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Illegally manufactured fentanyl likely drove an increase in national overdose deaths between 2013 and 2017, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Friday. Opioids accounted for more than two-thirds of all drug overdose deaths in 2017, a rate increase of 12 percent...
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Xannies, Bars, Z-Bars, Zanbars, Xanbars, Handlebars, Planks, Bricks, Benzos. These are all slang terms for anti-anxiety drug Xanax that doubles as a recreational drug of choice for many young high school students – one that authorities are encouraging...
via Edward Kimmel on Flickr Dec. 21, 2018 By Laura Hanrahan Two Glendale men were arrested yesterday for their involvement in a nine-month-long opioid distribution operation in Queens, the New York Eastern District Attorney announced yesterday. Douglas “Dougie” Marra and Joseph “Max B” McClean, both 34, were charged...
A more than $58,000 pilot grant will help local health officials determine if the distribution of fentanyl test strips can reduce drug overdoses and deaths.Since July, more than 2,800 test strips have been distributed via a National...
The inmate who died at St. Louis' Medium Security Institution (MSI) in August died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, the autopsy report shows. Louis L. Payton, 48, was the latest inmate to die at the facility known as the Workhouse this year. He was the...
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Sponsored by First Line Technology By Sarah Calams, PoliceOne BrandFocus StaffOn average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 115 Americans die every day from opioid overdose. As a result, the risk of synthetic opioid exposure to law enforcement and other first responders is...
In 2018, the eyes of the nation were again fixed on President Donald Trump, whose second year in office was no less remarkable than his first. It was a year that saw the president open up...
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Four people have been and a fifth is still being sought following a three-month investigation into heroin and fentanyl distribution in Ocean County, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced. Arrested were Xavier Nelson, 29, of Toms River;...
Mounties in Kelowna believe they have cut off a conduit of drugs to the Okanagan Valley after raiding a gang member's home like the Grinch who stole Christmas. Handout / RCMP Seizure of a stash of what is believed to be fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, shatter, oxycontin, methamphetamine,...
Brock Haney loved the yearly canoe trips in the Adirondacks with his family. "He was very active, good in sports, a great singer, [and] he actually tried out for American Idol in Philadelphia. He played the guitar, he sang, so he was kind of an all-American...
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — How many times have you eaten a Sea Cucumber? In Western New York, chances are it’s never. But, they were the critical clue that convicted Herman Aguirre and Troy Gillon for narcotics conspiracy. From 2013-2015 their drug operation brought...
Heroin and handguns from a 2015 investigation. Heroin and handguns from a 2015 investigation. READING, Pa. - According to District Attorney John Adams, the sentencing of one...
We are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the FBI, and any other federal agency that may seem to have an interest in protecting the public from unscrupulous pharmaceutical firms and medical professionals: Stop the illegal fentanyl trade. Tuesday, New...
From Day One, it was a trial with all the elements of a true crime novel. A violent Mexican drug cartel with ties to kingpin "El Chapo." Allegations of cocaine and heroin arriving by the tractor-trailer load in Tonawanda. Tales of fear and threats of retaliation. On...
NORRISTOWN, PA — A man arrested earlier this year during a bust of one of the region's largest fentanyl trafficking organizations was sentenced Thursday to 18 to 40 years behind bars. Miguel A. Figueroa, 34, of Reading, pleaded guilty to multiple...
It was one of the largest drug busts Saskatoon has even seen and the high-level drug trafficker behind it all is now headed to prison for 10 years.Wayne Ngai, 30, pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in orchestrating the major drug...
MILWAUKEE — While much is made of violent crimes in Milwaukee, there is another killer taking more lives than homicide: the synthetic opioid fentanyl. It's become so prevalent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month labeled fentanyl the deadliest drug in America."It's...
Several local departments served dozens of warrants between Brooke and Hancock counties on Friday as part ‘Operation Grinch' -- the largest crime raid of the year.WEIRTON, W.Va. — Several local departments served dozens of warrants between Brooke and Hancock counties on Friday as part ‘Operation Grinch'...
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CLOSE A public hearing is held with house legislators at Greenville County Square to discuss the opioid and heroin epidemic in South Carolina. LAUREN PETRACCA/StaffJ.T. Lindemann is the younger brother of Celebrating Lost Loved Ones creator Jeremiah Lindemann. J.T....
A search warrant executed by the Kelowna Drug Unit has resulted in the arrest of a noted gang member and drug trafficker. On Wednesday, RCMP executed the search warrant in the 500 Block of Valley Rd, Kelowna, where they seized fentanyl, crack cocaine, heroin, meth,...
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Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug that's often implicated in drug overdose deaths. And, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it now tops the charts: In 2016, fentanyl was involved in 28.8 percent of all drug...
Since fentanyl use has become widespread, there have been many reports of first responders overdosing accidentally through exposure at emergency calls. The Drug Enforcement Administration even issued an officer safety alert urging first responders to be careful to avoid exposure.However, medical professionals say the risk...
Fentanyl pills are shown in an undated police handout photo. Regina police have issued a public warning after recently confirming that two deaths in the city were from fentanyl overdoses.On Nov. 30, officers went to a residence where EMS attended to a 35-year-old woman who had...
Regina police are warning the public after two people have died from fentanyl-related deaths.On Nov. 30 at around 9:27 a.m. police were called to a house where EMS was attending to a dead 35-year-old woman after an apparent drug overdose. A...
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WOBURN, Mass. (CBS/AP) — A Massachusetts doctor charged in the death of a woman who overdosed on opioids he prescribed has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Dr. Richard Miron appeared in Middlesex Superior Court on Thursday and was allowed to remain free on his own...
When Amanda Jarczyk rendezvoused with her drug dealer in November of last year, she thought she was buying heroin. But it was fentanyl, and the Cheektowaga woman was dead a short time later. On Thursday, Brittney Ridgeway, the drug dealer who sold the fentanyl to Jarczyk, was...
Sources: Investigators eye fentanyl, alcohol exposure in death of 11-year-old girl Updated: 12:19 PM EST Dec 19, 2018 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WEBVTT SERA: 5 INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE FENTANYL AND ALCOHOL EXPOSURE. THE GIRL WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN THIS ROOMING HOUSE ON JACKSON STREET...
Three men were arrested in Revere on Tuesday after State Police stopped their car for having illegal window tints and found fentanyl, marijuana, and a loaded handgun inside, authorities said.Heriberto Felix, 21, of Lynn was driving a 2007 Hyundai Sonata on Broadway Street around 6...
BAY CITY, MI – A pharmacist who stole IV bags containing a powerful opioid from the hospital where he worked has been ordered to serve time in federal prison.U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington on Tuesday, Dec....
CLOSE Drug delivery resulting in death was originally classified as a type of murder in Pennsylvania, but now it's a felony and the charge is getting used a lot more frequently. Sean Heisey, York Daily RecordBrandon Beatty, 36, of...
Mom Karen Juergens and stepfather Ken Stevenson with a photo of their late son, Darren Robinson. PNG KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Darren Robinson had turned his life around.The 38-year-old met a woman, found faith, planned to attend culinary school and passed on his passion for skateboarding to his...
Lauren K. Spencer's guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Zachary R. Brown wrapped up a case in which the drug dealer recently was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the deaths of Brown and one other man. A 28-year-old Columbus woman was...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video SCRANTON, Pa. -- The Lackawanna County coroner says a spike in deaths this week is likely tied to opioid overdoses; nine people have died in less than a week. The district attorney is...
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) - There is another indication the opioid abuse in our region remains a serious problem. The latest example is what's happening in Scranton where nine people have died of...
CONCORD, N.H. – A former physician assistant has been convicted of receiving more than $49,000 from a drug manufacturer in exchange for writing more than 700 fentanyl spray prescriptions. Christopher Clough, of Dover, New Hampshire, was convicted Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and the receipt...
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NWT Chief Justice Louise Charbonneau dashed any hope Darcy Oake had of being home for Christmas, refusing the accused fentanyl trafficker’s request for bail. “I’m not insensitive to the accused’s plea to spend the next few weeks [at home with his family],” Charbonneau said in Yellowknife...
An overdose naloxone kit is displayed at a safe-injection site in Vancouver. B.C. (John Lehmann/For The Washington Post) (JOHN LEHMANN/For The Washington Post) More than 9,000 Canadians have died from apparent opioid-related overdoses since 2016 – more than 2,000 between January...