Baltimore as US overdose capital: Almost 6,ooo dead in 6 years

Baltimore as US overdose capital: Almost 6,ooo dead in 6 years

BALTIMORE: Across the city, the death toll has mounted. Fatal drug overdoses have occurred on one-third of the city’s blocks. Bodies have been found in motels and vacant houses, at parks and the football stadium, around the corner from City Hall and outside the health department. In one grim month alone, 114 people succumbed. People … Read more

N.S. town facing ‘crisis situation’ after 2 overdose deaths just minutes apart

N.S. town facing ‘crisis situation’ after 2 overdose deaths just minutes apart

A rural Nova Scotia community is searching for answers after two people died — only minutes apart — of suspected drug overdoses. The two men died last Friday morning, and police said first responders seized a “small quantity of unknown substances in pill and powder form and drug paraphernalia” at one home. A public meeting … Read more