Street drug use should be decriminalized to cut deaths: B.C. health officer
Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press ...
25 April, 2019
Overdose
Schuylkill County man found guilty of delivering fentanyl in Berks woman’s overdose death
Drew Reed was convicted of drug delivery resulting in death and related charges in the April 17, 2018, death of Jennifer McCauley. ...
25 April, 2019
Father, son charged in death of prison inmate who overdosed on fentanyl picked up from trash can
A father and son have been charged after an inmate at the Lancaster County Prison died of a drug overdose.Jaime Franco-Quinones and Christopher Franco-Robles are charged with drug delivery resulting in death.Lancaster police said two prison inmates out on work detail last month took a...
25 April, 2019
WV MetroNews 122 percent increase in fentanyl deaths troubles WVU researchers
Dr. Gordon Smith, WVUMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The implications behind the 122 percent increase in fentanyl-related deaths between 2015 and 2017 suggest the opioid problem is “only getting worse,” according to WVU School of Public Health researcher Dr. Gordon Smith.As this increase occurred, the death toll...
24 April, 2019
An epidemic? Feds bust ANOTHER large illegal fentanyl shipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have succeeded in stopping the flow of another large fentanyl shipment into the United States.Feds announced Tuesday that officials had intercepted 26 pounds of fentanyl, an extremely potent and frequently lethal drug, that was hidden inside of a truck...
24 April, 2019
The Vineyard Gazette – Martha’s Vineyard News
A tentative trial date of Oct. 9 has been set for Jason R. Willoughby, 34, of Vineyard Haven, who was indicted by a Dukes County grand jury last October on felony charges in a case that involves a fatal overdose from the powerful drug fentanyl. On...
24 April, 2019
Trump says he is holding big Pharma accountable in opioid fight
ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump touted progress in the fight against opioid abuse on Wednesday and promised to hold drugmakers accountable for their part in the crisis, a day after his administration brought its first related criminal charges against a major drug distributor...
24 April, 2019
B.C. should decriminalize drug possession to reduce fentanyl deaths—province’s top doctor outlines a plan
B.C.’s top health official has issued a strongly worded report that could set the province on a radical new path for how it responds to drug use and addiction.“This PHO [provincial health officer] Special Report examines the criminalization of people who use drugs in B.C.,...
24 April, 2019
Trump opioid speech today: Watch live stream as President Trump speaks at Atlanta summit on drug abuse crisis — live updates
President Trump is delivering a speech in Atlanta Wednesday at the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin summit after 1 p.m. Wednesday, as the U.S. has seen drug overdose deaths skyrocket in the last decade. Over 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017, compared with...
24 April, 2019