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 ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A man from Arizona is accused of shipping large quantities of fentanyl to Southern Oregon. Court documents show in late 2022, investigators learned 24-year-old Luke Austin Montgomery had been mailing counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected of containing fentanyl ...
Author: Tim Gordon (KGW) OREGON, USA (KGW) — Oregon State Police made two big drug busts in Oregon in the past week. They came after routine traffic stops by state troopers. It put a dent in the fentanyl that otherwise ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Medford police said it saw a staggering 13 suspected overdose deaths within the city in March alone. They said it’s the most overdose deaths in a month that MPD has ever recorded. Overdoses incidents have been an issue ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Due to an increase in accidental overdoses related to illicit opioids, Jackson County Public Health is issuing an “overdose alert.” JCPH said the alert was made based on a sudden spike in local emergency apartment admissions, EMS ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Providence has seen a sharp increase in the number of people coming into the hospital due to fentanyl overdoses. Friday was especially notable, when the Medford Medical Center saw six overdoses within seven hours of each other. Their ...
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 ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Xylazine, a non-opiate drug used to sedate animals, has been found nationwide to be laced in fentanyl. MPD said they’ve seen it here locally for months. “It’s a concern for law enforcement and a concern for users ...
Tami and Tomes share the story of the heartbreaking loss of their 19-year-old son, Alex, who died of a fentanyl overdose in August of 2022. Learn more about Alex’s story here. “If Not Now, When?” is a year-long campaign to ...
It’s time to learn what opioids are doing to our community. This message kicks off our year-long effort to help our community to stop the impact of the misuse of opioids. ...