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What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose risk, and why Narcan can still save a life

by Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about an increase in trafficking of...

Heroin overdose deaths at epidemic levels in Allegheny County

There were 300 overdose deaths in Allegheny County in 2014, more than ever before. With 75 percent involving opioids. “There has been a 150 percent...

Another Bobbi Kristina friend was arrested for heroine use

Another member of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s inner circle was arrested and charged with possession of illicit narcotics, the media is reporting. Furthermore, the suspect’s mother…

Wilkinsburg bust nets $67,000 in heroin

The state attorney general's office along with Wilkinsburg and Clairton police arrested a WIlkinsburg couple yesterday and charged them will possession and intent to...

Pioneering house and footwork music star DJ Rashad dies in Chicago

  CHICAGO (AP) — Rashad Harden, a house music and footwork pioneer who performed as DJ Rashad, was found dead over the weekend in Chicago...

Heroin use taking a toll on Pennsylvania

Some states are reporting a rise in heroin use as many addicts shift from more costly and harder-to-get prescription opiates to this cheaper alternative....

Just Sayin’…Heroin is king again

Should former police Chief Nate Harper have gotten jail time? Heroin has resurfaced and recaptured its place as the king of illegal drugs on the...

Police: Heroin sold in East Liberty McDonald's Happy Meals

PITTSBURGH (AP) - An employee of a McDonald's restaurant in Pittsburgh was charged Wednesday with selling heroin in Happy Meals to customers using the...

Wave of 'killer' heroin deaths in Pittsburgh continues

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Three more people were declared dead Sunday from apparent heroin overdoses in Pittsburgh, a day after a county health official reported...

Mass. police find heroin stamped with 'Obamacare'

HATFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts state police say they've stopped a car carrying 1,250 packets of heroin stamped "Obamacare" and "Kurt Cobain" and arrested...

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