(CNN) – While there’s early evidence that the explosive rate of opioid deaths has started to slow, opioids killed more than 49,000 people in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data. A new study reveals which part of the country has been affected...
From staff and wire reports San Mateo County has joined more than 1,300 cities, counties and groups in suing opi- oid prescription drug makers for allegedly fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic. In the lawsuit filed Thursday (Feb. 21) in U.S. District Court, County Counsel John Beiers says...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The case of a man accused of giving a Beadle County woman a deadly dose of fentanyl and then leaving her on her bathroom floor to be discovered by her two children has moved to federal court. In June of 2018, Marc Henrisse...
1959 Belgian physician Dr. Paul Janssen develops and produces a new anesthetic, fentanyl, that is 100 times more powerful than morphine. Through his company, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, he also develops drugs used to treat diarrhea in the developing world and HIV/AIDS. Janssen died in 2003.1960sFentanyl comes into...
For the first time in Saskatchewan’s history, police have charged alleged drug dealers with manslaughter in connection to fatal overdoses.On Friday, all three accused in this case made their first court appearance at Saskatoon provincial court. Each faces four counts of...
Fentanyl overdose deaths on the rise in Yakima County over the last two years.YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash.- The Yakima Valley and the rest of the country has been trying to figure out the best way to handle the opioid crisis over the last few years.But now,...
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Mateo County on Thursday joined more than 1,300 cities, counties and groups in suing opioid prescription drug makers for allegedly fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic. The county’s lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco, but is expected to be...
Talk about losing your appetite.One Ohio restaurant is in hot water for advertising a bag of fentanyl as a “new brunch special” in jest on social media — though many both within and beyond the local community don’t find the supposed joke to be so funny.Last...
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) - A new video from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office paints a picture of the overdose epidemic in Florida.The video shows three people suffering from symptoms of drug overdose at the...