'It's real': Spokane Police Chief warns U.S. Senate of rising fentanyl deaths
Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that the economic toll of fentanyl is staggering as China ...
Spokane police chief tells Senate committee to invest in more technology to catch fentanyl being smuggled over the border
Spokane's top cop told senators on Wednesday that law enforcement agencies need more tools and resources to stanch the flow ...
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Cantwell and Spokane Police Chief testify on Washington drug trafficking
Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall, who has more than 30 years working in law enforcement, testified firsthand on his experience ...
Stricter penalties for fentanyl-related drugs passes House with bipartisan vote
A Republican-led bill to impose harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-like drug crimes narrowly passed the House ...
First responders, families claim state law allows repeat harm to children without accountability
The KING 5 Investigators expose a state child endangerment law that calls for tough penalties when people expose children to ...
Nonprofit born out of son’s addiction among first to receive Washington County opioid settlement funds
When he was 13, he brought a backpack full of pills from his parents’ medicine chest — Benadryl, Tylenol, prescription ...
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FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin ...
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Drug deaths are down in one Ohio county and much of the U.S. Why is complex.
She ferries Tharp’s 44-year-old daughter to receive medication that treats opioid addiction. Coyne has arranged many stays at hospitals and treatment centers for Tharp’s 39-year-old son ...
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Aroostook distributes $300,000 in opioid settlement funds
Data shows that more than 26.6 million prescription pain pills were supplied to Aroostook County residents between 2006 and ...