Amid a nationwide opioid emergency declared by the president and a decade-long rise in overdose deaths, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is joining other Southern California law enforcement agencies in arming its deputies with an antidote for abuse. Opioids include heroin and prescription pain medications such...
WASHINGTON C.H. — In a dungeon-like jail in the center of this farming town, 18 women in orange-and-white-striped prison uniforms are crammed into a two-story cellblock. Many of them are withdrawing from fentanyl.The jail, built in 1884 to hold 24, now houses 55 men and...
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........Season “CeCe” FrostCopyright © 2019 Albuquerque JournalAs the sun set on May 26, 2018, Season Frost was outside a midtown hotel tending to a friend who had too...
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........These two vials, labeled heroin and fentanyl, represent the approximate fatal dosage for each drug. (Source: Bruce A. Taylor/New Hampshire State Police Forensic Lab)Copyright © 2019 Albuquerque JournalThat...
More people have died so far in 2019 from suicide than from overdoses in Portage County. The Portage County Coroner’s Office has confirmed 10 deaths by suicide as of May 21. Five deaths from drug overdoses have been confirmed in that time period, and four...
The headline "WV settles Opioid Lawsuit for 37M" struck me like a needle...
Shannade Clermont made her reputation on being “bad.” As one half of the Clermont Twins, she shot to social-media fame after a 2015 stint on the Oxygen reality TV show “Bad Girls Club,” where she and sister Shannon stole every scene they were in, thanks to...
The Christiansburg Police Department has responded to three overdoses, one of which was fatal, within the last 24-hour period. All of the incidents appear to be accidental. Preliminary investigative information indicates the overdoses may involve people abusing what they believed to be the opioid prescription...