A 54-year old Stratford man is being held in custody for manslaughter and trafficking charges. The arrest happened on Friday and stems from a December investigation into the death of a 48-year old Stratford man who overdosed on fentanyl. Stratford Police say they have information that the...
City of Refuge recovery program marks first anniversary by graduating largest class to date HOPEWELL – Among countless stories of loss and sorrow comes a buoy of hope against the opioid epidemic. City of Refuge, a Hopewell-based recovery center, celebrated one year of operations this month...
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (WDBJ7) -- The Christiansburg Police Department has responded to three overdoses, one of which was fatal, within the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the Town of Christiansburg. All of the incidents appeared to be accidental, according to the statement. Preliminary...
Firefighters are not used to receiving a 911 call about one of their members—but on May 19 Jaffrey Fire Department had to cope up with an emergency situation involving one from their own team. Firefighter Cara Campbell, one of the only two women firefighters on the...
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OPP photo of purple heroin seizure. (Supplied by OPP Twitter) A deadly mixture of heroin and fentanyl may be responsible for recent deaths in Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes. The Huntsville detachment of the OPP has been working with Office of the Chief Coroner investigating the deaths. The...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis police are sounding the alarm after a startling spike in opioid overdoses. As of Friday afternoon, they said 12 people had overdosed and two had died in the...
In this file photo from 2016, a heroin user illustrates how to draw heroin or fentanyl into a clean syringe at the office of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. (Deborah Jones/AFP/Getty Images) The California Assembly has passed a...
Ohio law enforcement and health officials are warning residents to be extra cautious around illicit drugs, following a spike in overdoses this week that officials believe was caused by fentanyl found in cocaine and methamphetamine. On Sunday (May 19), officials in Hamilton County, which includes the...
Officials in the Ohio Valley say recent increases in overdose deaths are largely due to fentanyl, and experts believe most of the powerful synthetic opioid comes from Chinese manufacturers. The Chinese government announced last month it would classify all chemical variations of...