(Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Thursday said they will spend $350 million in four states to study ways to best deal with the nation’s opioid crisis on the local level, with a goal of reducing opioid-related overdose deaths by 40 percent over three years...
Kingston’s public health unit is warning residents there may be an increased risk of illicit drugs being contaminated with fentanyl and carfentanil.KFL&A Public Health says data shows an increase in the presence of both substances, which have been known to be...
It was right around twenty years ago when some dude sitting next to me leaned over and said: “Hey man, that joint we just smoked had formaldehyde in it.” What the hecking f**k -- I’m not going to lie, at first, I panicked. I mean,...
As the opioid epidemic occupies headlines, so does scaremongering — and right now, fentanyl is enemy number one. Depending on the news you read, you may have heard that coming into...
CLOSE The Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force seized substantial amounts of heroin, fentanyl and meth in Deposit. Anthony Borrelli, pressconnects.com Despite a last-minute bid to withdraw his guilty plea and stand trial, Deposit man was sentenced Thursday to 15...
Photo via KFL&A Public Health. Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health has issued a warning regarding the increased potential for illicit drugs being contaminated with fentanyl and carfentanil. “Since February 2019, local data has identified an increase in the presence of carfentanil and fentanyl circulating...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — A local woman is facing charges after police said she used fentanyl with another person, then abandoned them during an overdose. Julia Martin, 28, was arrested on Wednesday following the incident in February. According to South Kingstown police, the victim was...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including a doctor accused of trading drugs for sex and another of prescribing to his Facebook friends, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other drugs. U.S....