DOVER In the past eight years, state figures show 2,767 people have died in New Hampshire from drug overdoses, more people than the population of Rollinsford and other small towns. Sixty-eight percent of those deaths have come in the past four years.Its a public...
From State Representatives Klarides, Ferraro and Kennedy: State Representatives Themis Klarides, Charles Ferraro, Kathy Kennedy praised the passage of legislation on Tuesday, May 14th to increase penalties for the dealing and manufacturing of fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives. House Republican Leader Themis Klarides, submitted this bill...
Illicit drug overdose deaths are down in B.C. so far this year, but Kamloops remains near the top of cities in the province when it comes to fentanyl-related deaths. Figures released this week by the BC Coroners Service also show that while fewer...
When President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump recently invited our family to meet with them in the Oval Office, I found the president was focused on opioids. He and the first lady departed for Atlanta after our meeting, where they both spoke on the...
In April, the TV news program "60 Minutes" aired a report about fentanyl, a synthetic opioid much more potent than heroin that's been implicated in thousands of overdose deaths in the United States....
This is not an elegy for heroin, a dangerous drug in its own right that spread from cities into suburbs and rural areas about a decade ago, when addictive prescription painkillers became harder to get. But for longtime urban users like Mr. Miller, many of...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A federal grand jury has indicted 12 members of a Syracuse-based...
On the same day new provincial data showed most drug-related deaths occur in private residences, local health agencies announced a research project that works toward combatting that very phenomenon. New home-drug testing kits determine whether drugs...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- KCK police are investigating seven overdose deaths that all happened within 10 hours of each other. According to Police Chief Terry Zeigler, the overdoses involved cocaine -- possibly laced...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A drug dealer who peddled heroin laced with fentanyl which caused a Staten Island man’s fatal overdose 17 months ago has been convicted of narcotics conspiracy, authorities said.Paul Van Manen sold the victim the illicit drugs in December 2017 despite...