The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering classifying the opioid drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to a report published Monday.A memo obtained by military news outlet Task & Purpose said that the department could classify the drug as a weapon...
(Photo : WVU) The National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University funded a recent study that has researchers Gordon Smith, Marie Abate, and Zheng Dai and they discovered an increase in fentanyl-related deaths in West Virginia, even as there is a decline in deaths related...
The Department of Homeland Security is considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, or WMD, according to an internal memo attained by military news outlet Task & Purpose. The memo said the painkiller would be labeled a WMD "when certain criteria are met," and...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WDTV) -- A new study by West Virginia University researchers says fentanyl deaths have increased dramatically in the state, even with prescription-related opioid deaths declining. In a recent study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers found that fentanyl-related deaths have risen...
MORGANTOWN — Researchers at WVU have said the number of deaths in West...
Harm reduction advocates say if any effort to stop the overdose crisis is going to work, it has to start with a conversation — but that can’t happen unless people are willing to listen.“Criminal justice efforts and community shaming is not going to fix the...
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The DEA in San Diego County has issued an alert after three people have suffered documented fatal overdosed from a new form of the drug Fentanyl know as carfentanil. It would only take 2 mg of the drug to cause a deadly overdose...
A Woodstock man was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday after admitting to providing a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to a 43-year-old McHenry man. Christopher L. Birong, 46, of the 2100 block of Willowbrook Drive, was charged with drug-induced homicide in the July 2018...
By Tiffany Tan, Bennington Banner BENNINGTON — A 54-year-old man has been charged by a federal grand jury in connection with a fatal overdose in Winhall, leading to the dismissal of similar state charges last Tuesday. Denis St. Onge, of Brattleboro, is alleged to have distributed heroin...
Actor and television host Clark Gable III's untimely death at the age of 30 was due to an accidental overdose of fentanyl, as well as oxycodone and alprazolam (Xanax).Several news sources, including TMZ and the New York Daily News, revealed that an autopsy report from the medical...