Overdose
Family of dying woman made DHMC staff suspicious: police reports | Courts
LEBANON — Staff at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center told police they suspected that...
22 May, 2019
Deaths confirmed to be opioid related
Purple fentanyl (Supplied photo) Police have confirmed what was suspected — the three overdose deaths that occurred within two days at the end of February were the result of opioid use.The publicity surrounding the deaths of three Timmins residents in two separate tragedies sparked sudden public...
22 May, 2019
Vancouver fentanyl dealer gets seven years, four years after arrest
FILE PHOTO: Vancouver police and doctors raise awareness of a new drug, fentanyl, during a press conference at VPD headquarters in Vancouver, B.C., March 2, 2015. Arlen Redekop / PNG After four years out on bail, a Vancouver fentanyl dealer has been hit with a seven-year jail...
22 May, 2019
Drug testing campaign raising awareness about the dangers of contaminated drugs in Halifax – Halifax
A cross country initiative that launched in Vancouver is underway to encourage people who use drugs to do so with best safety practices in mind as part of harm reduction measures.One of which includes having substances be tested before use to...
22 May, 2019
Drug-testing kits now available in Kamloops
As British Columbians using drugs alone continues to be one of the biggest cruxes in the ongoing overdose crisis, health officials are hoping take-home drugs will help save lives. Both Interior Health and Vancouver Coastal Health have announced a partnership with the BC...
22 May, 2019
Suffolk’s $100,000 grant to help coaches and trainers combat drug abuse
The signs started slowly with Anthony Mazzella. The athletic Coram teenager started missing wrestling practice. He became withdrawn, pulling away from his family. And then came the anger and the lies. ...
21 May, 2019
Non-Rx fentanyl up in urine tests positive for other drugs
(HealthDay)—An increasing number of urine drug test (UDT) results positive for cocaine or methamphetamine are also positive for nonprescribed fentanyl, according to a study recently published in JAMA Network...
21 May, 2019
Wilmington man sentenced for trafficking fentanyl – News – Wilmington Star News
By Cammie Bellamy StarNews Staff Tuesday May 21, 2019 at 12:16 PM May 21, 2019 at 12:16 PM John Laws, 50, will serve minimum of nearly 6 years in prison WILMINGTON -- A Wilmington man who trafficked opioids here and in Winston-Salem pleaded guilty Monday.John Laws, 50, pleaded guilty in New Hanover County Superior Court to one count of trafficking opiates by...
21 May, 2019