Tag: Drugs

Two arrested after allegedly using darknet to sell Adderall that was actually methamphetamine

Zach Halaschak · February 13, 2021 5:16 pm

Pennsylvania public officials worry 2020 deadliest year on record for fatal drug overdoses

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2021 5:00 pm

Nurse Brian Toia holds tabs of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, as he prepares to administer the drug.

Illinois treatment centers call for Biden to allow for more availability of popular opioid treatment

Washington Examiner · February 11, 2021 2:00 pm

Federal indictment alleges Missouri lawmaker illegally prescribed narcotics, marketed stem cell scheme

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2021 5:00 pm

In this May 13, 2015 photo, the contents of a drug overdose rescue kit is seen at a training session in Buffalo, N.Y., on how to administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers. The kits are being provided to community members in Erie County who seek training in how to recognize a potential drug overdose and administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers. New York and other states have been equipping lay people, as well first responders and families of addicts, with naloxone in an effort to increase the chances it will be there when needed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Oregon’s new drug laws take effect, but promised rehab services could be years away

Washington Examiner · February 2, 2021 1:00 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

Johnson & Johnson calls its COVID-19 vaccine more effective in US than elsewhere

Mike Brest · January 29, 2021 2:06 pm

The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Kansas program seeks to reduce number of incarcerated individuals with mental health, substance abuse concerns

The Center Square · January 27, 2021 7:00 pm

More than 1,000 cited for massive New Year’s Eve party in France

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 4:25 pm

This Friday, June 1, 2018, file photo shows syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in an inpatient pharmacy.

Overdose deaths far outpace coronavirus fatalities in San Francisco as lockdowns continue

Emma Colton · December 20, 2020 2:58 pm

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller attends a briefing with the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Navy Adm. Craig Faller, at Joint Interagency Task Force South, Key West, Fla., Dec. 16, 2020.

National Security

Trump wants to make his southern anti-drug fight permanent

Abraham Mahshie · December 17, 2020 7:19 pm

Twenty-one arrested in ‘large drug network’ involving North Carolina fraternities

Zach Halaschak · December 17, 2020 1:18 pm

FILE- In this June 1, 2018 file photo, small vials of fentanyl are shown in the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. Nebraska state officials are preparing for their first execution in two decades on Aug. 14 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., and their first-ever lethal injection with an untried combination of drugs. The new execution protocol calls for an initial IV dose of diazepam, commonly known as Valium, to render the inmate unconscious; the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl; cisatracurium besylate to induce paralysis and stop the inmate from breathing; and potassium chloride to stop the heart.

Mother says 14-year-old son is a ‘victim of this pandemic’ after fatal overdose she attributes to lockdowns

Emma Colton · December 8, 2020 6:17 pm