Opioid deaths and prescriptions dropping in Mississippi
The number of opioid deaths has gone down in the past year. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy says they have seen a positive...
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Officials worried by lack of CBD regulation
You may have seen products labeled as “CBD” at a local gas station, convenience store, or even seen an entire store dedicated to the sale...
Drug take back day nets over 5K pounds
by Alex Paton
Mississippians took in over five thousand pounds of drugs during the most recent Drug Take Back Day that was held on Saturday, October 27th. There...
DEA holds national drug take back day
by Alex Paton
The Drug Enforcement Administration is looking to reach the 10 million pound mark this October after collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly...
MSU’s NSPARC to help fight opioid epidemic
by Alex Paton
Mississippi State University’s National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center, NSPARC, will be receiving a $200,000 grant to help fight against the opioid crisis. The grant is...
Walgreens expands opioid drop boxes
by Alex Paton
Walgreens and AmerisourceBergen are partnering to expand their safe medication disposal program in Mississippi. U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith encouraged the public to take advantage of...
416,000 units of fentanyl seized in Moss Point
The FBI’s Pascagoula Safe Streets Task Force has recovered 833 grams of fentanyl powder and 99 pharmaceutical dosage units improperly marked as oxycodone. According to...
MBN receives X-ray image tech to combat crime
by Alex Paton
A new piece of high-tech imaging equipment has been added to the crime-fighting arsenal of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. The HBI-120 Handheld X-Ray Imager...
Opioid manufacturing to reduce in 2019
by Alex Paton
The number of opioids manufactured in the United States could be reduced by an average of 10% in the coming year. The U.S. Department of...
20k Xanax pills found in Oxford home
A drug bust has landed an Oxford couple behind bars. After a joint investigation by several agencies, Brandon Lawrence and Adrianna Amos were arrested at...