Narcan

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts city is considering a proposal to create publicly accessible boxes containing Narcan, the medication used to counteract opioid overdoses. Cambridge officials say a passer-by who found someone suffering from an overdose could administer the drug before medics arrive...

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford woman is being charged after she crashed into several parked cars in the city. Police responded to the accident before 11 P.M. Wednesday night, and found 42-year-old Dawn Lynn Costa leaning against her vehicle which had hit two parked cars in front of 40 Linden Street...

NEW BEDFORD - New Bedford Police have charged a Fall River man after he was found unresponsive behind the wheel of a running car. Police say 35-year-old Mark Springer was slumped over in his vehicle shortly before 11 P.M. Friday night in the area of Marty's Gas on Acushnet Avenue...

Police were dispatched to the area of Acushnet Avenue and Chaffee Street Thursday for a report of an unresponsive man in the street. Officers administered Narcan and he was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital. Evidence of drug use was found in his vehicle and he was determined to be unlicensed ...

In a wide-ranging interview with WBSM's Brian Thomas, New Bedford Police Chief Joseph Cordeiro touched on a lot of subjects that plague the police force, including panhandlers, shootings and drug overdoses. Chief Cordeiro says the problem with the latter isn't with increased heroin use, but rather that the heroin is being mixed with Fentanyl, creating a more powerful and more addictive high... Rea

It is time to reconsider our approach to the opioid crisis in New Bedford as the current plan simply is not working. A WBSM news exclusive shows a near doubling of overdoses in the city last year alone. What we are doing to fight opioid addiction in New Bedford is not working, period...

These numbers will make you stagger more than a drug addict. WBSM had the exclusive. Their numbers come direct from New Bedford Police. When it comes to opiate-related overdoses, the numbers are up, way up in 2016 compared to 2015. Overdoses: 2016-- 679;      2015-- 389 Fatals:         2016--   42;      2015-- 25 I don't want to see people die...

On your mind, Monday included some local and national talk. Locally, the authorities use Narcan to save a homeless man collapsed in an encampment. Needle strewn all over the ground. Donald Trump goes onto 60 Minutes. There's a reason why I'm terming him back track Trump...

Dartmouth Police are now carrying the life-saving drug Narcan. Det. Kyle Costa tells WBSM News the decision to carry the overdose-reversing nasal spray was made several months ago, with officers now having completed necessary training...

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...