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STOUGHTON, MA — A Stoughton man was arrested Saturday after officers seized over 100 grams of fentanyl and two illegally owned guns. Brian Rodrigues was charged with two counts of possessing an unlawful firearm, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, trafficking in...
Federal officials made a massive cocaine bust in Philadelphia Tuesday, seizing an estimated 16.5 tons of the drug from a ship there -- with a street value of over $1 billion, officials said.The historic bust -- the largest in the history of the Eastern...
Federal officials made a massive cocaine bust in Philadelphia Tuesday, seizing an estimated 33,000 pounds of the drug from a ship there, an official said. The bust comes amid a series of large seizures of the drug in the Northeast, including a record seizure of $18...
UNION SQUARE, NY — A drug dealer set up a heroin, fentanyl and cocaine-selling operation in big name Union Square stores including Chipotle, Food Emporium and McDonalds, the city's Special Narcotics Prosecutor said Tuesday. Anthony Morales, 49, was indicted on charges that he sold more...
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Detectives from the Michigan State Police say the combined toxic effects of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs were...
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies found more than nine kilograms of fentanyl worth nearly $2 million hidden in a rental SUV parked at Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach. Deputies responded to a suspicious vehicle in an isolated part of a parking...
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A 27-year-old Providence man who was pulled over in Old Lyme in September 2017 while transporting a kilogram of fentanyl from New York to Rhode Island was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.Gabri...
Pictured, Alicia Kisselbaugh Vanderbilt nurse. Pictured, Alicia Kisselbaugh Vanderbilt nurse.Tennessee nurse, Alicia Kisselbaugh at Vanderbilt University Medical Center placed on probation after turning up to work high on fentanyl. A Tennessee nurse who allegedly turned up to work high on fentanyl last year has been placed...
Published: 6/17/2019 10:26:12 PM After three years of modest declines, the region saw an increase in opioid-related overdose deaths in...
Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton, Opinion contributors Published 6:00 a.m. ET June 18, 2019 CLOSESynthetic opioids have devastated our home states and many others. We need to...
CLOSE Three people died when an out-of-control SUV careened off Route 23 and into a Delta gas station where pumps are less than 25 feet from the road. Sean Oates, NorthJerseyPATERSON — Jason Vanderee, the Vernon man accused of...
HUNTINGTON — Four defendants were sentenced in federal court last week after having admitted...
News A state-by-state breakdown of the recent National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program report. ...
Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, along the eastern borders of Kentucky and Ohio, sits Huntington, West Virginia, a place so consumed by the opioid epidemic it has been crowned "the Overdose Capital of America." At its worst, people here were dying from drug abuse at...
At a press conference in Beijing Monday, Liu Yuejin, deputy director of the China National Narcotics Control Commission, said that the number of cannabis users in China had grown by more than 25% in 2018, rising to about 24,000 people."In two years, we have found...
Simultaneous raids on two homes in Bridgewater and Brockton on Friday led to the seizure of 157 grams of heroin, $54,000 in suspected drug money, three illegal handguns and two suspects, according to police.The W.E.B. Major Crimes and Drug Task Force executed search warrants...
Travis Rieder has bleak outlook on the current state of America’s overdose crisis. The author of In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle With Opioids told the Straight that not only have authorities failed to reduce deaths, they’re also badly hurting people with their attempts.In a...
HOOKSETT, NH — A local man is facing a drug charge after being arrested due, initially, to motor vehicle complaints about a driver he was with on Friday night. Mark Gagnon, 39, of Concord, was arrested on June 14, 2019, and charged with possession of...
Chronic Pain Advocate Jeff Edney listened/watched (when the feed was working) to the FDA meetings last week, it spawned many questions in his mind that chronic pain advocates should have in mind when they discuss or meet with Congressional, federal or state policy or state...
Two Connecticut men were arrested in New York, accusing of traveling between Connecticut and Saratoga County to sell drugs.The Saratoga County Sheriff's Office arrested 39-year-old Taron Stokes of Derby and 56-year-old Edward Cavallaro of North Haven Thursday. The pair is accused of traveling from Connecticut...
HBO’s latest series puts its characters through exaggerated adolescent antics, with little substance to show for it. (Mild plot spoilers ahead.) If you struggled to understand what Euphoria was about from its ads—an electric mix of neon, artsy camera angles, and sexy teens on drugs—watching the first...
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The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission today released the seventh report of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, revealing that Queensland, together with South Australia, reported the highest average regional consumption of fentanyl nationally. Across the nine sites monitored in the state in December 2018—three capital city...
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission today released the seventh report of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, revealing New South Wales reported the highest average capital city and regional consumption of cocaine in the country. Across the eight sites monitored in the state in December 2018—three...
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio Sunday Jun 16, 2019 at 5:11 PM QUINCY — Two men are facing drug charges after a three month long investigation by the Quincy Police Drug Control Unit into a drug trafficking organization. Leurys A. Feliz, 38, of Quincy and a Boston man police said...
ALTON—Clad in grey shorts, Pedro Ruiz delivered a message to Steve King during...
news, latest-news, canberra drugs, drugs, wasterwater test, prescription opioids, opioids, cocaine, drug tests, drug tests canberraThe use of opioids like fentanyl and oxycodone in Canberra is among the highest in the nation, a new report has found. Analysis of wastewater in the ACT from the...
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Urban Victorians consume more heroin than other Australians, while the state’s regions have the highest use of MDMA and oxycodone.The figures are in the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s seventh report on the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, which shows Victoria has the highest average capital city...
Idaho Gov. Brad Little is hoping a new advisory group will provide some...
CLOSE Andy Hopson had dreams of building a recovery home with his son Dakota. That never happened. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free PressDETROIT - Is it love?Is it guilt?Is it a little – or maybe a lot – of both that Andy Hopson...
In April, the Saskatchewan RCMP displayed crystal meth seized as part of an investigation into the criminal drug trade. Meth seizures, crime and deaths have been on the rise across the province. (Morgan Modjeski/The Saskatoon S / Saskatoon As methamphetamine numbers skyrocket and the death toll climbs,...
By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) - Spend a couple of hours and learn how to save a life. According to Kentucky’s Office of Drug Control Policy, in 2017 there were 1,565 fatal drug overdose cases in the state, 52 percent that involved Fentanyl. During a...
Published: 6/15/2019 6:16:41 PM EASTHAMPTON – Police officers responding to a breaking and entering incident Friday required medical treatment after...
Exploitation flashback: Promotional art for the 1936 drugs-and-sex film “Reefer Madness.”Everett CollectionHBO finally has its own “Reefer Madness.” Much press has been devoted to “Euphoria,” the premium cable network’s attempt to catch up to Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” by producing a series that captures the swirling...
Sheriff, police chief support use of Narcan Local law enforcement confiscates heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs of abuse in a variety of forms including powdered...
Poppy cultivation and heroin production remain at record-high levels in Mexico, according to the United States government. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) said in a statement yesterday that an annual U.S. government estimate found that the area of land dedicated to poppy cultivation...
The stereotype of an illicit drug operation is that of some ramshackle, run-down house with boards nailed over the windows. The truth, these days, is far different. Perhaps even a little surprising. Some drug rings are actually spending their days manufacturing, storing and...
After a breakup in 2008, a cousin gave Ashlee Krichmar, then 20, a Percocet. She’d never much liked them in the past — they made her sick — but that day the college student majoring in business management took the pill. “It numbed all the emotions...
CLOSEDetail of exterior of courthouse (Photo: Comstock, Getty Images/Comstock Images)Muskingum County Court of Common PleasJudge Mark C. FleegleJohnathan S. Harrier, 28, South Zanesville, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana. Bond was continued at $50,000James E. Fraunfelter III, 42, Somerset, pleaded guilty to...
LISBON — A secret indictment was served at the county jail this week on Tiffany D. Herron, 34, of East Liverpool, charged with possession of a fentanyl-related compound. According to court documents, Herron did knowingly obtain, possess or use a fentanyl-related compound in the county...
A 40-year-old Akron man has admitted to leading a conspiracy to bring large...
Global Fentanyl Transdermal Patches Market research report provides in depth analysis of the industry along with important statistics and facts. With the help of this information, stakeholders can plan their business strategies.The global Fentanyl Transdermal Patches market is valued at million US$ in 2018 and...
Health experts are concerned about a potential HIV outbreak among opioid users on Long Island amid a shift in recent years from prescription drugs such as OxyContin to injectable heroin and fentanyl. ...
The U.S. State Department reports that at least two Iranian military-controlled facilities have researched chemical agents with incapacitating effects, and Iranian research papers cite the potential military uses of Pharmaceutical-Based Agents. PBAs include, among others, the synthetic opioid fentanyl and the more powerful carfentanil. These powerful...
An early-morning raid in Lee County led to the arrest of four people on drug charges.The Lee County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team on Thursday carried out a search warrant in the 4000 block of Lee Road 175 in Salem, said sheriff’s Capt. Van Jackson....
Mealand Ragland-Hudgins, Murfreesboro Daily News Journal Published 2:39 p.m. CT June 14, 2019 | Updated 4:34 p.m. CT June 14, 2019CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and...