Dilaudid, Hydromorphone News

One of the five men charged in an alleged drugs-for-sex case in Chester has pleaded not guilty and will stand trial this fall.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- A Port Charlotte man was arrested on multiple narcotics charges Monday after he was allegedly involved in four separate drug deals with Sheriff's Office Narcotics detectives.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of P.E.I. is sending notices to Island doctors, advising them to review how they prescribe narcotic painkillers now that the provincial government has passed a law to monitor opiate prescriptions.

Christine and Klaus Padaric don't care who knows their 17-year-old son, Austin, died of a drug overdose during a party at an Elmira apartment last month.

A Nova Scotia mother is pleading with patients to lock up or dispose of narcotic medications properly after losing her teenage daughter to an accidental hydromorphone overdose last year.

At 17, the Marathon, Florida, resident contracted muscular dystrophy, followed by rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and "mixed connective tissue disease." Today, it's not unusual for Sullivan's knuckles to swell "nearly to the size of golf balls," her father, George Sullivan, writes.

Five men from Lunenburg County, N.S., are facing a slew of charges after allegedly exchanging drugs for sexual acts with four teenaged girls.

An initiative driven by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the RCMP and all municipal police agencies throughout the province have co-ordinated several sites where citizens can drop off unused medications to police and local community... It seems appropriate that with recent discussions and heightened awareness of the growing ... (more)

A Florida man may have learned the hard way that it is better to keep one's drugs in a fanny pack, rather than packed in his fanny.

A Port St. Lucie man was walking around a cop funny. And then he told the cop he "may have some needles between his cheeks." Kamon Holobaugh, 24, was driving his Ford Escape around 3 a.m. on the night of April 23 when he flashed the vehicle's high beams at a police officer.

The National Association of Boards of PharmacyA recently issued a report emphasizing that the global distribution of counterfeit and substandard medications, fueled by illegal online sellers, demands an international response.

Deputies pulled the men's car over around 7:30 p.m. for a suspected window tint violation.

An aide at a Long Lake assisted-living center took powerful painkillers from several ailing clients and was caught by Wayzata police officers with two of the pills in her bra, according to two investigations.

Metro Nashville Police busted another hydromorphone ring in Nashville. Eight people, Corey Adkisson, 27; Deanna Clark, 28; Antoinette Hall, 29; Chandra Hall, 24; Marcellus Hall, 33; Derius Hambrick, 21; Lasha Shaw, 26; and Ricco Vaughn, 30, for possession of the controlled substance, according to Metro Police.

Bridgewater police seized 100 hydromorphone pills and a large sum of money after a foot chase of a wanted man Friday.

A former receptionist for a Rockport dentist pleaded guilty Wednesday to a drug charge and will see a reduced sentence if she assists in any state investigation of the doctor.

A palliative care doctor at the Moncton Hospital says methadone often has fewer side effects and can help with chronic pain.

Last Friday, members of the Prince District JFO Drug Unit and Criminal Intelligence Service P.E.I. arrested a 31-year-old male from the Summerside area in the parking lot of the former Waterfront Mall.

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the analgesic effect and feasibility of low-dose ketamine combined with a reduced dose of hydromorphone for emergency department patients with severe pain.

A Windsor drug dealer pleaded guilty on the first day of his trial this week, ending the prosecution against his wife.