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A Fairhaven man is dead of an apparent drug overdose on a fishing vessel. New Bedford Police say the 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at St. Luke's Hospital Thursday night after being found unresponsive on the fishing vessel Saint Jude that was docked at Pier 3...

As the world gathered together for International Overdose Awareness Day Wednesday, so did several dozens of people in New Bedford during a service at Pilgrim United Church of Christ downtown.

A New Bedford man is found dead in his North End home. New Bedford Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News the man's employer had contacted police Wednesday afternoon after he had not shown up to work over the past few days. Police went to the man's home at 511 North Front Street to find the 50-year-old man dead in his bedroom of a suspected heroin overdose...

A Fall River woman is found dead in a drug rehabilitation center in New Bedford. Police Spokesman Lt. Amos Melo tells WBSM News staff members found the 36-year-old woman unresponsive in a bathroom at the facility on Gifford Street Thursday...

Massachusetts State Police say they've identified a body found in New Bedford over the weekend. The young woman's body was found outside of the Presidential Heights housing development in the North End early Saturday morning. Until yesterday, authorities were unable to determine the woman's identity, and turned to the public for help, providing a description of the woman's build and tattoos... Rea

An apparent drug overdose claims the life of another New Bedford resident. Police tell WBSM News a 26-year-old New Bedford man was found dead in his apartment in the 1700 block of Acushnet Avenue. His body was discovered by his father early Wednesday afternoon...

New Bedford Police have seized a small amount of drugs and arrested three people after a raid on a Clifford Street home. Detective Captain Steven Vicente says around 7pm Monday night, police executed a search warrant at 104 Clifford Street, finding 2 1/2 grams of fentanyl, nine Klonopin tablets, 2 grams of cocaine, and a small amount of cash...

Two New Bedford men are dead after suspected drug overdoses. Police say they responded to a home on Dudley Street in the South End around 9am Tuesday morning. When they arrived, police found a 42-year-old man who was not breathing. He was pronounced dead at the scene...

BOSTON (AP) _ House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a bill that would end the state's longstanding policy of automatically suspending for up to five years the driver's licenses of people convicted of drug offenses. The deal announced Tuesday by a six-member conference committee would also eliminate a $500 driver's license reinstatement fee for convicted drug offenders...

Walgreens is going to start selling the heroin antidote called naloxone, also known as Narcan. The chain announced that the antidote will be available without a prescription in at least 35 states, including Massachusetts. Carl Alves, director of PAACA, calls the news fantastic and necessary...