CHICAGO (CBS) — Two men are being questioned in connection with Tuesday’s overdose surge on Chicago’s West Side, sources say. Police say four people died as a result of taking heroin laced with Fentanyl. “My father’s proud of me and things like that, so those are the things...
A 55-year-old Innisfil man will stand trial on five charges, including manslaughter, related to a fentanyl overdose death that took place in 2017, South Simcoe police say.Tahir Ali, 55, was committed to trial on all counts at the Barrie court on...
A Suffolk man has been indicted on charges of voluntary manslaughter and distributing/selling for profit Schedule I or II drugs in connection to an overdose death that happened last spring, according to Suffolk Police. Byron Franklin Ambrose Jr., 31, was arrested Thursday following the indictment on...
The case highlights, they say, the conundrum faced by drug users in crisis situations: Should they call 911 or not? SOUTH KINGSTOWN — On April 17, the South Kingstown police announced via social media the arrest of a 28-year-old Narragansett woman on a charge that she...
A Calgary mother is sharing her story of loss in hopes of bringing more awareness to the ongoing opioid crisis in Alberta.Samantha Card, 25, died last October after overdosing on fentanyl.“She just had a spice about her, she was creative and...
Nearly 20 Ohio counties will receive funding through a $350 million study aimed at reducing opioid-related deaths by forty percent over three years.The study, through the National Institutes of Health, is called Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEALing). Ohio, Kentucky, New York and Massachusetts, which...
NEW YORK — About two-thirds of Americans believe drug companies are to blame for the opioid crisis, although nearly as many hold drug users themselves responsible, a new poll finds. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll showed many people also fault doctors who...
Beacon Journal/Ohio.com Friday Apr 26, 2019 at 11:21 AM Apr 26, 2019 at 11:21 AM Akron will be featured in a '60 Minutes' report Sunday that focuses on illegal synthetic opioids coming from China.The television program traveled to China and tracked down a man accused of illegally shipping the drugs to the United States. Some of those drugs wound...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police said two men have been arrested in connection with a rash of heroin overdoses in East Garfield Park earlier this week. At least 18 people in a two-block section of the neighborhood overdosed on heroin Tuesday. Police said a heroin handout, a...
Illegally produced fentanyl is the deadliest opioid when abused but its medical counterpart is a lifeline for people with severe pain. Now a drug that’s been made harder to get may become close to impossible.The Department of Homeland Security is considering whether to classify fentanyl...