drug overdose

The Trump Administration believes all Americans should carry Narcan to help with the opioid crisis.

Massachusetts police officers will soon have the authority to place into protective custody a person who's believed to be in the throes of a drug overdose, even without their consent. Supporters of the change recently adopted by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov...

As we learned this weekend, opioid use and addiction isn't just on the streets of the Southcoast, it's in our dorm rooms as well. Maybe it's time we begin drug testing students and prospective students of our local universities? No, I don't think it's feasible or realistic to drug test every single student...

Another apparent overdose death on the Southcoast, this time in Dartmouth. Police report a woman's body was found early Monday morning in an apartment at the Sol-E-Mar development.  Detective Kyle Costa says drug paraphernalia was found nearlby...