CINCINNATI — Crack cocaine tainted with fentanyl is behind a recent "significant increase" in suspected overdose deaths, according to an alert from the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition Task Force.Officials said they have investigated at least six suspected crack cocaine overdose deaths in 10 days. In...
Prince's former bodyguard answered questions from attorneys for seven hours as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the late rock star. Kirk Johnson's attorney told KSTP-TV that Wednesday's deposition at the Carver County Courthouse was difficult for his client, who...
The Hamilton County Heroin Task Force is warning residents about tainted drugs leading to a significant increase the number of overdose deaths.The task force said crack cocaine being sold in the area has been tainted with fentanyl and, as a result, officers are seeing a...
In 2017, there were 39 overdose fatalities related to opioid use in St. Johns County, according to the most recent statistics available by the Centers for Disease Control. At least some of those deaths might have been preventable if Narcan, the opioid reversal treatment, was administered...
The death rate for young people due to opioid poisoning nearly tripled from 1999 to 2016, and the crisis continues to devastate a wide range of people from different backgrounds. News on the epidemic also focuses on the former president of Purdue Pharma, a physician...
CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County health officials are encouraging drug users to pick up free test strips that can detect the presence...
Tom Petty’s widow has issued legal threats against his eldest daughter, Adria, accusing her of planning to create a Paul Newman-style range of salad dressings using her father’s image.The new allegations are part of a broader feud between Dana and Petty’s daughters by his first...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Bronx woman is being accused of killing her...
Two days after Christmas, Darwin Santana-Gonzalez, a curly-haired 1-year-old, was toddling around a Bronx apartment where, the police said, a potent mixture of heroin and fentanyl was being prepared, stamped and packed for sale.The powerful opioids had been placed in packages, the authorities said, along...
Two days after Christmas, Darwin Santana-Gonzalez, a curly-haired 1-year-old, was toddling around a Bronx apartment where, the police said, a potent mixture of heroin and fentanyl was being prepared, stamped and packed for sale.The powerful opioids had been placed in packages, the authorities said, along...