Man awaiting trial in drug overdose death of 9-year-old pleads guilty to gun...
SUNBURY — A Northumberland County man charged with the drug overdose death of a 9-year-old Sunbury boy has admitted he illegally possessed firearms. Victor W. Hare III, 59, Monday pleaded guilty in...
View ArticleCanberra drug deaths from heroin reach highest level in five years
While the nation is focused on the scourge of ice, accidental drug deaths from opioids are at the highest they have been in five years in the ACT. The number of opioid-related deaths in 2013 and 2014...
View ArticleBreaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Distributing...
(Source: Drug Enforcement Administration - New York Division) October 08, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 212-337-2906 Breaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for...
View ArticlePill Mill Operator Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Oxycodone And...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland) Baltimore , Maryland - Gerald Wiseberg, a/k/a Gerry Wiseberg and Jerry Wiseberg, age 82, of Boca Raton, Florida pleaded guilty...
View ArticleReport: nearly 2,900 West Virginians OD'd in past 5 years
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Nearly 2,900 West Virginians have overdosed on prescription painkillers or heroin over the past five years, according to the state Health Statistics Center. The center also...
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 ArticleFighting Fentanyl (Ohio Association of Community Health Centers)
(Source: Ohio Association of Community Health Centers) Monday, October 05, 2015 (0 Comments) Posted by: Samantha Porter 'Local and state figures on fatal heroin-related overdoses suggest that Ohio's...
View ArticleOklahoma sees prescription drug overdose deaths drop slightly
Oklahoma saw the number of residents dying from unintentional overdose drop last year, and that's prompting cautious optimism that efforts to curb abuse could be taking hold in a state plagued by...
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 ArticleNew hope on drug abuse fight?
By Jaclyn Cosgrove Staff Writer jcosgrove@oklahoman.com October 19, 2015 0 shares Oklahoma saw the number of residents dying from unintentional overdose drop last year, and that's prompting cautious...
View ArticleNew hope for a scourge that's making a comeback
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I sat in an old church in Kensington and listened to people talk about loved ones they'd lost to the disease of addiction. Most had been addicted to heroin. The son who, over his...
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 ArticleDaily Times: Leaders grapple with rising tide of heroin addiction (Pat Meehan)
(Source: Pat Meehan) By Kevin Tustin October 20, 2015 UPPER DARBY >> Federal and local leaders gathered at Upper Darby High School Monday afternoon to have a roundtable discussion on a topic that...
View ArticleMangano And Ford To Offer Free Lifesaving Overdose Prevention Seminar In Long...
(Source: Nassau County, NY) To help save lives and combat the Heroin epidemic, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and County Legislator Denise Ford today announced a free Overdose Prevention...
View ArticleMangano, Rhoads, And Venditto Offer Free Lifesaving Overdose Prevention...
(Source: Nassau County, NY) To help save lives and combat the Heroin epidemic, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, County Legislator Steve Rhoads and State Senator Michael Venditto today...
View ArticleResilience in the face of adversity: West Virginia’s progress to loosen the...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of West Virginia) West Virginia is in the path of a heroin and prescription painkiller-fueled storm that has wreaked havoc upon the...
View ArticleObama Said to Ease Naloxone Access to Cut Heroin Overdose Deaths
The U.S. government plans to ease access to drugs that can counteract the effects of a heroin overdose, a move that may benefit companies including Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc., a maker of the...
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 ArticlePeabody Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin and Fentanyl (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts) BOSTON - Jorge Delgado, a/k/a Antonio Martinez, a/k/a Elisaul Martinez Santana, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy...
View ArticleToomey Statement on Obama Administration Proposal to Curb Prescription Drug...
(Source: Patrick J Toomey) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today made the following statement on President Obama's proposal to curb the prescription drug abuse and heroin epidemic...
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