BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to up to 30 years in state prison for selling the fentanyl that killed a man in Bucks County last year. William Frank Brennan, 21, pleaded guilty in November to charges...
A Bucks County man will spend at least a decade, and up to 30 years, in state prison for selling the fentanyl that killed a 23-year-old then continuing to sell the powerful opioid painkiller.William Frank Brennan, 21,...
The governor says his proposed budget includes alternative treatments for some chronic pain conditions and plans to distribute fentanyl testing kits to slow the rate of overdoses Gov. Jay Inslee proposed the state spend $30 million to help combat the...
PARKERSBURG — The first person convicted in Wood County under a new state law specifically targeting the dealers of drugs that cause fatal overdoses was sentenced Monday to prison, where he will serve at least five years.Christopher Masten, 29, in custody at the North Central...
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of five years of death certificates (2011-2016) found that among drug overdose deaths 29 percent were due to fentanyl by 2016, a huge leap from 4 percent in 2011, when oxycodone was most dangerous...
More than 100 drop boxes have been placed throughout King County in an effort to get secure unneeded opioids. By ...
Drug overdose deaths declined in Evanston this year, but fentanyl, the synthetic opiod that's surged to be the leading cause of overdose deaths nationwide, figured in both of the deaths reported here. The latest national statistics, released last week by the Centers for Disease Control, based...
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - A drug bust in Pasco County lead to several arrest and indictments.Five men were arrested in Operation "Now You 'Z' Me, Now...
The trial of a Millersville man charged with manslaughter for selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 16-year-old...
SIOUX FALLS, SD - For millions of people, overdose deaths are just statistics. For many families, those numbers equal the loss of a loved one. State,...