While traditional criminal organizations have widened their portfolios dramatically in recent years, drug trafficking remains the most important earner in the region. And with opioid consumption surging and cocaine production at a record high, the underworld is...
WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA) – The executive director of a black civil rights group Wednesday said a prominent Democratic donor is not being prosecuted after two men were found dead in his West Hollywood apartment because the victims were gay black men. A man – identified as 55-year-old...
At high doses opioids, particularly fentanyl, causes rapid cessation of breathing, respiratory failure and death, the physiologic sequence by which people commonly succumb from an unintentional opioid overdose. Yet most times death can be prevented through early detection and timely intervention if naloxone is administered...
Charlottesville resident Jordan McNeish knows the perils of opioid addiction first-hand. Three years ago, he was on an East Coast road trip with his ex-girlfriend, and the plan was to end up in Maine. But their first stop was Baltimore, to buy heroin. McNeish, 29, says...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA / ACCESSWIRE / January 9, 2019 / In this post, Dr. Najib Babul, an experienced pharmaceutical scientist, drug developer, inventor and consultant discusses the use of fentanyl test strips (FTS) to reduce opioid overdose complications and death. More than 2.1...
by Jessica Stringfield, WKRCThree arrested for outstanding warrants, possession of fentanyl, meth (Butler County Sheriff's Office)CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Three people were arrested Jan. 8 on outstanding warrants and drug possession. During the traffic stop at Park Ave. and F St. in Hamilton, Butler County Police...
BOSTON (Reuters) - The former chief executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc pleaded guilty on Wednesday to engaging in a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive opioid medication and has agreed to become a government witness. FILE PHOTO: A box of the Fentanyl-based drug...
A new software system for smartphones can quickly and unobtrusively detect early signs of opioid overdoses, according to a new study. The software successfully identified respiratory depression (a hallmark symptom of overdose) in opioid users in an injection facility and during simulated overdoses (mimicked by...
Here’s what the president said, and how it stacks up against the facts.“The federal government remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security.”False.Democrats have offered $1.3 billion in funding for border security measures like enhanced surveillance...
