Police seized large amounts of crack cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine and synthetic fentanyl during an April 24th traffic stop near West Elementary. (New Philadelphia Police Department) ...
HINSDALE — The man accused of murdering two people last month was found...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a call to help curb the opioid crisis by getting a cheap and plentiful antidote for heroin-related overdoses into the hands of users and caregivers on Chicago's West Side. The effort to make naloxone, or Narcan, widely available comes after more...
COLUMBIA, S.C. - More than 700 people died in 2017 from opioids, prompting the governor and agencies like the Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services to kick prevention strategies into overdrive. ...
A federal judge sentenced a 34-year-old Clay County drug dealer to life in prison today for the death of a woman who overdosed on fentanyl. Trumaine "Lucky" Muller was convicted for distributing a lethal dose of fentanyl that resulted in death in January, according to the...
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced charges against of six individuals Friday for operating a major fentanyl distribution organization in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Agents executed search warrants on three residences in Hazleton on Thursday, confiscating 145 bricks of suspected fentanyl and one AR15 style rifle. One brick...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Staten Island man was arrested and charged earlier today with allegedly selling at least 40 grams of fentanyl and heroin laced with fentanyl between July 2018 and April 2019, resulting in two fatal overdoses.Nalerton Charles, 38, otherwise known as...
Deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide have increased markedly over the last 20 years, reversing a century-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. These “deaths of despair” are now greater than the number of motor vehicle-related fatalities each year. Many of these deaths could...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An Orange Park man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars for distributing...