Autopsies show growing number of overdoses involving opioid alternative
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — While opioids, fentanyl, and heroin continue to kill people, North Carolina medical examiner records reveal another drug, one...
30 April, 2019
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First man charged with manslaughter in Edmonton fentanyl death pleads not guilty
EDMONTON—The first man to be charged by Edmonton police with manslaughter in a fentanyl overdose death has pleaded not guilty.Jordan Yarmey was charged with manslaughter after Szymon Kalich, 33, was found dead in a southeast Edmonton apartment hallway on Jan. 27, 2016, of an apparent...
30 April, 2019
Trial begins for man charged in fentanyl death – Video
Trial begins for man charged in fentanyl death - Video - CityNews Edmonton Trial begins for man charged in fentanyl death ...
30 April, 2019
Advocates warn ‘don’t use alone’ after 10 overdoses reported in Kenosha | Local News
Ten people overdosed on opioids in the city of Kenosha over a four-day...
30 April, 2019
Trial begins for Edmonton man charged with manslaughter in fentanyl death
A potentially precedent-setting manslaughter trial began Monday morning in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench.Jordan Yarmey is charged with manslaughter in the January 2016 death of Szymon Kalich. Yarmey is accused of selling fentanyl to Kalich that resulted in a fatal overdose.It took Edmonton police nine months...
29 April, 2019
Understanding and Addressing the Driving Forces of the Opioid Crisis
Quote Addiction is not our future. We will liberate our country from this crisis. President Donald J. Trump DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE CRISIS: A new report by the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) looks at some of the underlying forces that have driven this crisis. Today, CEA...
29 April, 2019
Canadian Hospitals Report 138 Cases of Missing Fentanyl
The majority of the reported cases of missing fentanyl occurred in Ontario, followed by Alberta and Quebec. Federal records obtained by the Star revealed 138 incidents of lost fentanyl from Canadian hospitals at a rate of about twice a week over a 15-month period ending...
29 April, 2019
Guilty pleas entered in Concord fatal overdose case
A Concord man pleaded guilty Monday to supplying fentanyl to Ryan Smith who fatally overdosed in the early-morning hours of July 26, 2017, in a wooded area off North Main Street.Although Spencer Grayson, 22, took responsibility for giving fentanyl to Smith just moments before the overdose,...
29 April, 2019
Judge: Former opioid advocate can testify against industry – News – The Bulletin
Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press Monday Apr 29, 2019 at 2:20 PM Apr 29, 2019 at 2:20 PM A federal jury will be able to hear from a doctor who spent decades advocating for broader use of powerful prescription painkillers before turning against the opioid industry.A special court master had ruled earlier this month that the testimony of Dr....
29 April, 2019
Geraldo Rivera to pharmaceutical companies: ‘They’re drug pushers in white coats’
Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera got an inside look at the opioid crisis with a visit to the Sarasota County Jail in Florida. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” on Monday.After his revealing look at the growing and deadly crisis, Rivera was moved to call pharmaceutical companies, “drug pushers...
29 April, 2019