Overdose

FAIRVIEW PARK, OH — A Cleveland man has been accused of selling fentanyl and heroin that caused a fatal overdose in Fairview Park in 2018, the Department of Justice announced over the weekend. "Defendants like this one, who sell the opioids killing our friends and...

WASHINGTON—When President Donald Trump signs the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2020, China could face new pressures to live up to its as-yet-unfulfilled promise to crack down on exports of the deadly drug fentanyl drug to the United States. The 973-page NDAA the Senate adopted...

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with US President Donald Trump during session 3 on women's workforce participation, future of work, and ageing societies during the G20 Summit in Osaka on June 29, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) OTTAWA — The ranking U.S. diplomat on drug enforcement...

Fentanyl continues to kill.Over a thousand people died of opioid overdose in Ontario in the first nine months of 2018.There were 3200 such deaths across the country during that period. Most of these deaths, 93%, were accidental.About 75% involved fentanyl.All those unintended deaths attest to...

By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHTStaff Writer Drug possession charges for methamphetamine are outpacing charges for heroin and cocaine this year in Hancock County, and are on track to double compared with 2018. In 2015 and 2016, just three or four charges were filed each year for meth possession, according...

Lauren Braxton, Toni Braxton’s niece, died of a heroin and fentanyl overdose, according to autopsy results. On June 26, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Maryland told People magazine that Lauren Braxton died of an overdose from heroin and fentanyl intoxication. Lauren Braxton died in...