LEBANON — Staff at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center told police they suspected that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 He became withdrawn, pulling away from his family.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. ...
(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...
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...