West Virginia Congressman David McKinley is focusing on the opioid issues affecting his state.OHIO VALLEY — West Virginia Congressman David McKinley will serve on three House Energy and Commerce subcommittees.His goal? Stopping the opioid issues affecting his state.In West Virginia, 52 of every 100,000 deaths are...
Editor: Drug overdoses killed more people in the United States than car accidents or guns. In 2017, synthetic opioids such as Fentanyl were involved in nearly 30,000 deaths from 2016-2017. Mexican cartels make large quantities of cheap methamphetamine and deliver it to the United States through the...
The head of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on opioids has accused the federal agency of looking out for pharmaceutical company income at the tragic cost of public lives, saying the behavior “borders on the criminal.” “As I sit and listen to them in...
A Xanax tablet: A drug-checking machine in Surrey has detected harmful chemicals that could cause overdose or death. www.drugs.com The Fraser Health authority is warning anyone who uses drugs that fake pills are being sold on the street as pharmaceutical Xanax, and are tainted with a synthetic...
Fentanyl is 100 times as powerful as morphineThe US Drug Enforcement Administration says fentanyl has been around since the 1960s.It was meant to be a pain-killer for cancer patients.The DEA says fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine, and 50 times more potent than...
LORAIN, Ohio — A Lorain man will spend the rest of his life in prison for selling fentanyl that killed a 23-year-old bodybuilder in 2016. Russell Davis, 50, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after being convicted by a jury last year on...
A Lorain man will spend the rest of his life in federal prison after he was convicted of selling fentanyl that...
FORT MYERS A retired South Florida firefighter-medic is on a mission to educate and distribute a lifesaving drug to people nationwide. Luis Garcia taught hundreds at FSW in Fort Myers how to distribute Narcan Friday. “I’ve gone all over Florida,” Garcia said. “I’ve never seen the turnout...
Twice in the past week-and-a-half, McCarthy said on Friday, Jan. 25, she hurried to the ICU after hearing someone had overdosed. Both times, her would-be clients died before she ever had a chance to meet with them.The two were among five people who have died...
ALEXANDRIA, La. (RPSO) - Over the last two months, the Metro Narcotics Division continued their investigation into the heroin and fentanyl trafficking in the Alexandria area. Agents developed Raymon "Rev" Dixon, 43, of Alexandria, as a suspected dealer. During their initial investigation, Agents established...