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The company resolved its case with the US Justice Department for $225m (€198m), which saw a subsidiary of the company plead guilty to five counts of mail fraud.The actual charges against the company were that it had used ‘speaker programs’ as a “vehicle to pay...
In the bankruptcy court filing, Insys Chief Executive Andrew Long said sales of Subsys, a fentanyl spray, have declined substantially. That drop, coupled with more than 1,000 lawsuits by municipal governments seeking to hold the company responsible for the opioid epidemic, was more than the...
A spike in opioid overdoses and deaths in Peterborough, Ont., is prompting a call for the Ford government to do more to tackle the crisis. Over the first weekend in June, police responded to 19 drug overdoses, which resulted in two deaths over a 72-hour period. A veteran of...
In early 2018, the F.B.I. created the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team, or J-Code, with more than a dozen special agents and staff. Europol has its own dedicated dark web team. And authorities everywhere have broadened their focus beyond just the administrators overseeing the...
The numbers are stark - year to date there have been 45 fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths in Hartford.Police say that’s almost double the number from a year ago. And now fentanyl has been found in cocaine and crack cocaine, in addition to heroin.This has local,...
The family of the Woodstock teen who’s become the local face of the deadly opioid epidemic is pushing for harsher penalties for dealers.The Mackay family launched an online petition late last week urging government leaders to pass legislation that would sharply increase prison sentences for...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In recent years, more Minnesotans have died from opioid overdoses than from car crashes. The numbers are staggering and the stories all too familiar to the agency on the epidemic’s front lines. The Drug Enforcement Administration is tasked with trying to control the...
Fentanyl, cash found YOUNGSTOWN Police late Friday found a large amount of fentanyl and $3,644 cash after stopping a driver at South Osborn and California...
Drug overdose deaths in Colorado have fallen for the first time in six years, but experts caution that it doesn’t mean the overdose epidemic is winding down. In 2018, 974 people died of a drug overdose in Colorado, down from the state’s record of 1,012 deaths...
Hartford — As Hartford deals with a major spike in fatal drug overdoses and the possible emergence of fentanyl-laced crack cocaine, officials in eastern Connecticut are keeping a watchful eye.Forty-five people have died by overdose in the capital city so far this year, compared to...
Two years ago, the drug company Insys Therapeutics posted a quarter-billion dollars in annual sales. But the Arizona-based firm's fortunes plummeted so far that on Monday its leaders declared bankruptcy. It was the latest fall-out from the nation's prescription...
Two years ago, the drug company Insys Therapeutics posted a quarter-billion dollars in annual sales. But the Arizona-based firm's fortunes plummeted so far that on Monday its leaders declared bankruptcy. It was the latest fall-out from the nation's prescription...
Maya Moore :: CT MirrorSen. Richard Blumenthal called an emergency meeting to discuss Hartford’s opioid crisis. With him is the Rev. Erica Thompson, senior pastor at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church.As state lawmakers were unanimously passing a comprehensive bill to address Connecticut’s opioid crisis last...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) - Memphis Police held news conference Monday, regarding recent investigations involving the Organized Crime Unit. The full video of the news conference is available above. (MPD NEWS RELEASE) - As part of a...
Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – A man has filed a wrongful...
A warning has been issued in a North Carolina city after five people overdosed on heroin on two days.Two of those who overdosed died.Elizabeth City emergency officials believe the heroin could have been mixed with fentanyl or carfentanyl. Federal authorities say fentanyl is 30 times...
Insys founder John N. Kapoor, center, leaves the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on May 2, 2019. An opioid drugmaker whose former executives were convicted last month in a scheme to illegally influence doctors to prescribe its drug and that reached a nearly...
TAMPA — A federal judge has ordered a new trial for a man found guilty in March of selling a batch of fentanyl that caused a man to die of an overdose.Corey Damond Smith, 23, was supposed to be sentenced this month. He faced a...
Opioid maker Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (INSYS) has announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to address its legal liabilities and sell off all of its company assets. The company said it will continue operations under the supervision of the court as it pursues the...
Drug company Insys Therapeutics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, days after its subsidiary pleaded guilty to fraud charges in an opioid bribery scheme and the drugmaker agreed to pay $225 million to the government. The Chandler, Ariz.,-based company said in a release it will continue...
A COLD-hearted mum showed no emotion after being found guilty of killing her baby by giving her a sippy cup laced with fentanyl. Prosecutors said Jhenea Pratt, 23, gave 17-month-old Charlette Napper-Talley the strong opioid painkiller so she could "relax and smoke marijuana". 5 A pink sippy...
Paloma Williams and her boyfriend rubbed the gun over one another for foreplayA man claims his girlfriend died when he accidentally shot her with a loaded gun during foreplay. Andrew Charles Shinault, 23, told investigators Paloma Williams, 24, was using the pistol for ‘sexual gratification and...
A box of the Fentanyl-based drug Subsys, made by Insys Therapeutics Inc, is seen in an undated photograph provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama. Handout/Reuters Drug maker Insys Therapeutics Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Paloma Williams and her boyfriend rubbed the gun over one another for foreplayA man claims his girlfriend died when he accidentally shot her with a loaded gun during foreplay. Andrew Charles Shinault, 23, told investigators Paloma Williams, 24, was using the pistol for ‘sexual gratification and...
Sentiment for Insys Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:INSY) Insys Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:INSY) institutional sentiment increased to 1.16 in Q1 2019. Its up 0.33, from 0.83 in 2018Q4. The ratio improved, as 37 hedge funds opened new or increased stock positions, while 32 sold and reduced stakes in Insys...
The Fentanyl Transdermal Patches Market report provides an unbiased and detailed analysis of the on-going trends, opportunities/ high growth areas, market drivers, which would help stakeholders to device and align Fentanyl Transdermal Patches market strategies according to the current and future market The Fentanyl Transdermal Patches...
A woman was allegedly shot dead by her lover in a sex game gone wrong after the pair played with a loaded gun, reports claim. Andrew Charles Shinault, 23, told police that he and Paloma Williams, 24, had been using the pistol for 'sexual gratification...
The US state of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson accusing the drug manufacturing giant of being the 'kingpin' of the 'opioid epidemic' in the United States.The state lawyers claim that Johnson & Johnson, along with pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma, which produces prescription...
Two people were happily celebrating with their families on Thursday afternoon in the...
Former American Idol contestant Antonella Barba is seeking approval from a judge to attend a friend's wedding while still awaiting trial on drug charges. According to The Blast, Barba asked the judge in her case if she can attend a childhood friend's wedding in Brooklyn on...
The Editor, Re. "Investigation: Deadly fentanyl now BC addicts’ drug of choice" (tricitynews.com, June 5). The content of this article is informative but I must take exception with the use of the word “addict” and the phrase “drug abusers” when describing people who...
A man caught with the so-called 'zombie drug' mamba has appeared in court. Steven Eyley, 47, of Stanley Close, Woodville, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court to answer the drug charge. He admitted possession of mamba, a class B drug, in The Cutting, Hartshorne, on...
The 2019 legislative session was incredibly successful, thanks to conservative leadership in the...
Former “American Idol” star Antonella Barba is pleading with a judge to let her go to a friend’s wedding while she is awaiting court on drug charges. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, Barbara is requesting permission from the court to attend her close...
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MUGSHOT: Paloma Williams was found dead on May 26 at Andrew Charles Shinault's house (Pic: FACEBOOK/PALOMA WILLIAMS/PH) Paloma Williams, 24, was found dead on May 26 at her lover’s house in Valrico, Florida. Andrew Charles Shinault, 23, was afterwards charged with manslaughter and...
People with Alzheimer's disease who take opioid painkillers are more likely to develop pneumonia, Finnish researchers report. The overall odds are 30 percent higher, especially in the first two months of use, the researchers found. And the risk is highest for those taking strong opioids such...
EAST LIVERPOOL — Judge Melissa Byers-Emmerling announces that the East Liverpool Municipal Court’s Addiction Recovery Court, the Self-control + Oversight=Sobriety Court (SOS Court) pre-certified by the Ohio Supreme Court has been up and running since February 25, 2019. Judge Byers-Emmerling said, “I am very...
PORT ANGELES — Authorities remained on the lookout Saturday for a woman they said was involved in a scheme to provide heroin and Fentanyl to a Clallam County jail inmate while the man was working on the chain gang. They began seeking the public’s assistance Thursday...
The legal line between Dr. William Husel and the prosecutor who wants to prove he murdered 25 patients has been drawn.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said Husel purposely caused the death of those patients by ordering excessive doses of the opioid fentanyl during his time...