A 13 year old Nathan Wylie of Dayton has died of a suspected heroin overdose and his father has been arrested over prior drug charges. Wylie’s father and a friend brought the unresponsive teen to an area fire station on March 28th seeking help and alluded that Wylie had gotten into his own personal stash […]
During Friday's edition on NewsOne Now, Jerrold Winter, Ph.D, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of New York at Buffalo spoke with Roland Martin about pain management, opioid dependence and the true meaning of addition.
(source:fox19.com) A Kentucky state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would crack down on heroin dealers. State senator Chris McDaniel introduced a bill that would imprison heroin traffickers, who deal or possess any amount, for five to ten years. The bill would also fund treatment programs at country jails and community mental health agencies. There […]
The amount of heroin-related car accidents is starting to equal that of DUI accidents, daily. WCPO reports that there has been at-least one heroin-related crash a day since the beginning of the year. This is compared to last year, where there was one heroin-related crash per week. A recent heroin-related crash happened last Friday, where […]
The state of Kentucky is paying for overdose reversal kits for three hospitals with the highest rates of heroin overdose deaths. Governor Steve Beshear says about 2,000 Narcin kits will be purchased and sent home with overdosed patients. Hospitals to receive the treatments include St. Elizabeth Health Care in Northern Kentucky. Recent Stories: Local Man […]
Four suspected heroin dealers were arrested late Tuesday in connection to the death of Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, who was found dead…
A Long Island dad is now facing drug and child endangerment charges in Suffolk county after cops say he toted along his eight month-old daughter…
While it took a little while for the Republican candidates attending tonight’s debate to get going, the sheer diversity on the panel guaranteed some spirited answers, paramount among them Rep. Ron Paul’s steadfast adherence to civil liberties, which somehow concluded with him supporting legalization of heroin to raucous applause– highlighting the thick tension between conservatives […]
Cornell University Student, Keri Blakinger was caught with $150,000 worth of heroin in a tupperware jar in Ithaca, New York. Gawker reports: Police arrested Cornell senior Keri Blakinger while she was holding $150,000 worth of heroin, which she confessed was hers. A Cornell Daily Sun staffer, Keri posed in bikinis on Facebook—and lived in a […]
Is alcohol really more harmful than some of the "harder" drugs?
Last week, Mario was arrested for attacking his mother in a Baltimore apartment that they share. We suspected that the fight was over her heroin addiction. This week, more details unfold directly from Mario's attorney.
wlwt.com Police arrested a suspected heroin dealer Thursday afternoon and are looking for another downtown after an incident that started in Newport. Undercover officers attempted to arrest three people on drug charges around 2 p.m. in the 200 block of Columbia Street, and police said they fled in a car. Police pursued the […]
