U.S. study – Coast Mountain News
(Black Press Media file photo) Vaccine against fentanyl shows promising...
06 May, 2019
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The Prescription Opioid Crisis Is Over — Pain News Network
Moreover, the crisis is evolving fast. At the American College of Medical Toxicology’s 2019 annual meeting, featured speaker Keith Humphreys, PhD, remarked that “Fentanyl was invented in the sixties. To get to 10,000 deaths took 50 years. To get to 20,000 took 12 months.”In fact,...
06 May, 2019
New Thunder Bay police campaign aims to dispel myths about opioid overdose risks
A new awareness campaign aims to dispel some myths about the risks of opioid overdose for casual drug users.The Know Your Drugs campaign officially launched Friday in Thunder Bay, an initiative of the city police's Zone Watch program.Thunder Bay police media coordinator Scott Paradis said the campaign...
06 May, 2019
Fentanyl deaths in North Bay result in charges
North Bay police have charged three North Bay residents in connection with separate fentanyl deaths in the city. The first person to die of a drug overdose was a 24-year-old North Bay man who died last June. Police continued to investigate his death and have now charged...
06 May, 2019
Mississauga MPP wants to fight opioid crisis with mandatory police training on overdose reversal medication
Mississauga Centre MPP Natalia Kusendova tabled her first private members bill on Wednesday (May 1) in an effort to fight back against Canada’s opioid crisis. If passed, the Mandatory Police Training Act, 2019 will require those under...
06 May, 2019
Melania Trump Focuses On Opioid Crisis With ‘Be Best’
“Opioid dependence, addiction, and abuse are an epidemic in this country,” said First Lady Melania Trump during a meeting with a group of those affected by Opioids. During her remarks, the First Lady encouraged people to break through the stereotypes of drug addiction. Mrs. Trump asked...
06 May, 2019
‘Meth’ Masterton’s drug – Times Age
PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES Cannabis, however, not on scientists’ testing list ELI HILLeli.hill@age.co.nz Government scientists testing Masterton’s wastewater have found methamphetamine to be Masterton’s most popular drug – by a long shot. In 2016 scientists began testing for meth, MDMA, fentanyl and heroin in Whangarei, Auckland’s North Shore and Christchurch –...
06 May, 2019
Bond Set at $1 Million for Man Accused of Drug-Induced Homicide
A Burr Ridge man who allegedly supplied fentanyl-laced heroin to a 23-year-old woman in west suburban Hinsdale has been charged with drug-induced homicide.On the night of Jan. 14, Hinsdale police officers found Jennifer Tandy dead in her home after she overdosed on a mixture of...
05 May, 2019
Remembering Olivia: After Edgerton teen dies of overdose, her family reflects on her life
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin family is reflecting on their loved one after she overdosed in December.Amy Wren said her niece, Olivia Reigel, had a smile that could light up a room."She was carefree and loving," Wren said. "She liked photography, liked being outside with...
05 May, 2019
Beyond the Stigma: For drug cartels, NH was a ‘target-rich environment,’ says DEA top cop | Beyond the Stigma
In the early 2000s, Jon DeLena was working as an undercover narcotics agent...
05 May, 2019