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WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — An Ohio mom who had bailed out her 22-year-old son after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter now wants her money back. “I want him out of my house. He is mentally and physically abusive to me and is not going...
LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) — Twenty people were arrested Monday in an operation involving Longmont police, the DEA and the ATF. Investigators say they seized large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and prescriptions drugs — as well as 30 firearms, ammunition and silencers. Investigators say Longmont resident Joshua...
WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — An Ohio mom who had bailed out her 22-year-old son after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter now wants her money back. “I want him out of my house. He is mentally and physically abusive to me and is not going...
Local government data show that while Louisville EMS overdose runs and naloxone administrations have fallen so far this year to the lowest levels since 2015, fatal overdoses ticked up in the first quarter of 2019 — driven once again by the powerful opioid fentanyl, which...
WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — An Ohio mom who had bailed out her 22-year-old son after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter now wants her money back. “I want him out of my house. He is mentally and physically abusive to me and is not going...
CLOSEU.S. Attorney Don Cochran announced Tuesday that six people have been sentenced for their roles in a Murfreesboro fentanyl distribution conspiracy that took place in July 2016.The distribution conspiracy led to a massive outbreak of overdoses in Murfreesboro due to counterfeit prescription pills that contained fentanyl, a potent...
WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — An Ohio mom who had bailed out her 22-year-old son after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter now wants her money back. “I want him out of my house. He is mentally and physically abusive to me and is not going...
WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — An Ohio mom who had bailed out her 22-year-old son after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter now wants her money back. “I want him out of my house. He is mentally and physically abusive to me and is not going...
WOOSTER, Ohio (CBS Local) — An Ohio mom who had bailed out her 22-year-old son after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter now wants her money back. “I want him out of my house. He is mentally and physically abusive to me and is not going...
A Red Scorpion gangster has been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to trafficking and possession of an illegal firearm.A number of other charges that Khaadim Kwame Coddett was facing were stayed Friday at both the provincial and B.C. Supreme...
Tom Jackman Reporter covering criminal justice locally and nationally July 3 at 6:00 AM Patrick J. Thomas was a longtime heroin user who helped pay for...
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Sudbury police seize $250,000 in fentanyl. (Supplied by Greater Sudbury Police Service) North Bay Detective Constable Brad Reaume isn’t exaggerating when he says as bad as the opioid crisis is in North Bay, it’s far worse in Sudbury. In the span of two months, Sudbury police...
Drug-related deaths have continued to climb in King County, with fatal overdoses involving methamphetamine and fentanyl on the rise, according to Public Health — Seattle & King County. Last year, 415 King County residents died from drug or alcohol use — up from...
Staff reports The Bulletin Wednesday Jul 3, 2019 at 6:47 AM Jul 3, 2019 at 6:52 AM KILLINGLY - A Killingly woman, who was arrested twice last week on narcotics charges, was arrested a third time Tuesday afternoon after police said she was in possession of 55 bags of Fentanyl at a traffic stop in Brooklyn.At 5:08 p.m., police...
CAPE CORAL The Cape Coral firefighters who were exposed to fentanyl on Tuesday were cleared to return to work. The incident happened on Tuesday, when four Cape Coral firefighters were exposed to lethal opioid, fentanyl, while responding to a call Tuesday morning. It happened after a fire...
CLOSEBuy PhotoFentanyl test strip package purchased in Canada. Individual strips cost $1 apiece. (Photo: Enquirer file photo)Hamilton County Public Health is now offering opioid users a way to test their drugs for the deadly synthetic opiate fentanyl.The health department's mobile syringe exchange program, The Exchange Project,...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is warning of legal chaos and lost drug trafficking cases if Congress doesn’t pass a law banning deadly fentanyl lookalikes within the next few months. A temporary ban on fentanyl copycats is set to expire in February, reopening a loophole...
Six individuals were sentenced this week for their alleged roles in a fentanyl...
Four Firefighters exposed to Fentanyl after responding to a call in Cape Coral ...
BAY CITY, MI – A federal grand jury has indicted a Mount Pleasant man on a murder charge after police accused him of killing another man in a four-vehicle pileup while he was drunk driving and on other drugs.The grand jury in Bay City...
The Department of Justice is calling on Congress to enact into law a temporary order from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifying fentanyl-like drugs as controlled substances. The 2018 order, which closed a legal loophole in U.S. drug laws that make Americans vulnerable to what...
“It’s not just a prescription for pills, but it’s a relationship between myself and the patient and a commitment to make things better,” Sereda said. “That involves me taking a risk and giving them a prescription, but it also involves the patient committing to doing...
LAWRENCE — After Carlos Rivera left Chloe Ricard, 13, of Amesbury at Lawrence...
It is the most potent – and most deadly – of opioid drugs. Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, says in the first four months of this year there was a 50 per cent increase in deaths in Ontario...
High Wire is Maia Szalavitz's reported opinion column on drugs and drug policy. As Facebook rolls out its campaign with the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids to “Stop Opioid Silence” and other initiatives to fight the overdose crisis, some stalwart advocates in the...
Canada needs to aim higher in its strategy to reduce overdose deaths. Meaningful therapy, not free heroin, is what will treat users’ problems. Canada is reaching the limits of a drug policy centred on harm reduction — a philosophy that aims...
CADILLAC — A 27-year-old Traverse City man was charged with multiple drug-related offenses...
MILFORD, CT — Two men were sentenced Monday in federal court for their role in a large heroin and cocaine trafficking ring in New Haven, according to authorities. Steven McCoy, also known as "S Dot," 26, of Hamden was sentenced to 60 months in prison...
A man is facing a slew of charges after a drug bust in the city, police say.According to authorities, a “concerned citizen” called the police from a laundromat near Barton and Wentworth streets at around 8 p.m. Monday after allegedly seeing...
Two-thirds of drug deaths around the world were caused by opioids in 2017,...
BARNSTABLE — A Yarmouthport man will spend 30 days in the Barnstable Country Correctional Facility and two years on probation for selling the powerful opioid fentanyl in the parking lot of a methadone clinic.Richard Cincotta, 65, pleaded guilty to possession of a class B substance...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — An investigation into a "poly drug trafficking gang who referred to themselves as the White Boys" that was further fueled by a Beach homicide in 2017 has culminated almost two years later after more than 60 arrests and the seizure of...
Charles Allen led a program on Louisiana wildflowers for the “Reflections in The...
« Older: City of Clarksville offices will be closed July 4th for Independence Day Newer: Nashville Sounds defeat Oklahoma City Dodgers, 4-3 » July 1, 2019 | Washington, D.C. – Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Senators Chuck Schumer...
NEW BEDFORD — A city resident charged with trafficking fentanyl is being held without bail on the state's request for a dangerousness hearing, court documents say.Jose M. Sanchez, 40, of 121 Mashpee Court is due to appear Tuesday in New Bedford District Court, according to court records....
Department of Justice officials on Monday expressed alarm over an approaching deadline that they argued could significantly roll back recent progress in combating the scourge of fentanyl copycats fueling the country's opioid crisis.In a briefing with several reporters, the officials called on Congress to...
Sen. Chuck Schumer, flanked by Long Island’s top law-enforcement officials Monday, called for swift passage of a bill that would slap sanctions on Chinese drug manufacturers, banks and criminal organizations involved...
Euphoria is HBO’s newest project made to address realistic problems of high school students, and each week, the show just gets better and better. Last week’s...
CONCORD - A Manchester man pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking methamphetamine,...
Rio Grande Valley sector chief Border Patrol agent Rodolfo Karisch claimed that the mass influx of migrants has “absolutely” prevented agents from securing the border from illegal drugs.As IJR previously reported, the mass migration from Central America to the United States has stretched resources...
The United Nations World Drug Report 2019 has revealed that recreational drug use...
NEW BEDFORD — One fentanyl trafficking suspect was ordered held without bail and a co-defendant is being held for a dangerousness hearing on Tuesday, according to court documents.Robinson Paradisfeliz, 44, of 800 West St., Braintree, was ordered held without bail after a dangerousness hearing Friday...
A federal grand jury indicted two people from Mesa, Arizona, in June for possession and distribution after authorities discovered approximately a kilogram of fentanyl and 2,100 fentanyl-containing pills. Authorities apprehended Reyna Trejo, 30, and Felipe Penuelas-Rodriguez, 50, on June 6. The grand jury indicted the...