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Dozens speak about the impact of opioids in Tallahassee forumWhile thousands have died from overdose across the state of Florida, Tallahassee has been relatively "lucky", seeing only 82 deaths this year. However, officials and residents are not waiting for the situation to worsen. A forum held this week brought out ... Read More
Corner store was epicenter for sprawling drug networkThis week, police in Baltimore had to spend hours in hazmat suits removing all the fentanyl and morphine from a corner store in the Old Goucher neighborhood of Baltimore. The raid netted more than 16 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 13 pounds of suspected ... Read More
Mother Mourns the Loss of Her Talented SonHe was a gifted wide-receiver, and excelled in math and engineering, but in the end Blake Meier lost a long battle with drug addiction, leaving his grieving mother with heartache and many unanswered questions. On Aug. 10, 2016, Blake overdosed in a West Palm Beach motel ... Read More
Erie PA Takes Longterm View As Opioid Crisis GrowsOverdose deaths are expected to continue rising with no end in sight, a researcher from the University of Pittsburgh told Erie County’s Heroin Overdose Community Awareness Task Force on Friday. “If our projections are right, it doesn’t really look like it’s going to ... Read More
CDC Accelerates Opioid Data Reporting to Help Identify Hot SpotsIt is not as dramatic as arresting drug kingpins, but the CDC's work tracking the data of the opioid epidemic is essential for turning the tide against this ongoing crisis. Now they are accelerating their efforts. Overdose deaths and emergency room data ... Read More
Dramatic Rise in Fentanyl Moving Across the BorderThe amounts of fentanyl annually seized by U.S. border and immigration authorities are nearly three and five times the amounts previously taken, according to new federal data. Considering it takes just a few grains of fentanyl to trigger a deadly overdose, the amounts ... Read More
As Opioid Crisis Intensifies, Even K9 Dogs At RiskIn Abraham Lincoln's hometown, the opioid crisis is affecting even our four-legged friends. As the crisis continues, K9 dogs are now seeing its effects. "It's incumbent upon us to check that area for our canine partners to make sure that the area in which they are ... Read More
Babies Found Bags of Drugs and Helped ThemselvesIn two unrelated incidents this past week in the Bronx, one-year-old babies found bags of drugs and ingested the contents before their parents realized what had happened. Police said the one of the overdoses happened Saturday around 7 a.m. at a home on Tiebout Ave. ... Read More
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