Drug Deaths Startle Officials

Drug deaths startle officials
Deaths by street-sold heroin and cocaine, meanwhile, remained relatively low this year in Tazewell, despite at least one fatal heroin overdose in Pekin last month. Methadone became the focus of a homicide investigation after two fatal overdoses by … Read more on Pekin Daily Times

Killer died of drug overdose before bear partly ate his body
A coroner says that a convicted killer whose body became food for a bear outside of Kamloops last May had committed suicide. The coroner's report says 53-year-old Rory Nelson Wagner of Chilliwack died of a cocaine overdose. Wagner's body was found … Read more on The Province

N.Y. man in drug stupor arrested after parking car on I-78, police said …
Carbonell was treated for a possible drug overdose by Easton EMS, officials said. Carbonell, 37, of 1466 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, was arraigned Saturday on charges of drug possession, possessing drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence, driving … Read more on WFMZ Allentown