BOSTON (AP) — A legislative commission is recommending state lawmakers approve the creation of one or more supervised injection sites for drug users in Massachusetts. Commission members said Tuesday that the state should allow the sites on a test basis to see if they can help...
In the past few years, the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and its derivatives have been the primary driver of the drug overdose death epidemic. A wave of addiction that began with prescription opioids two decades ago and morphed into one driven by heroin after the...
Locklear RED SPRINGS — Two Red Springs police officers who responded to a drug overdose on Saturday were treated for possible exposure to fentanyl, an incredibly lethal drug. It happened about 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Hardin’s Grocery at 806 S. Main St., according...
Dealers who peddle drugs that kill should be locked up for murder, according to the father of a man who died from an overdose.Dean Palozej's son Spencer Palozej died after taking fentanyl-laced pills on February 1, 2018 - one day before his 30th birthday.Dean said: 'If they're...
Legislation to increase penalties for trafficking or making fentanyl could go before the Missouri House in Jefferson City on Monday afternoon for a final vote. The House gavels-in today at 4 p.m. State Rep. Nick Schroer speaks about fentanyl legislation on the Missouri House floor on...
STAFFORD, Conn. (AP) — Having lost his 29-year-old son to a fentanyl overdose, Dean Palozej believes dealers who peddle drugs that kill should be locked up for a very long time — for the rest of their life, in some cases.A state representative who heard...
Mothers Love Enlow _ wpde _ 2.24.19.PNGHorry County, S.C. (WPDE) — July 21, 2018 was a day Britney Jones will never forget.It was the day her brother, Justice Enlow, died from a fentanyl overdose."He was a very very hard worker. He had an amazing heart,” Jones...