fentanyl

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., to introduce the Bureau of Prisons Security Check and Action against N...

(TNS) With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight loss help battle opioi...

HARRISBURG – Attorney General Dave Sunday joined a multi-state coalition in a letter to the U.S. Senate asking for passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act, w...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reported the McKean County Detective Bureau received credible information that an extreme...

ST. MARYS — The annual Reality Tour at the St. Marys Area Middle School took place Nov. 6 and 7. Between the two nights, there were 108 students regis...

America’s deadliest threat isn’t a foreign army or terrorist cell — it’s a synthetic opioid devastating communities across the nation. Fentanyl is the...

Following a two-day trial in McKean County Court, a Rochester, N.Y., man has been convicted of delivering the fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose ...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The epidemic of fentanyl overdoses, which killed about 4,000 Pennsylvanians last year, has become a major issue in the state’s cl...

There is a real public health crisis among America’s young people, and it isn’t COVID-19. Every day, more than 300 of our children and loved ones are ...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — The Christmas season is a time to be cheery and celebrate the good things in life. So I will take a break from my running criticism ...

Education is everything. Be a part of saving a life. Call it whatever: fentanyl poisoning, murder by a drug dealer, an overdose, or killed by drugs — ...

President Joe Biden spoke too soon on the most recent “60 Minutes” when he said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “over.” Most experts say the evolving vi...

KERSEY — Three people in Elk County face felony charges in connection with a 29-year-old man’s drug overdose death in October. Tricia Ann Joshnick, 32...

WASHINGTON — Congress’ annual defense policy bill will include legislation authored by U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., to hol...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., joined a Democratic colleague in introducing a measure to hold countries more responsible for fentanyl being...

The ongoing opioid addiction crisis began with excessive distribution of a new generation of effective opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin. But with...

A Galeton man is serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for delivering fentanyl that caused serious injury, along with delivering other controll...

Fentanyl has had a deadly impact on Pennsylvania, and state Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale on Wednesday said more needs to be done to prevent ov...

COUDERSPORT — Following a three-day trial this week in Potter County Court, a 26-year-old Shinglehouse man was convicted of drug-related charges, incl...

More than 200 pounds of medication was discarded in McKean County’s unused medication drop boxes during this quarter, District Attorney Stephanie Vett...