Dr. Indra Cidambi Published 6:23 a.m. ET May 31, 2019 | Updated 11:51 a.m. ET May 31, 2019CLOSE Researchers have discovered that most opioid overdose deaths are caused by the synthetic...
Credits: DEA A federal grand jury indicted a darknet drug dealer from Dallas, Texas, who is selling fentanyl to thousands of U.S. residents. Fentanyl a dangerous synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroine and 100 times stronger than morphine. It is one of...
Daira Santana-Gonzalez, 23, was charged last week with second-degree murder, according to a press release from the New York Police Department.In December, police were alerted to an unconscious 1-year-old in the Bronx and came upon Santana-Gonzalez, her son and the son's father in a taxi...
Daira Santana-Gonzalez, 23, was charged last week with second-degree murder, according to a press release from the New York Police Department.In December, police were alerted to an unconscious 1-year-old in the Bronx and came upon Santana-Gonzalez, her son and the son's father in a taxi...
CLEVELAND — A woman who sold narcotics to a man that overdosed and died has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.Latierra “Queen” Williams, 34, was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for selling drugs to Jessie Keener, 32, according to...
CLOSE U.S. Authorities seized $4.3 million worth of hard drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and suspected fentanyl at the Arizona/Mexico border in three separate incidents in one day. Veuer's Mercer Morrison has the story. Buzz60While fentanyl and other opioids...
Carfentanil in granular form. A synthetic opioid intended for use on large animals, carfentanil has 100 times the potency of fentanyl. The amount pictured is much more than enough to fatally overdose a human. Courtesy of Sudbury & District Health Unit / Windsor Star The organizations...
Drug dealers are increasingly supplying their crack cocaine and ecstasy users with drugs tainted with fentanyl. According to the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition Task Force, that is causing a rash of overdose deaths. The task force has investigated at least six suspected...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In an Aug. 24, 2018, story about a lawsuit against a doctor who prescribed...