Heroin-overdose revival drug available in Dayton without prescription
Amid surging heroin-related overdose deaths, the AIDS Resource Center Ohio Pharmacy in Dayton has begun dispensing the overdose revival drug naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan, without a prescription...
View ArticleState AGs call for passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act...
(Source: State of Maine) Back to current news. State AGs call for passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act September 29, 2015 Attorney General's Office (AUGUSTA) As states continue to...
View ArticleKansas doctor, wife sentenced to prison in overdose deaths
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this June 23, 2010 file photo, Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife Linda arrive at Federal Court in Wichita, Kan., to hear the verdict in their case. The doctor was...
View ArticleState AGs call for passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act...
(Source: Maine Attorney General) September 29, 2015 (AUGUSTA) As states continue to address the epidemic of heroin and opioid-based painkiller abuse and addiction and its devastating effect on public...
View ArticleChicago overdoses: 74 heroin overdoses in 3 days sparks nationwide concern
Chicago overdoses likely due to a mixture of heroin and powerful painkillers are sparking nationwide concern because heroin overdoses similar to the ones in Chicago are on the rise nationwide. Federal...
View ArticleNot guilty plea in case of toddler's heroin ingestion death
An Ohio mother has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering after authorities...
View ArticleDrug deaths outnumbered Virginia highway fatalities in 2014
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Deaths from heroin and opioid use outnumbered highway fatalities in Virginia for the first time last year, officials said. Records show that 728 Virginians died from drug overdoses...
View ArticleHeroin and Homicide Charges in Wisconsin (Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP)
(Source: Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP) Heroin addiction is growing in Wisconsin and throughout the nation, and lawmakers are attempting to discourage this through the adoption of harsh legal...
View ArticleSynthetic painkiller abuse contributes to increase of overdose deaths in Ohio
COLUMBUS: A record number of Ohioans died from drug overdoses last year thanks in part to abuse of a synthetic painkiller far more powerful than heroin, the Department of Health said Thursday. The...
View ArticleOhio mom says son knew risks of painkiller-laced heroin
An Ohio mother whose adult son died of a drug overdose this year said her son knew the risks posed by painkiller-laced heroin flooding the state. Sean O'Connor had lost a number of friends to...
View ArticleOhio again sees new record number of drug overdose deaths
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A record number of Ohioans died from drug overdoses last year thanks in part to abuse of a synthetic painkiller far more powerful than heroin, the Department of Health said...
View ArticleDrug dealer guilty in Clark County overdose death
UPDATE @ 10:30 p.m. (Oct. 8): A drug dealer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter tonight for selling heroin that led to an overdose death. A jury found Lucas Fowler, 25, of Springfield Twp.,...
View ArticleDrug overdoses in Chicago hit 74 in 3 days: 2 men arrested in heroin sale
The rash of drug overdoses in Chicago have led law enforcement to beef up the hunt for the heroin dealers in the city. This led to the arrest of two gang members after they sold $720 worth of heroin to...
View Article2 men get jail terms for roles in Camden-based drug ring
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Two southern New Jersey men have received prison terms for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking...
View ArticleDEA Announces 10 Arrests & 1,700 Bags of Heroin Seized in Jim Thorpe,...
(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration - Philadelphia Division) October 13, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer 215-800-7761 DEA Announces 10 Arrests & 1,700 Bags of Heroin Seized in Jim...
View ArticleNew drug mix even more dangerous; turn in your unused prescriptions today
The war on drugs in our community is unrelenting. As if things weren’t bad enough with the number of deaths caused by opiates alone, addicts are now ingesting or injecting a cocktail of cocaine, meth,...
View ArticleKeenan: Prescription painkiller paradox
Surely, anyone who has lost a loved one to an overdose would welcome the Snyder administration’s recently announced plans to combat the alarming increase in prescription drug deaths in the state. But...
View ArticleDrug dealer guilty in Clark County overdose death
UPDATE @ 10:30 p.m. (Oct. 8): A drug dealer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter tonight for selling heroin that led to an overdose death. A jury found Lucas Fowler, 25, of Springfield Twp.,...
View ArticleDrug dealer sent to prison for 10 years in OD death
A drug dealer will spend the next decade in jail — the first person convicted by a Clark County jury of involuntary manslaughter for selling drugs that led to an overdose death. Lucas Fowler, 25, of...
View ArticleAttorneys General Urge Passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery...
(Source: State of Rhode Island) Kilmartin to Lead Attorneys General Conference on Opioid Abuse, Addiction and Overdose Epidemic Kilmartin Secures Rebate on Naloxone As states continue to address the...
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