Scott Dozier, a death row inmate in Nevada, was found dead in his cell Saturday of an apparent suicide, state department of corrections officials said. Dozier, 48, was hanging from a bed sheet tied to an air vent in his cell at Ely State Prison, the...
"Frightening" is the first word that comes to mind for an emergency physician at the Barrie hospital when asked to describe the city's current opioid crisis. Dr. Chris Martin, an emergency and intensive-care physician at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH)...
"Frightening" is the first word that comes to mind for an emergency physician at the Barrie hospital when asked to describe the opioid crisis. Dr. Chris Martin, an emergency and intensive-care physician at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in...
news, worldA twice-convicted murderer who declared he wanted to die has apparently killed himself in his prison cell after his execution was twice postponed. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found dead by hanging in his solo death-row cell at Nevada's maximum-security prison, authorities said. Dozier's...
WATERLOO REGION — Fentanyl, the deadly drug responsible for many of the region's overdoses, will continue to be a focus for police and its drug and firearms unit in 2019. There is no sign that the dangers of...
Eileen Whalen, president of the UVM Medical Center board of trustees, talks to reporters at a press conference on Jan. 4, 2019. Photo by Aidan Quigley/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — The University of Vermont Medical Center admitted seven patients to the emergency room who had overdosed in a...
Opioid addiction has reached such crisis levels that treatment experts are increasingly helping addicts fight their drug addiction with other drugs. It’s controversial, but it’s an idea being encouraged by the head of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation. Former Gov. Jim McGreevey recently talked about...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A historic case played out in South Dakota's federal court system Friday.A young woman received the first 20-year mandatory minimum prison sentence...