Task Force presents plan to combat the opioid epidemic
On Wednesday members of the Governor’s Task Force to combat the Opioid and Heroin epidemic across Mississippi met in Jackson to discuss the Strategic Plan...
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Opioid and Heroin Drug Summit announced
by Sarah Ulmer
Law enforcement officials are cracking down on a growing opioid and heroin epidemic in the state of Mississippi. ...
Mississippi prison guard arrested after heroin investigation
by Jared Bounds
The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics has arrested a Tutwiler prison guard in a continuing heroin investigation, according to MBN Director John Dowdy. MBN agents over...
State agencies host first of opioid abuse town hall meetings
Officials with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Region 8...
Heroin seized in Rankin county drug bust
by Sarah Ulmer
RANKIN COUNTY- Rankin County Interstate Task Force Deputy Robbie Sanders made a traffic stop on Sunday night around 10:00 p.m. ...
Mississippi’s got a drug problem
by Chad Dixon
According to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, Mississippi is on the path to becoming “the most addicted state in the country.” The problem? Opioid drugs....
Governor creates task force to study heroin, opioid abuse
JACKSON, MISS– An executive order issued by Governor Phil Bryant Tuesday aims to create a Heroin and Opioid Study Task Force....
Upper Crust Smack: Heroin Use is Up in Mississippi, Users Not So Down and Out
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–The number of people using heroin in Mississippi has gone up. Thirteen people have died of overdoses in the past year, and that’s compared...
Drugs in Mississippi: Heroin Busts Earlier This Week May Be Reflection in National Trend
by kim
PEARL, Miss.–In November, police in Pearl made what they believe to be the largest heroin bust ever in Mississippi history when 20 bundles of pure...
Drugs in Mississippi: Major Busts of Spice, Pot, Heroin Around the State
by kim
NEW ALBANY, Miss.–Heroin was found inside an SUV stopped in Union County Sunday. Investigators say they found a gram and a half of the drug...