MEDFORD, Ore. – Thursday night, the City of Medford voted to ask the Oregon legislature to repeal Measure 110 to restore health, safety, and livability for all Oregonians. The city said overdose deaths have continued to rise since the measure was passed in ...
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – A pair of search warrants led to thousands of marijuana plants at grow sites in rural Klamath County. On June 15, the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office searched a property on Plateau Drive northwest of Sprague River. ...
(CNN) New provisional data from the CDC shows that drug overdose deaths are hovering at near-record levels. Those deaths are only slightly less than the record levels reached during the pandemic. According to the new data, just under 110,000 people ...
SUTHERLIN, Ore. – Detectives found suspected carfentanil being trafficked into Douglas County during a traffic stop. 42-year-old Alma Adriana Fuentes of Live Oak, California was stopped on Interstate 5 near Sutherlin last Tuesday. During a search of her vehicle, an Oregon State ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Two people were arrested for possessing cocaine in Josephine County. In mid-May, the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement team arrested 22-year-old Chance Cannon Calaustro for numerous charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, and ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A local drug dealer with suspected connections to numerous overdoses in Medford was arrested, police said. According to the Medford Police Department, 22-year-old Mason Jeffrey Barrette obtained drugs in the Bay Area and took them to Medford ...
Author: Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Casting about for ways to get a handle on entrenched problems with drug use and addiction, the Canadian province of British Columbia embarked early this year on a pilot program decriminalizing ...
CATANIA, Italy (NBC) – Italian authorities pulled two tons of cocaine in floating packages out of the sea off the coast of Sicily this Monday morning. The country’s Finance Police said a surveillance plane had spotted the large floating packages ...
MEDFORD, Ore, – Providence said over the last three days they have seen a sharp increase in the number of people coming into the hospital because of Fentanyl overdoses. Friday was especially notable. Their emergency department saw 6 overdose patients within ...
Author: Katherine Cook (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced this week that it’s cracking down on illegal imports of Xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the sedative for ...