Under the influence of the CDC Opioid Foolaid, at least a dozen U.S. cities are toying with the ideaof opening “supervised” or “safe injection sites” (SIF), where drug addicts can shoot up illicit drugswatched over by medical professionals. The American Medical Association (AMA) voted in 2017...
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The number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Maine likely decreased in 2018, but the number of deaths connected to cocaine and methamphetamine is expected to rise, the attorney general’s office announced Friday. The total number of fatalities due to drugs in the first three quarters of...
Livingston County jail officials are to blame for the fentanyl-induced overdose death of a Mount Morris man who told deputies of his drug addiction before he was jailed, a federal lawsuit claims.The family of Noel Colon filed the federal lawsuit, alleging that negligence at the...
Augusta, ME-- In the wake of figures released by his office and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Attorney General Aaron M. Frey says the latest drug overdose fatalities indicate that Maine's opioid crisis continues to claim lives at a distressing rate, even though...
As additional families file wrongful death lawsuits against Mount Carmel, Dr. William Husel, and other staff, a source tells ABC 6 another doctor at the hospital called at least one family affected by Husel's alleged actions to notify them and apologize. (WSYX/WTTE)COLUMBUS, Ohio — As additional...
An Oklahoma City woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree murder in a 2017 overdose death. Brenda June Merkel, 59, entered a negotiated plea of guilty...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Tyrone woman who was a link in a drug-selling chain that led to a 31-year-old man’s fatal overdose in 2017 will be incarcerated for five to 15 years.Angela Michelle Miles, 24, apologized this week in Blair County Court for her role in...