They were initially booked into the jail following a drug bust by U.S. Marshals in the Helena area.
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At least 28-non fatal overdoses and eight fatal overdoses suspected to be due to fentanyl use were reported between Jan. 11-21.
Richard Blodgett, a single father, was jailed on a drug charge when a worker from Arizona's child welfare agency delivered the news: His son was brain dead and on life support — just days after being taken into state custody.
Jayante James Pichette, 21, of St. Ignatius was charged with two felony counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs.
A recently enacted New York law aims to ensure that naloxone is available if needed by people who take prescription opioids.
Austin Allen Janssen is accused of wrapping a belt around an 85-year-old man's neck and robbing his home.
With the long holiday weekend, we've compiled several recent health and science stories for this bonus episode of our daily podcast.
Law enforcement have seized a record-setting amount of fentanyl in Montana as 2022 comes to an end, and emergency crews also responded to an increasing number of overdoses.
LOS ANGELES — The death of Tyler Sanders, a teen actor known for roles in "The Rookie" and "Fear the Walking Dead," was ruled an accidental fentanyl overdose, officials said Thursday. Sanders died this past June in his Glendale apartment at the age of 18. On June 16, a friend found Sanders unresponsive inside his locked apartment and called 911, a Los Angeles County Medical-Examiner Coroner's ...
As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media’s role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.
The number of U.S. overdose deaths from fentanyl has skyrocketed — exceeding all other accidental deaths, including car crashes and gun violence. In response, the federal government and some states are redoubling efforts to make medication-assisted treatment more accessible to the estimated 9.5 million people with an opioid use disorder.
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The average American's expected life span at birth took another big hit in 2021, according to final data on death rates for that pandemic year.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2022 seized 379 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl, a highly addictive substance that is…
TUESDAY, Dec. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths of teens from drug overdoses soared starting in late 2019, and though they appear to be on the decline, they remain much higher than in 2019, U.S. health officials report.
Representatives from multiple law enforcement agencies took a moment to celebrate the recent takedown of a major Butte drug trafficking organi…
The organization had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, one of two cartels responsible for bringing methamphetamine and fentanyl into the country from Mexico.
Police released body camera video of an officer's reaction after being exposed to fentanyl on the job. The officer is expected to recover.
THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The implementation of an automated harm reduction dispensing machine is associated with increased access and use of harm reduction products and services, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association.
According to a Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s report obtained by Page Six on Tuesday while the late 13 Minutes star had illicit…
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Overdose mortality among pregnant and postpartum women increased between 2017 and 2020, with a more pronounced increase observed in 2020, according to a research letter published in the Dec. 6 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Near Los Angeles, 10 students overdosed on cannabis at a local middle school. At least six of the kids, between 12 and 14-years-old, went to t…
Reporter Mike Smith tells us about the shock campaign that will hopefully raise public awareness about the dangers of fentanyl
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester will spend the final weeks of the year on getting anti-fentanyl funding added to a major national defense bill.
THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report they have created a vaccine to fight fentanyl addiction, in a potential breakthrough in the opioid epidemic.
In March, a man was arrested and charged for allegedly having 13 grams of fentanyl — a highly addictive and potent painkiller — mailed to his home in Bozeman.