NY Officer Arrested on Multiple ChargesThe current opioid crisis is cutting across all segments of society, and even the police are not immune to this epidemic. Just this week, Reynaldo Lopez, 26, was arrested after agreeing to deliver what he believed was a hefty quantity of heroin to a drug dealer in the Bronx, ... Read More
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Fentanyl Hitting Boston Like “Weapon of Mass Destruction”
As opioid crisis continues, Boston officials launch integrated campaignAfter more than 2100 overdose deaths across Massachusetts last year alone, officials are fighting back with a broad-reaching public awareness effort. Boston's new “Resist the Risk” campaign is running via placards on MBTA buses, on Red and Orange ... Read More
Baby Boomers At Increased Risk For Overdoses
Baby Boomers Struggling with Prescription Overdoses while Gen Y Overdosing on Heroin.Based on the latest public health research, it might be said that every generation literally picks its own poison. Researchers at Columbia School of Public Health have published a new paper which explores the relationship between ... Read More
New Orleans Launches Naloxone Training
NOLA Officials Train Local Librarians To Save LivesAs deaths from overdose surpass deaths by homicide, officials in New Orleans have launched extensive training to equip librarians with life-saving Naloxone. More than 50 volunteers from all 14 branches of the New Orleans Public Library are taking the training. ... Read More
Non-Stop Fentanyl Lands at Chicago O’Hare
Officials in Chicago Fight Flood of Mail Order Fentanyl Arriving From ChinaUsing technology that would make even Al Capone impressed, the current wave of drug bootleggers are using modern websites and sophisticated shipping to send a continuous flight of fentanyl into the US via Chicago's O'Hare Airport. This week ... Read More
In Orlando, This Fentanyl Candy Can Kill
In Orlando Area, Fentanyl Candy Is Not A Sweet TreatPolice in Sanford Florida pulled a man over when they smelled marijuana. They also found him in possession of a bag of colored candy-looking pills. They sent the pills for testing, and the results were anything but sweet. It turns out these colorful looking pills were ... Read More
In One Missouri Town, Police Send Patients to Recovery – Not Jail
New Program Arms Police With Drug Guides, Helping Guide Patients to RecoveryDuring the past few months, the Columbia Police Department has been conducting some unusual training, arming its officers with informational cards that connect drug abusers with local services that will help them overcome ... Read More
Delaware Hit By Overdoses During Thanksgiving
Holiday Weekend Triggers Surge of Delaware Drug OverdosesIt's supposed to be a time for turkey, stuffing, family and football. However, for 11 Delaware residents, the Thanksgiving weekend turned deadly. “We know that people who are suffering from addiction are vulnerable, and those vulnerabilities often become ... Read More