A real life version of “Breaking Bad” that was playing out in China has witnessed its own “series finale.” A self-taught man, with only a middle school education, was described by police as surpassing the skills of some organized gangs in manufacturing methamphetamine. A man by...
One out of every 96 Americans will die from an opioid overdose, according to a 2017 report released by the National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “eliminate preventable deaths.” The odds of dying from an opioid overdose have surpassed the one in 103...
CLOSE TPD is reviewing this video to determine if its officers did indeed point guns at a very young child. Special to the Democrat, Tallahassee DemocratA passerby’s video of Tallahassee Police making a shoplifting arrest Thursday showed a toddler...
Drug abuse is an alarming global crisis. Reports suggest that each day over 130 people die of an opioid overdose in the US. Opioids are a class of drugs that are primarily used in medication for pain relief including anaesthesia, however,...
The nonprofit group Max's Mission will give out test strips that can detect whether street drugs are laced with fentanyl -- the deadliest drug in America.The giveaway will take place from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Medford library, 205 S. Central Ave.Max's Mission...
Between the Oroville dam evacuation, the Camp Fire and the occasional flash flood in our area, local law enforcement officials, firefighters and medical personnel have encountered just about every nightmare known to man the past two years. But, chances are nothing prepared them for what police...
Some of the opioid overdose victims in north Seattle reported injecting heroin, while others reported snorting a crushed pill. The latest update shows that fentanyl was likely involved in at lease one of the overdoses. ( Pixabay ) Seattle & King County authorities issued...