Update: Opioid roundup nets 48, several on wanted list
Former Lawrence County Jailer Renee Simpson and 47 others were arrested Thursday and Friday in raids in five southwest Mississippi counties. The arrests culminated an...
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12 arrested in central MS prescription pill bust
by Jared Bounds
“In the past 4 years, 85% of overdose cases in the state of MS were related to opioids.” Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director John Dowdy...
Author Sam Quinones discusses Mississippi’s opiate threat July 10
by Jared Bounds
Journalist and author Sam Quinones will be joining state officials next month to discuss his experiences with the opioid crisis that is affecting Mississippians of...
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...
Governor’s special opioid task force warns of addiction waiting in the medicine cabinet
by Jared Bounds
Prescription drugs are eroding lives around the country. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director John Dowdy says the perception of the drugs is what’s fueling the...
Taking Down a Pot Operation: Tippah County Sheriff’s Dept. Spots Pot From the Air
by kim
TIPPAH COUNTY, Miss.–A pot growing operation in northeast Mississippi has been taken down after law enforcement spotted the plants in a search from the air....
Miss. News Briefs: New Top Drug Cop, Claiborne County Fugitive Caught
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–If you know somebody with a drug problem, then you know just what it does to a person and what it can do to...