Rockford man charged with possessing LSD and 'magic mushrooms' after Ogle County traffic stop
A Rockford man has been charged with possessing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin mushrooms after Ogle County sheriff's deputies stopped his vehicle Sunday in the 1000 block of South ...
House passes bill elevating fentanyl to Schedule I drug — joining heroin, LSD and marijuana
The legislation permanently reclassifies fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, meaning it has no accepted medical use and a high ...
Former Camp Pendleton Marine pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose case
Anthony Ruben Whisenant, 24, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles to the use of a communication facility — a cellphone — in committing a felony drug offense, according ...
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The national decline in overdose deaths is leaving Black communities behind
Now, we have seen the first real sign of hope in more than a decade: a stunning 14% decline in the national overdose death rate. But change is possible. At Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center ...
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Overdose death in Norwich leads to manslaughter charges: What court records say
Desiree Greene has been charged with manslaughter in connection to an overdose death in Norwich. According to a press release from Norwich Police, on Dec. 30, 2023, members of the Norwich Police ...
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City gripped by overdose and needles: Will this fix the UK’s drug death capital?
The city’s rate rose from 8.9 per 100,000 two decades ago, to 44.6 by 2023 when 303 people died – many of them at home, alone, from an overdose. ‘I’d go and sit in a café and this father ...
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Lamar Odom Says Drugs Were ‘Slipped’ Into His Drink Before 2015 Near-Fatal Overdose: ‘I Don’t Really Remember’
“When I woke up, I couldn't walk or talk,” the former NBA star said Lamar Odom is reflecting on the few details he actually remembers from his near-fatal overdose in 2015. During an appearance ...
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Turning pain into purpose: Mother takes OD prevention into own hands after son’s death
Those memories that Trottere holds are now wrapped up in pain after losing her son to an overdose in 2018. But Trottere is turning her pain into purpose, she said, to work toward a future where no ...
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Investigation into Riverview drug overdose deaths has police searching for suppliers
Two people were found dead in Riverview from what police believe to be a drug overdose, and now their investigation is focused on who supplied the drugs. Police Chief John Allen said he expects ...
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Local woman arrested on preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent after 3-year-old has symptoms of opioid overdose
On Jan. 17th, at 11:50 a.m., Columbus Police Department (CPD) officers were called to Columbus Fire Station 1, at 1101 Jackson St., for a possible overdose, said Sgt. Skylar Berry, Columbus Police ...
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‘Dead girls don’t talk’: Alleged rapist left drugged L.A. women to die, witness testifies
Michael Ansbach said he had been snorting cocaine with David Pearce for hours, but he knew something was wrong with the last bump he took. After a day spent filming material for a documentary ...