Connecticut prisons are dealing with drug overdoses. What is the state doing to slow it? WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Emilia Otte to discuss her article, “Drug overdoses in CT prisons ...

Legislators are finding ways to address the emerging overdose crisis caused by synthetic drugs just months after Congress signed a bill to fight prescription opioid and heroin abuse into law, ...

At the Shirley branch of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution this August, staff noticed a woman in the visiting room with her cheeks bulging. When they stopped the visit, a balloon was found in ...

Difficult-to-detect synthetic drugs smuggled into Nevada’s prison system through ink on mailed correspondence has caused a substantial increase of overdoses among the inmate population, according to ...

Drug overdoses are down in Michigan; however, multiple agencies are still warning against the dangers of synthetic drugs. It’s been reported that 48.5 million Americans are suffering from substance ...

What you need to know: Synthetic stimulants like cathinones continue to rise in Europe Researchers lack knowledge about the long-term health risks of synthetic drug use Cocaine remains Europe's ...

“These are likely linked to the presence of potent synthetic opioids, known as nitazines. These substances, found in heroin, counterfeit benzodiazepines (benzos), and opioids like oxycodone, can cause ...

BLOOMINGTON — Synthetic drugs valued at more than $53,000 were collected Tuesday from six Bloomington retailers during a drug sweep involving the Illinois Attorney General’s office and local law ...

Astrotech Corporation announced the launch of its enhanced TRACER 1000™ Narcotics Trace Detector, developed by its subsidiary 1st Detect, which targets the detection of synthetic opiates and novel ...