Opioids
The training addresses the mental and physical stressors faced by public safety personnel when responding to opioid overdose calls
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 suspect tried to go through TSA screening “with several bags of candy and miscellaneous snacks with the intent of boarding a plane,” deputies said
Vine Grove Police Chief Kenneth Mattingly got the idea for the vending machine after a call officers responded to earlier this year
“Using happy colors to make a deadly drug seem fun and harmless is a new low, even for the Mexican cartels.”
“We need Narcan on the streets and in the jail so, obviously, it’s a concern to us when that supply may be cut off.”
Since the DA’s office filed a murder charge for a fentanyl-related death in Feb. 2021, prosecutors have pursued cases against 19 defendants suspected in 20 deaths
Sheriff: “We are in a war we’re not winning. Americans have to stand up and say these social media companies are complicit in these deaths”
Drug dealers and users are using cookie emojis to order large batches of drugs or a tree leaf emoji to inquire if someone is selling marijuana
District officials also announced plans to create a safety task force, led by the LAPD, to use data to map out where and how frequently overdose incidents are occurring
“These traffickers and dealers eyeing New York City for rainbow fentanyl drops are showing all of us their true colors: to target kids.”
Naloxone will be provided by the county’s Department of Public Health at no cost to the district
A deputy found 219 grams of fentanyl and 533 grams of marijuana inside a backpack in the suspect’s vehicle
“Tell your children: You can’t tell if drugs contain fentanyl by look, taste, smell or touch.”
Over the weekend, officers seized 1.57 million fentanyl pills, 114 pounds of cocaine, 13 pounds of heroin and 2 pounds of fentanyl powder
The number of safe injection sites that would have been authorized could have induced a “world of unintended consequences,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said
Rainbow-colored fentanyl has been detected in California and appears to be traveling up the West Coast from Mexico for distribution
The department will run a three-year study on the use and results of deputies carrying the opioid overdose reversal drug
Fentanyl-related overdose deaths have increased 2,375% in San Diego since 2016
The vending machine – the first of its kind in the state – holds 54 boxes and is stocked by the detention center
With the proliferation of fentanyl-laced pills masquerading as prescription drugs, just one pill might be one too many
Austin’s 911 Mental Health Diversion Program is getting the right resources to mental health crises and lowering arrest rates
Statewide, 245 overdose deaths were reported last year, and six out of 10 were linked to fentanyl
Retired DEA agent and expert guests explore drug production, trafficking, and the role of law enforcement and harm reduction to combat the flow of fentanyl into our communities
In all of 2021, Gadsden County had just 10 overdoses. “It’s shaken the entire community,” said Sheriff Morris Young
Officials hope a three-year experiment will reduce overdose deaths
The pills that were seized were discovered concealed in collagen supplement bottles
Drug overdoses are at record levels, and as recent news reports indicate, children are succumbing to fentanyl-related exposures in the classroom
Read about one cop’s road to recovery, emotional support dogs and more
The penalty for simple possession needs to go further, said Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen
“We just don’t think it should take a coroner to tell you there was fentanyl in the pill you took.”
The county has set up free vending machines and sent medical teams with naloxone out to encampments
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