Riverside County jail inmates (File photo) Once upon a time, California’s jails were stuffed with low-level drug offenders. This was wastefully expensive for the public and wholly ineffective for the …
SAN JOSE – Looking back, it was hard to miss the signs that foretold the tragedy of Phoenix Castro’s short life. Two months before the baby’s birth, her pregnant mother …
Authorities were hunting Thursday for whoever sent suspicious letters — including some containing fentanyl — to elections offices in at least five states this week, delaying the counting of ballots in …
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County’s top executive acknowledged Saturday that county agencies in charge of protecting children made mistakes in allowing a father with a history of drug abuse …
Tom Avril and Aubrey Whelan | The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) PHILADELPHIA — The babies are born with small heads, underdeveloped jawbones, conjoined toes and rounded, “rocker-bottom” feet. Physicians at Nemours …
Tom Avril and Aubrey Whelan | The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) PHILADELPHIA — The babies are born with small heads, underdeveloped jawbones, conjoined toes and rounded, “rocker-bottom” feet. Physicians at Nemours …
Hugh Lampkin says he abused drugs — everything from pot to PCP — for decades. He started at about age 12 in Toronto. Now in his late 50s, he’s an …
More Canadians are using stimulants such as cocaine, new federal data suggests, and experts warn the trend is contributing to a high percentage of drug-related deaths. In most municipalities studied, …
An illegal drug that’s been around for decades has quietly become implicated in a growing number of overdose deaths in Nova Scotia, according to data that suggests the public discussion around …
Baby Phoenix Castro wasn’t breathing when a San Jose Fire dispatcher’s voice crackled over their radio system at 10:11 a.m. on May 13. The message was brisk: “CPR is in progress. …