Narcan

In his weekly appearance on WBSM, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said although the city saw a drop in overdoses, there has been a spike in fatal overdoses.

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

A New Bedford man is being cited for operating under the influence of drugs after he was found unresponsive in his vehicle on Tuesday.

In his weekly appearance on WBSM, Mayor Jon Mitchell gave some insight into whether or not Superintendent Dr. Pia Durkin should be retained, whether Narcan should be over the counter, and on the police-involved shooting death of a 19-year-old city man.

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New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro says his department will soon be cracking down on panhandlers entering into the street and harassing motorists for money, and that his department is also looking into the possibility of asking judges to commit more overdose victims to rehab facilities.

New Bedford Police are charging a 21-year-old New Bedford man with OUI drugs and possession of heroin, after he was found under the influence of heroin Tuesday in the parking lot of a Dunkin Donuts.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — Police in Yarmouth used two doses of Narcan to revive an unresponsive man Saturday afternoon and investigators believe the man may have been experiencing an overdose after smoking marijuana laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police are charging a city man after he was found slumped over in his vehicle Monday morning. New Bedford police responded to reports around 9:30 a.m. Monday of an unresponsive man in a car in the area of 39 Rockland Street near the city's South End...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man who had apparently overdosed in his car now faces charges. Police were called to the intersection of Hadley Street and Acushnet Avenue before 10 P.M. Wednesday for a report of a man possibly overdosing in a vehicle...