use those strips to test the purity of their drug paraphernalia and a number change their drug use habits based on those tests, according to a recent study published January in...
The San Diego City Attorney’s Office on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against major manufacturers of prescription painkillers, alleging...
NORFOLK, Va. — A man pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin on Thursday, after he was arrested for selling heroin...
WASHINGTON — New opioid numbers released Wednesday by the Anne Arundel County Department of Health suggest fentanyl will continue to be...
The Scioto County Health Department says it is experiencing an unusual number of sudden overdose deaths.The county says it most likely represents extremely potent opiates. Until toxicology reports are complete, the county is not certain if this is heroin, fentanyl, a mixture of the two or...
The commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottlieb, says that addressing the opioid epidemic...
B.C.’s overdose crisis has accelerated public debates around an end to the war on drugs. With the province suffering more than 1,400 fatal overdoses each year, policymakers are increasingly open to initiatives that were once dismissed as radical.Last week (February 21), for example, the B.C. Centre...
1. After 5 years of monitoring, the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program found that up to half of opioid non-tolerant patients were being inappropriately prescribed transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products.2. While the REMS program had a noncompliance plan, after 5 years there was no...
File Photo BERKELEY – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and his staff had a stern message recently for any Central Regional High School students who might be tempted to use opioids...