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A generous man bought $500 of Girl Scout cookies to keep two second- graders from standing in the cold. Greenville, S.C., Feb. 22, 2019 (Kayla Dillard) Deanna Paul Reporter...
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A South Carolina man who bought more than 120 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies to help the scouts escape the cold has been arrested on drug charges. News outlets report the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency says 46-year-old Detric Lee McGowan was arrested Tuesday...
1. After 5 years of monitoring, the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program found that up to half of opioid non-tolerant patients were being inappropriately prescribed transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products.2. While the REMS program had a noncompliance plan, after 5 years there was no...
File Photo BERKELEY – Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and his staff had a stern message recently for any Central Regional High School students who might be tempted to use opioids...
Three separate seizures were conducted, and 349 pounds of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and "suspected fentanyl" were confiscated, according to a press release from the agency.Two seizures occurred at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing and one was conducted at the Mariposa Crossing.The first seizure involved a 67-year-old man from Rio...
BOSTON (CBS) – They are secret, illegal, and potentially deadly. Illicit drug and bomb labs are growing in numbers across the Commonwealth. The I-Team got a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Clandestine Lab Enforcement Unit. It’s a joint effort between the Massachusetts State Police and...
“Now is just not a good time to be an addict,” is the opinion of the Portsmouth City Health Department’s Lisa Roberts, a registered nurse and also well-known as an expert on local addiction issues. Roberts said as a practical matter it’s impossible to say how...
BOSTON (AP) — A legislative commission is recommending state lawmakers approve the creation of one or more supervised injection sites for drug users in Massachusetts. Commission members said Tuesday that the state should allow the sites on a test basis to see if they can help...
Austin L. Miller @almillerosb Tuesday Feb 26, 2019 at 4:18 PM Feb 26, 2019 at 4:18 PM MARION OAKS – A Marion Oaks man was taken into custody after authorities found guns and drugs at a business he operates.Richard Lopez, 54, faces multiple charges, including armed trafficking of heroin, possession of a firearm by a convicted...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 42-year-old man is pleading guilty after he was allegedly recorded selling illegal drugs.According to a report, Jeffery...
A Rockaway woman initially arrested on a minor drug charge is facing much more...
In the past few years, the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and its derivatives have been the primary driver of the drug overdose death epidemic. A wave of addiction that began with prescription opioids two decades ago and morphed into one driven by heroin after the...
OWEN SOUND – An Owen Sound man was handed a six-year prison sentence for drug trafficking after police made what’s believed to be the largest fentanyl seizure ever in Grey-Bruce.Michael Bemister, 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking, possession of property over $5,000...
Canadians are being busted for dealing fentanyl over the dark web. Chris Young/Canadian PressThis article originally appeared on VICE Canada.A Calgary man who shipped fentanyl and other illicit drugs to the US on the dark web under the username “Canadasunshine” faces at least ten years...
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Locklear RED SPRINGS — Two Red Springs police officers who responded to a drug overdose on Saturday were treated for possible exposure to fentanyl, an incredibly lethal drug. It happened about 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Hardin’s Grocery at 806 S. Main St., according...
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RCMP came across a bounty of nearly two kilograms of drugs in April last year, but it took almost ten months to formally lay charges.Police carried out a search warrant in the 600-block of Old Meadows Road in Kelowna on April...
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“Mom … Ummm, I’m in trouble.”The skinny teenager’s body is nearly doubled over with stress, his mother’s voice rising...
Dealers who peddle drugs that kill should be locked up for murder, according to the father of a man who died from an overdose.Dean Palozej's son Spencer Palozej died after taking fentanyl-laced pills on February 1, 2018 - one day before his 30th birthday.Dean said: 'If they're...
Canadians are being busted for dealing fentanyl over the dark web. Chris Young/Canadian PressA Calgary man who shipped fentanyl and other illicit drugs to the US on the dark web under the username “Canadasunshine” faces at least 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in...
Legislation to increase penalties for trafficking fentanyl could go before the Missouri House Monday afternoon for a final vote. The House gave initial approval to O’Fallon State Representative Nick Schroer’s bipartisan bill last week. http://www.kttn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mo6schroer24.mp3 The Missouri Police Chiefs Association and the Missouri State Troopers Association...
Legislation to increase penalties for trafficking or making fentanyl could go before the Missouri House in Jefferson City on Monday afternoon for a final vote. The House gavels-in today at 4 p.m. State Rep. Nick Schroer speaks about fentanyl legislation on the Missouri House floor on...
STAFFORD, Conn. (AP) — Having lost his 29-year-old son to a fentanyl overdose, Dean Palozej believes dealers who peddle drugs that kill should be locked up for a very long time — for the rest of their life, in some cases.A state representative who heard...
We begin today with another dose of BREAKING NEWS that unfortunately will probably still be big news to you, even though it happened days ago.And it’s going to make you mad as hell — because it’s deadly serious. Yet it went mostly uncovered (because, as we’ve...
Mothers Love Enlow _ wpde _ 2.24.19.PNGHorry County, S.C. (WPDE) — July 21, 2018 was a day Britney Jones will never forget.It was the day her brother, Justice Enlow, died from a fentanyl overdose."He was a very very hard worker. He had an amazing heart,” Jones...
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NORTHAMPTON — Although opioid overdose deaths declined by 4 percent statewide in 2018 compared to the previous year, Hampshire County saw a small rise in drug-related fatalities.Thirty-two residents are suspected to have died of opioid-related overdoses in 2018, compared to 28 in 2017, according to...
"If you are a dealer, this does not protect you. This protects the addicted," said R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, who planned to unveil his proposal at an event Monday morning. PROVIDENCE — In keeping with his word on the campaign trail, R.I. Attorney General...
HONG KONG (CBS) — President Donald Trump is again postponing a planned escalation of tariffs on China, a move sure to please American farmers and businesses that have been hurt by a long-running trade war with Beijing. Tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese good...
Signs erected by Liberal MLA Ian Paton beside the northbound approach to the Massey Tunnel in Delta in October 2017 blame NDP Premier John Horgan and Green party Leader Andrew Weaver for inaction on the tunnel bottleneck. Gerry Kahrmann / PNG Province letters to the editor for...
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Fortunato Alves, of 380 Park St., Stoughton, was arrested on Saturday, after a search warrant was executed at his home address, according to police. Alves is charged with distribution of a Class A substance, fentanyl, Stoughton police said. STOUGHTON – The first name of this Stoughton...
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By Sarah Ye || Contributing Writer Trump states the need for a state of emergency regarding funding for his wall.Photo courtesy of ABC News On Friday, February 15, President Trump declared a national emergency to fund his wall along the Southwest border. While delivering his speech...
By Charlie Sahner | New Hope Free Press A needle drop box in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, an area that plays a major role in the nation’s opioid epidemic.Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.comPennsylvania and Florida are the two states hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, according to a...
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WAREHAM — After performing life-saving measures on a man suffering from an overdose on Saturday, a Wareham Police Officer was transported to the hospital due to likely fentanyl exposure.Wareham Police say that on Saturday night, Wareham Police and EMS were dispatched to a reported overdose....
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Photo courtesy of DEAHeroin and fentanyl seized by the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force. By Robert Wirsing Bronx Times Share on TwitterTweet Share on Facebook Subscribe Five men were arrested for their alleged connection to a wholesale heroin and fentanyl distribution network in Soundview and Yonkers. According to District Attorney Darcel...