WALTHAM, MA — District Attorney announced three Waltham related indictments handed down by the Grand Jury between January 17 and April 29, 2019. All three had to do with drugs. The announcement comes after data released by the Massachusetts public health data released Wednesday indicates...
ThinkstockSeven people died in Hamilton County from apparent overdoses over a 24-hour period between May 18 and 19, officials with the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition said yesterday, and a total of 15 were admitted to emergency rooms.The...
CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.comSeven people died from suspected overdoses in Hamilton County over the weekend. Non-lethal overdoses spiked too, officials said.The...
NORFOLK (AP) — Deep inside a six-story, brown and tan state building in Norfolk, not far from the waterfront, you’ll find thousands of sealed bags stored in a locked vault. Each bag is labeled with a unique identification number and holds its own set of evidence...
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio -- Methamphetamine and cocaine laced with fentanyl are to blame for a recent spike in overdoses, according to Chief Tom Synan.A Public Health Alert issued Sunday said there had been an increase in 911 dispatch and emergency room visits last week. Fifteen...
—-Democratic Sen. Chris Coons claimed on Twitter that 61 percent of the overdose deaths in his state involved the drug fentanyl. In DE, 61% of deaths related to overdoses involved fentanyl. I appreciate the Chinese government’s commitment to classify fentanyl as a controlled substance. It...
The agency that manages health care for California’s massive state workforce is reporting a major reduction in opioid prescriptions, reflecting a national trend of physicians cutting back on the addictive drugs. Insurance claims for opioids, which are prescribed to help people manage pain, decreased almost 19%...
Local, state and federal law enforcement conducted a massive heroin bust in Connecticut on Friday, resulting in 51 arrests and the seizure of guns, $15,000 in cash and thousands of bags of heroin packaged for sale. Police in Waterbury said the arrests stem from a sweeping...
Why Did Opioid Overdose Deaths Drop 50% in Chittenden County?Easier and faster access to medication-assisted treatment and efforts to blunt the impact of fentanyl helped to significantly reduce the number of opioid-related overdose deaths in Chittenden County in 2018, according to experts at the...
There’s a quick and easy cure for the opioid curse. Turn off the television sets. Better yet, outlaw all pharmaceutical advertising the way that government banned cigarette ads.But that seems a long way from happening in the best Congress that money can buy. In one...