[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1539105106917{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”817″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. SPARTANBURG COUNTY, SC (WSPA) - Fentanyl is taking more and more...
CINCINNATI – Federal prosecutors charged dozens of physicians and pharmacists Wednesday with illegally handing out opioid prescriptions in what they say is the biggest crackdown of its kind in U.S. history. Here's what you need to know about the pain-pill prescriber sweep that happened in five states.How many were charged?Federal prosecutors charged 60...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WSAZ) — New research from West Virginia University shows the strong grip drug addiction has in West Virginia. A team from WVU studied trends in drug-related deaths between 2005 and 2017 in West Virginia. Their research showed that deaths from fentanyl are on the...
Dozens of people, including 53 medical professionals, have been charged for their alleged participation in the illegal prescription and distribution of opioids and other narcotics, Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services officials said Wednesday. Federal law enforcement and health officials held a...
Curt Brown @CurtBrown_SCT NEW BEDFORD — A city man, convicted more than 21 years ago of drug trafficking, was arrested Tuesday on cocaine and fentanyl trafficking charges, court records say.Bernabe Yulfo, 73, of 186 Rockway St., Apartment C, is charged with trafficking cocaine...
The Justice Department charged more than 60 healthcare providers Wednesday with illegally prescribing 32 million painkillers through fraudulent schemes involving patients they knew suffered from addiction. ...
The N.C. Medical Board said Wednesday it has denied the request from a...
Gov. Cuomo and Albany lawmakers have virtually rolled out the welcome mat to Mexican drug cartels with their new bail reforms, according to someone who should know — New York City’s top narcotics prosecutor. “They’re giving a big boost to the cartel,” Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget...
A 39-year-old Chicago man will spend 30 years in federal prison for selling...
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that 60 people across five states, including more than 30 physicians, were charged in connection with millions of illegal prescription opioids in a takedown by its "Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force." The states are Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
...
And in Tennessee, a doctor who called himself the “Rock Doc” allegedly prescribed dangerous combinations of opioids and benzodiazepines, sometimes in exchange for sexual favors.“Reducing the illicit supply of opioids is a crucial element of President Trump’s plan to end this public health crisis,” Health...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
CLOSE Jeffrey Young, a nurse practitioner in Jackson, is the subject of an ongoing DEA investigation and has been disciplined by state authorities. Nashville TennesseanStory HighlightsJackson nurse practitioner Jeff Young was indicted on drug trafficking charges on Wednesday.Young, who...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
Harm reduction advocates expect the federal government to neglect the ongoing opioid epidemic ahead of this fall’s election. “Measures that keep people who use drugs alive are not popular with the average person who hasn't been touched by this crisis,” said Petra Schulz, co-founder of...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
A city man will serve up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to a slew of drug charges. BROCKTON — A city man will serve up to a decade in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to a slew of drug charges.Jesus Ayala, 49,...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
NORRISTOWN — A Plymouth Township man is in jail awaiting his fate from...
The military affairs and news website Task & Purpose has obtained an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that shows the agency is considering designating the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) “when certain criteria are met.” Typically...
Dozens of people, including 53 medical professionals, have been charged for their alleged participation in the illegal prescription and distribution of opioids and other narcotics, Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services officials said Wednesday. Federal law enforcement and health officials held a...
Dozens of people, including 53 medical professionals, have been charged for their alleged participation in the illegal prescription and distribution of opioids and other narcotics, Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services officials said Wednesday. Federal law enforcement and health officials held a...
Apr. 16–The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly weighing whether to label fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. An internal memo obtained by the military news outlet Task & Purpose said the powerful synthetic opioid, typically 50 to 100 times more...
CLOSE The data shows that substance use disorder is still widespread, but innovations in treatment, prescribing and awareness are helping. USA TODAYCINCINNATI – Federal prosecutors charged 60 physicians and pharmacists Wednesday with illegally handing out opioid prescriptions in what they...
Drug experts in California, British Columbia, and other areas are warning of a powerful new drug that can easily kill its users. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that’s 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl. It’s often disguised as heroin, which...
...
US officials warn carfentanil - a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl and used to knock out elephants - is driving a new spike in overdosesCarfentanil is 100 times stronger than fentanyl,...
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]In 2017, the Manhattan district attorney’s office received a tip: Unusually large amounts of cash were being withdrawn from A.T.M.s throughout the city, including a series of transactions at a...
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019 at 7:34 AM Apr 17, 2019 at 7:34 AM WAREHAM – Responding to resident complaints of drug dealing in Onset, extra surveillance by the Wareham Police led to the arrest of a 25-year-old Wareham man on fentanyl, cocaine and gun charges.Over the last two weeks Wareham Police detectives have been conducting extra surveillance in...
WAREHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - A man is facing drug trafficking and weapons charges after a traffic stop in Wareham revealed he had an illegal loaded handgun and fentanyl in a car with a juvenile passenger, police said. Officers investigating illegal drug activity in Onset Center initiated...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEApril 16, 2019, 8:20 PM GMTBy Minyvonne BurkeThree New Jersey men were arrested after investigators seized around half a million counterfeit prescription tablets in what authorities called the...
The Bartholomew County Coroner’s office investigated 17 overdose deaths related to the opioid crisis in 2018, compared to 30 reported the year before. There have only been three confirmed overdose fatalities as of April 10, Bartholomew County Coroner...
WAREHAM — Wareham Police arrest a man on multiple charges after he is discovered to be in possession of drugs and an unlicensed firearm.Over the last two weeks Wareham Police Detectives having been conducting extra surveillance in the area of West Central Avenue in Onset,...
CHARLESTON - An increasing number of West Virginia's drug-related deaths have involved fentanyl,...
NORRISTOWN — A judge convicted a Pottstown man of numerous drug-related charges after...
Officials in San Diego County have 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...
Purple fentanyl (Supplied photo) Southwestern Public Health has issued an alert about purple fentanyl after some drug users reported a surge in overdoses.The alert by the health unit was to other health organizations in St. Thomas and Elgin County who come into contact with people who...
Acting Sgt. Brett Flansburg of the Vermont State Police. VSP photoVermont State Police say the cause of a trooper’s collapse in March remains unknown after laboratory and medical testing, however the initial explanation that he overdosed from contact with synthetic opioids appears unfounded.State police said...
COSTA MESA (CBSLA) — Costa Mesa is taking on big pharma in a new lawsuit. At least a dozen companies selling opioids like Oxycontin and Fentanyl have been sued by the City of Costa Mesa, which accuses manufacturers and distributors of flooding the market with opioids...