By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The mind numbing opiate epidemic is not news, but the number of overdose deaths keeps climbing, and DEA agents say that we are still on the uphill side of the worst drug crisis in U. S. history. Until the opiate epidemic invades you or your family or friends, it is easy…
Fentanyl, the painkiller that killed Prince and is responsible for hundreds of over deaths in recent years, also poses a significant danger to law enforcement, the DEA warned.
The DEA executed a search warrant on Prince’s Paisley Park home Tuesday as part of a federal investigation into the untimely death of the music icon.
The documentary, “Chasing the Dragon,” was produced at the request of FBI Director James Comey, who has taken personal interest in the film.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Law enforcement is struggling to crack down on growing drug abuse because of a lack of recent data on drug deaths, especially from heroin overdoses, NBC News reports. The problem, which was raised at a gathering of law enforcement Wednesday to discuss drug abuse, is that patient privacy laws are making it…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Despite the dangers of heroin, people are increasingly turning to the drug, CNN reports. But why? It’s relatively inexpensive, readily available and becomes the next step for pain pill addicts. A government study found that heroin use more than doubled in the past decade to 355,000. “Heroin is pummeling the northeast, leaving…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Doctors are largely responsible for the high rate of pain killer abuse because they don’t take the risks seriously enough, the DEA said Thursday, Bloomberg reports. “This drug has got a hold of this society and it’s killing us,” Joseph Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator in the DEA’s office of diversion control, said…
