Opioids

Cartel activities are not confined to the southern border states – even small towns in the least populated states are impacted

The training addresses the mental and physical stressors faced by public safety personnel when responding to opioid overdose calls

Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?

The program aims for nurses to work alongside police officers to assist individuals struggling with substance use disorders and mental health

Funds to combat violent crime and opioid abuse may also help agencies fund communications technology

The bill presumes disabling or fatal infectious diseases were suffered in the line of duty as a result of injury due to uncapped needles

AcuDetox and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing are showing value in one Colorado county

The companies openly advertised the chemicals on social media platforms and shipped them surreptitiously to buyers, said Attorney General Merrick Garland

Joanne Marian Segovia used her work computer to order synthetic opioids and at least once used the union’s UPS account to ship the drugs within the country

Isotonitazene, a nitazene analog opioid 20 times more potent than fentanyl, has moved into the Southern states and, more recently, along the Eastern seaboard

Joanne Marian Segovia was arrested in an ongoing investigation into a network that was shipping controlled substances to the Bay Area from abroad

A new seven-page policy stipulates that officers receive fire department training on how to administer it

In the first year after the new approach took effect, only 1% of people who received citations for possessing controlled substances sought help

The new program will allow LEOs to leave people with naloxone kits, particularly when it might be needed in the future

Rx and Illicit Drug Summit happens April 10-13 with sessions on public safety, illicit drugs and overdose prevention