Fresno Tries to Clean Up From IV Drug Use
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The nation's capital of intravenous drug use is not New York or Miami, not Chicago or Detroit &#151; but Fresno. It is an unlikely distinction for a city of fewer than 500,000 people in the heart of one of the nation's richest agricultural regions.
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Supplies of a powerful painkiller used to treat cancer patients are near critical lows, the Department of Health says. It said a supply problem with the opiate-based drug diamorphine meant
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In the wake of more than 400 deaths nationwide from heroin laced with the painkiller fentanyl, some needle exchange programs are giving addicts prescriptions for a drug to keep on hand to halt an overdose.
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By Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 8--Raids on California marijuana gardens have bagged a record quantity of the drug for the second straight year, but less than half the number of raid-related suspects, the state Department of Justice reported Thursday.
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 16--The Daviess County Sheriff's Department completed training Thursday to use the container program offered by the Kentucky State Police that provides a disposal method for methamphetamine lab waste.
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Graffiti is more than just a visual annoyance that is sprayed over and forgotten -- it's a gateway crime, often leading to gang and other criminal activity. That's why the City of Fresno went into action.
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At a time when heroin and OxyContin use are reaching epidemic proportions, the state has slashed its 960 detox beds to 431, axed six of its 22 substance abuse programs, and continues to turn away hundreds of addicts.
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A report Friday found mixed successes in California&#39;s new program that sends drug offenders to treatment instead of jail. The UCLA study concluded that nearly one third of
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FRESNO, Calif. -- First, the state doused coastal communities with a pesticide aimed at a crop-eating moth that could cause billions of dollars in damage.
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By Denny Boyles, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 10--A Fresno County Jail inmate pulled the trigger on a paint gun Friday and took the first shot in a new campaign against graffiti in rural areas.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The nation's largest drugstore chains say they are working to better protect patient privacy after an investigative TV report turned up sensitive information about hundreds of customers in trash bins in cities around the country.
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By Dennis Pollock, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jun. 13--A program that had its beginnings in Fresno County may enable people across the country to start small farms of their own.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 13--Fresno County supervisors reversed course Tuesday and agreed to let Clovis develop plans for 511 rural acres east of town, bolstering the city's efforts to hang on to its second-largest manufacturer.
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A groundbreaking California program designed to get drug abusers the medical help they need and alleviate strain on the state's prison system faced challenges in its first six months, according to a new study.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to ignore a federal ban on prescription drug imports. He announced yesterday that Illinois would start an online clearinghouse within a month to help Illinoisans purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United ...
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 11--State health officials are considering a proposal that would have Rancho Cordova residents relying for the first time on treatment technologies to remove rocket fuel chemicals from their drinking water.
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For weeks, we&#39;ve been reporting the story of four people hospitalized in Florida. They&#39;re on ventilators after receiving injections of an anti-wrinkle substance from a Florida clinic.