fatal overdose

Kevin Malette allegedly supplied a lethal dose of fentanyl and cocaine to a fellow patient.

Local police departments are issuing a warning about an especially lethal batch of heroin mixed with fentanyl that is making its way through the SouthCoast.

A Wareham man is the first to be charged and convicted in Plymouth County of supplying a fatal overdose, after causing the death of a 25-year-old Wareham woman.

Another sign that the opioid abuses crisis in New Bedford has reached epidemic proportions. At least five drug overdoses have been reported in New Bedford since Tuesday. Also, a 50 year old woman was found dead Thursday from an apparent overdose...