Nampa Police seeing uptick in counterfeit oxycodone pills | Local News
NAMPA — The Nampa Police Department is seeing an increase in counterfeit oxycodone...
23 April, 2019
Overdose
Drug linked to U.S. ‘zombie’ outbreak found in Interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called "zombie" outbreak in New York. Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site...
23 April, 2019
Memoir Prince was writing before death to be released in October | News
Monday, April 22, 2019 6:43 p.m. CDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unfinished memoir that Prince was writing before his...
23 April, 2019
Warning in B.C. about ‘trippy’ drug linked to ‘zombie’ outbreak in U.S.
KAMLOOPS, B.C.—The British Columbia Interior Health authority is warning street-drug users of a synthetic cannabinoid that has been linked to a so-called “zombie” outbreak in New York.Chief medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil says tests at a Kamloops overdose-prevention site found the powerful drug mixed...
23 April, 2019
Homeland Security could classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ohio (WDTN) - The Department of Homeland Security is considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. That designation could help law enforcement disrupt...
22 April, 2019
Fentanyl patches recalled due to overdose fears
Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (4/22/19) Alvogen, Inc. is recalling two lots of Fentanyl Transdermal...
22 April, 2019
Stricter penalties sought for distribution of fentanyl
In 2017, 172 people in Monmouth County lost their lives to a drug overdose. One year later, that casualty count was easily surpassed — overdoses took 215 lives in the county.That jump can easily be blamed, officials say, on fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that's taken...
22 April, 2019
This new synthetic drug that has appeared in Kamloops won’t respond to naloxone
Interior Health has issued a warning for a new synthetic drug that has popped up in Kamloops — one that won't respond to naloxone. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Trevor Corneil tells KamloopsMatters the health authority was made aware of the...
22 April, 2019
Prince’s Memoir ‘The Beautiful Ones’ Coming Out In October – WCCO
NEW YORK (AP) — The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29. Random House confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that “The Beautiful Ones” will combine a Prince unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics. First...
22 April, 2019