The council upheld a mayoral veto of their own prior move to ban treatment centers in residential neighborhoods. CleanSlate plans a treatment center at 52-54 Brigham Street, several blocks from St. Luke's Hospital.
A Fall River woman who took part in multiple rapes of a juvenile female and assisted in prostituting the girl for drugs and money was sentenced to state prison.
Stephen Kinzer has written a fascinating book on the man who ran the CIA mind-control experiments and developed poison potions for the United States government.
A New Bedford narcotics trafficker who fled the country on the eve of his trial nearly five years ago was sentenced to serve four years in state prison.
The Massachusetts legislature has a bill to create special locations for the use of intravenous drugs by addicts. The locations would be a 'safe space.'
Longtime New Bedford City Councilor Brian Gomes has led the City Council to a unanimous vote in opposition to 'safe injection sites' for illegal drug users.