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WASHINGTON - A pharmaceutical company is recalling some of the painkiller it manufactures that is more than four times as powerful as indicated on the carton's label.The Food and Drug Administration announced that Alvogen,...
FROM THE BORDER — Last week, a group of Republican lawmakers took a trip to the southern border to get a firsthand look at the growing crisis. The Phoenix Arizona DEA division captured the trip on Twitter. Thank you to @RepAndyBiggsAZ, @Rep_Hunter, @RepMattGaetz, @RepSeanDuffy, @RepDustyJohnson,...
A grand jury indicted Sergio Perez, 43, of Deltona, with one count of first-degree murder and Melanie Cunningham, 27, of Deltona, with two counts of first-degree murder. Two ringleaders of a heroin distribution organization jailed after their operation was busted in October were charged Monday with...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Despite the many initiatives the state has implemented to fight the opioid epidemic, overdose deaths continue to rise in Vermont. Preliminary data from the Vermont Health Department shows opioid overdose deaths generally did not change from 2017 to 2018. In 2017, the health department...
MILWAUKEE — A 1.8-mile pursuit ended in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood, where a vehicle flipped and a driver was ejected. It was all caught on camera. The SUV might not have stopped if not for a few road blocks. The driver is facing charges for what...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top military and Homeland Security officials are considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, according to an internal DHS memo. The synthetic opioid, blamed in health surveys for surging drug overdose deaths in the United States, has for decades concerned national security officials...
NAMPA — The Nampa Police Department is seeing an increase in counterfeit oxycodone...
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...
Monday, April 22, 2019 6:43 p.m. CDT By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unfinished memoir that Prince was writing before his...
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...
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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...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — A Taunton man was ordered held for four months as he awaits trial after his arrest Friday night on fentanyl trafficking charges in Dartmouth.Joe Manuel Matias, 29, of 562 Winthrop St. was found to be dangerous by Judge Edward...
AUGUSTA — A Waterville man who slipped and fell on ice while fleeing a bank he allegedly had just robbed — dropping the stolen money and a gun in front of a police officer — was indicted by a grand jury in Kennebec County on...
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...
ELYRIA, Ohio — A program targeting synthetic opioids in Elyria that started in July of 2018 has resulted in 26 arrests, according to a news release from police.Last year, Elyria police entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice for a pilot program,...
Among the products recalled last week are frozen tuna that may have been...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — A city man charged with running a cocaine delivery service was ordered held without bail as he awaits trial on drug trafficking charges, court records say.Miguel A. Martinez, 40, of 472 Cottage St. was found dangerous and...
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...
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...
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...
US-based pharma firm Alvogen has issued voluntary nationwide recall of Fentanyl transdermal system due to product mislabeling. The company is voluntarily recalling two lots of Fentanyl transdermal System 12 mcg/h transdermal patches to the consumer level. The recalled products include cartons...
Prince’s memoir The Beautiful Ones will be posthumously released on October 29. The Associated Press reports Random House will publish the memoir featuring Prince’s unfinished manuscript as well as “rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics.”First announced in 2016, the 288-page The Beautiful Ones was...
Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in San Diego. Woman holding gun and baby terrorizes San Diego church, police say A woman holding a baby...
Last week, the North Carolina Medical Board denied a Lexington doctor's application to have his medical license reinstated.Dr. James Randall Long received the denial on April 16. In response, Long's defense attorney Alan Schneider requested a hearing on the denial, stating that Long has the...
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The highly effective but highly addictive properties of fentanyl have made it a drug that has figured prominently in national concerns over opioid addiction. A drugmaker is now recalling two lots of mismarked fentanyl patches because they could lead to overdoses. Drugmaker Alvogen is voluntarily recalling two...
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Home » News » Safety Alerts and Recalls Alvogen has announced a recall of 2 lots of Fentanyl Transdermal System 12mcg/h transdermal patches as the cartons, while labeled as 12mcg/h, actually contain 50mcg/h patches. The patches within the carton are individually labeled as 50mcg/h. Fentanyl Transdermal System...
NEW BERN – A former Sergeant with the Gates County Sheriff’s Office will wait several more months before learning of the length of his prison term. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said the sentencing phase in its case...
Sherri Foster knows all too well the costs of illegal drugs. A longtime...
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The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that an insurance carrier does not have to pay for damages related to the civil domestic-violence case of Nikos Hecht, an Aspen hedge-funder and real estate developer.A 14-page order and judgment issued April 18 said Hecht’s...
The Rural and Remote Harm Reduction Conference took place last week at the Kimberley Conference Centre. The conference aims to explore how rural and remote communities can help with harm reduction and safer use through a foundation...
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WEST CHICAGO, IL -- A West Chicago man faces up to 50 years in prison after police reportedly caught him with 462 grams of cocaine, 26 grams of fentanyl, 90 grams of mushrooms, and multiple duffel bags stuffed with nearly 3,000 grams of cannabis. Jason...
When Heather B. Armstrong agreed to an experimental therapy to treat her depression, she was already out of hope. She’d suffered for 18 months with a relentless bout of treatment-resistant depression that included ongoing suicidal ideation. Every day, just to function, she fought through...
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 Prince unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics. First announced...
Two lots of a transdermal patch used for delivery of the synthetic opioid Fentanyl has been recalled because the patches inside...
ALSIP, IL -- An Alsip man was arrested after an off-white powder tested positive for heroin and fentanyl at the Illinois Crime Lab, prosecutors said. Jeffrey Oakes, 51, appeared before Cook County Judge John Mahoney on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Oakes...
As seen on SOHH.comRoc Nation’s Jay Electronica has Mac Miller on his mind. The hip-hop veteran hit up social media this weekend to remember the late Pittsburgh entertainer.Jay Elect went to Instagram Sunday with a throwback pic of himself alongside Miller and his “So It...
I want this to be very clear: Fentanyl is a necessary medicine for many people with high pain levels. I have tried every other extended release medication known and none even touched my pain. Fentanyl has gotten a bad reputation and patients who take it...
Collette, a young woman from Anoka County, recently celebrated being 20-months sober from...
7:40 PM 04/21/2019 | PoliticsWilliam Davis | Contributor A group of Republican congressmen took a trip to the border last week as they continue to push for Congress to reform immigration laws and fund President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. Thank you to @RepAndyBiggsAZ, @Rep_Hunter,...
After an undercover investigation, Cyprus R. Vance, the district attorney of Manhattan, has indicted money launderers and dark web drug dealers who reportedly sold and shipped drugs to 43 states in the U.S. and laundered $2.3 million using bitcoins. Chester Anderton, Jarrette Codd and Roland MacCarty were indicted for...
Fans and artists are remembering a legend Fans from around the world are remembering Prince today on the third anniversary of his death. Prince died at the age of 57, when he was found alone and unresponsive in his Paisley Park estate on April 21 in...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted its final approval recently of the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, commonly known as Narcan, a medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The generic version is developed by Israeli pharmaceuticals...