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A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information says the number of opioid related hospitalizations is higher in smaller communities compared to larger, urban cities.The report found that communities with between 50,000 and 99,999 people saw some of the highest rates of opioid poisonings.In...
CLOSE Kentucky law enforcement seized 12.5 percent more meth this year than the last. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.comThe Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force seized this meth, or "ice," in March.(Photo: Provided)The recent shutdown of a "meth house" yielding four...
Sea cucumbers are big in Southeast Asia and parts of Europe. In China, the marine animals are a delicacy, a high-priced, special-occasion food whose popularity is rising to the point where some worry about overfishing. And in Buffalo? By all accounts, sea cucumbers still lag behind wings and...
The research builds on Change Grow Live’s work to understand the growing threat posed by fentanyl. Sparked by the charity’s direct experience of managing and learning from fentanyl-related issues in its cohort of service users in collaboration with Volteface, the independent organisation that covers the...
It appears Will County is on pace to have less heroin overdose deaths in 2018 than the county had last year. As of Dec. 11, Will County had 103 accidental overdose deaths so far. Of those, a total of 70 cases...
JOLIET, IL - It appears Will County is on pace to have less heroin overdose deaths in 2018 than the county had last year. As of Dec. 11, the Will County Coroner's Office had tabulated 103 accidental overdose deaths. Of those,...
A VA nurse pled guilty to stealing narcotics including fentanyl for personal use according to federal agents familiar with the case. Erick Lee Tombre, 46, is out on bond pending his sentencing in April. The registered nurse worked at Denver VA Medical Center. A system audit...
Island Health is advising illicit drug users and their family and friends to keep life-saving naloxone kits close at hand. “Don’t keep the naloxone kit in your car,” said Tracey Thompson, Island Health’s regional harm reduction co-ordinator. “It’s not helpful. It’s also not...
As the opioid epidemic rages on, lawmakers have become increasingly pressured to pass legislation that will resolve one of America’s most pressing public health crises. As shown by some current laws, however, imprudent legislation on this complex issue can have disastrous effects. One such statute...
– Posted on December 16, 2018Posted in: Local News Four people have been arrested after an investigation into an alleged fentanyl...
After a squirt or two in the nose, the person in the midst of an overdose sits bolt upright, moving from being on the edge of death, to fully alive — in seconds. Many first responders in B.C., including Squamish RCMP, carry this...
ABC NewsABC News(NEW YORK) — Just days after a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, the Senate minority whip said Sunday the ruling is bad news for Republicans in Congress. “It once again puts Republicans in Washington on the spot,”...
We are losing ground in the battle against opioids, heroin and, now, fentanyl-laced drugs. Ocala Police Chief Greg Graham shocked the community Tuesday when he went online with an “urgent” message: Six people died of drug overdoses within the previous 10 days. He went on to...
A BMW-driving Hamilton man who was parked on Market Street downtown in April and found to have $45,000 in drugs and money in his car has begun a prison sentence.Khalid Ahmed Mohamed, 23, was arrested with two others on April 4 by Brantford Police officers...
A federal grand jury in Baltimore has indicted 19 men, ranging in age from 20 to 54, in a...
Crypto News Fentanyl Transdermal Patches Market Forecast – Industry Value, Market Size, Top Companies and General Trends for 2018-2025Global Fentanyl Transdermal Patches Market report describes elements such as dominating companies, types, applications, classification, size, SWOT analysis, business atmosphere and most effectual trends...
19 men indicted on federal drug conspiracy and firearms charges in BaltimoreBALTIMORE (WBFF) A federal grand jury indicted 19 Baltimore men for a federal drug conspiracy and related firearms charges.The men in the indictment include:Calvin Matthews, a.k.a. “Billy” and “Wayne,” age 39;Waymond Richard, a.k.a. “Squirt,”...
Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, according to the latest report from the National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Saturday Dec 15, 2018 at 11:02 PM Dec 15, 2018 at 11:02 PM Holbrook police charged three Boston men and a woman with fentanyl trafficking in connection with an investigation by the South Shore Drug Task Force and local police. Nelson Gonzalez 31, Edgardo Rivera-Sanchez, 28, Cesar Andujar 30, and Yessica Margarita Franjul, 33, all of Boston, were arrested...
The Ocala Police Department is going above and beyond The Ocala Police Department is not taking the easy way out.Our drug overdose crisis isn’t, strictly speaking, that agency's problem. Its mission is to catch the bad guys, put them in jail, and protect the community.It’s a...
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An OPP cruiser. Photo by Taylor Ablett/105.5 Moose FM/Vista Radio A visitor to Bracebridge has been arrested for multiple drug-related crimes. The Bracebridge Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) initiated a traffic stop resulting in the arrest of an Etobicoke man for possession of a controlled...
The overdose deaths of three 20-year-old women celebrating one of their birthdays in April stunned Greater Akron.Tara Williams, Ashtyn Andrade and Courtney Collier were not drug addicts.The three may have smoked marijuana, family and friends said, but they could not imagine them intentionally dabbling in...
DETROIT — This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that the opioid crisis has reached another catastrophic level with ...
It would take only 118 pounds of fentanyl to kill 25 million people. That’s how much of the powerful opioid painkiller Nebraska State Trooper Sam Mortensen found in April when he stopped a truck marked “U.S. Mail” swerving onto the shoulder along Interstate 80. Mortensen found 42...
Two men are facing a minimum of 10 years in prison and up to a $10 million fine after they were caught with more than 80 pounds of drugs on Tuesday, according to a criminal complaint.Michael Nailen, 53, and Marco Gonzalez, 47, are accused of...
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Massachusetts people for Aggravated Trafficking in Heroin/Fentanyl on Thursday.MDEA Commander Scott J. Pelletier said...
On Friday, the Bracebridge OPP Street Crime conducted a traffic stop where a male was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. As a result, a search warrant was executed on his hotel room and a large quantity of cocaine...
(Picture: iStockphoto)We hope you know this already, but drugs can be dangerous – some more than others. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has looked at the drug-related deaths that happened between 2011 and 2016, the most recent year data is available, to rank...
NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE ************************** BRACEBRIDGE - On Dec. 14, 2018, the Bracebridge Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted an investigation which led to a traffic stop. During this traffic stop a male was...
By The Canadian PressFri., Dec. 14, 2018DELTA, B.C.—Parents in Delta, B.C., have received an urgent notice after a student’s drugs tested positive for fentanyl.The joint message from the Delta School District and police department says the pills were bought illicitly and labelled as Xanax, although...
The Delta School District has sent an urgent message to parents after drugs brought to school by a student tested positive for fentanyl.The letter sent alongside the Delta Police Department on Thursday says the pills were bought illicitly and labelled as...
Cops seize guns, fentanyl Photo: Contributed Vernon RCMP have taken weapons and fentanyl off of city streets. Const. Kelly Brett said the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Targeted Policing unit completed an investigation into a fentanyl drug trafficking group, resulting in two arrests and the seizure of what is...
It was a typical, single-family house with a landscaped yard and Christmas decorations in a quiet neighborhood in eastern Pennsylvania. But this week investigators, acting on a tip, uncovered a secret in the basement — a drug operation worth an estimated $8 million a week.On...
Two men are facing drug trafficking charges after being busted for fentanyl possession, according to Vernon RCMP.Police say a 50-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, both from Vernon, were arrested this week following a fentanyl investigation. The two are facing charges,...
A Huntington Station man was sentenced in federal court in Central Islip Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison for trafficking and selling large amounts of cocaine and fentanyl, officials said. ...
Parents in Delta have received an urgent notice after a student's drugs tested positive for fentanyl.The joint message from the Delta School District and police department says the pills were bought illicitly and labelled as Xanax, although the pills are fake and are not the drug...
By Jonathan SperlingA Long Island man who used his teenage brother to distribute fentanyl throughout parts of Suffolk County was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced on Friday.Jamal Brown, 26, was in...
Prince George Mounties have seized a host of firearms and drugs as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. Police say they found cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl in a vehicle during a traffic stop on Dec. 12. RCMP obtained...
The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) has located a clandestine laboratory used to produce the synthetic drug known as fentanyl and arrested four people during a raid...
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Please enable Javascript to watch this video ST. LOUIS – A local drug dealer was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison after a woman he sold fentanyl-laced heroin to overdosed and died. The sentence was handed down after...
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - While the opioid epidemic continues to hurt the nation, the CDC released its latest findings that fentanyl has become the deadliest opioid drug in the country.A group called Justice for...
CTV Vancouver Published Friday,...