Opioid painkillers will soon have to carry a prominent warning about the risk of addiction in a bid to tackle growing concerns around prescription and over-the-counter medicines.Prescriptions for opioid-based medication have increased 60% in the last 10 years to 23 million annually, according to Department...
EASTON — What started as a small community outreach project in Talbot County...
EASTON — Talbot County consisted of nearly 37,000 people in 2018, according to...
Joey Friederick got home from work June 7, 2018, to find his 18-year-old son, Jared, laying unresponsive on the living room couch. “He was blue and I just started...
How many people have to die? That is a question we have posed frequently throughout The Daily Courier’s #StopFentanylNow series. On average, in each year from 2013 to 2016,...
BELDING — About every five years, looking back on various trends, significant change can be found, from phones to clothing … to drugs. Det. Sgt. Joel Abendroth, who runs the Michigan State Police Central Michigan Enforcement Team, left, speaks on the topic of serious drug issues...
The goal is to limit future drug abuse, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office...
If you have unused or expired medications at home, be sure to take them to one of thousands of drop-off sites across the country on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Getting rid of excess meds could save a life, according to the American...
]]> April 27, 2019 at 4:27p.m. CONNEAUT Multi-agency drug investigations and busts over the past several days netted a large amount of...
