Tag: Opioids
Minor league Cubs player arrested over drugs in Colorado
VAIL, Colo. — A minor league baseball player is facing drug charges after police in Colorado found 21 pounds of methamphetamine and 1.2 pounds...
7 jurors face new questioning in ex-officer’s murder trial
MINNEAPOLIS — Jury selection for a former Minneapolis police officer's trial in George Floyd's death faced a possible setback Wednesday, as the judge prepared...
CDC: West Virginia HIV wave could be ‘tip of the iceberg’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For years, West Virginia has had the nation’s highest rate of opioid drug addictions and drug overdose deaths. Now the state...
OxyContin maker Purdue proposes $10B plan to exit bankruptcy
Purdue Pharma, which helped revolutionize the prescription painkiller business with its drug OxyContin, is proposing a $10 billion plan to emerge from bankruptcy that...
DEA: Opioids in Yavapai County are top Arizona drug threat
PHOENIX — The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has designated the opioid epidemic in Yavapai County as the greatest drug threat to public health and...
Warrant: Opioid addiction may have motivated clinic shooting
BUFFALO, Minn. — An alleged gunman's addiction to opioid medication was the “driving force” behind last week’s shooting at a Minnesota health clinic that...