The United States is in the midst of the deadliest drug overdose crisis in the nation’s history. More than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2017. Nearly 48,000 of those deaths involved some type of opioid, a category that includes heroin, fentanyl and prescription...
The potentially deadly opioid carfentanil has been found in a blue powder presented at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre for testing on Wednesday.“Carfentanil is the most toxic of all the opioid analogues,” said Rob Boyd, director of Sandy Hill’s Oasis program, the harm reduction...
Guanghua Zheng is a free man. Tom Rauh and Carrie Dobbins, who overdosed on the powerful fentanyl he illegally shipped into the U.S. are dead. This is despite the fact that U.S. authorities alerted Chinese officials to...
Los Angeles LGBT Center Addiction Recovery specialist Mike Rizzo tests a Fentanyl test strip. (Photo courtesy Rizzo) Last month, the Palm Springs LGBT community experienced a surge of fear after two people were shot at the Toucans Tiki Lounge, a popular gay nightclub. Instantly thoughts went...
An apparently false story about there being multiple cases of people "passing out" at 2018's 420 celebration on Hippie Hill due to fentanyl-laced pot was disseminated by both the SFPD and Supervisor Vallie Brown, but why?SF Weekly tried to track down the truth to the...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Twenty-one people were indicted in federal court for their role in dealing heroin and fentanyl in on Cleveland’s West Side between 2017 and this month.The indictment lists 27 charges against various defendants, including drug conspiracy, distribution of heroin and opioids, several...
CLEVELAND — Twenty people have been accused of taking part in a drug ring that brought heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues into Cleveland, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. "This group is accused of selling deadly drugs, illegally carrying firearms, laundering their drug...
In the week leading up to 4/20 — wherein thousands of cannabis enthusiasts gathered in Golden Gate Park to smoke pot — the San Francisco Police Department distributed a disturbing narrative to the media. “Last year, we had numerous attendees pass out from using marijuana laced...
Music superstar Prince's death shocked the world when he overdosed on counterfeit prescription pills, made of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Over three years later, deaths from similar BLACK MARKET pills continue to plague the country. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff investigates the crisis by shedding...
According to statistics released by the Monroe County Health Department, 47 people died from drug overdoses in 2018, two more than the year before. The number of deaths in Monroe County linked to drugs and heroin in 2018 is similar to figures from the previous year,...