“Not one more.” One father’s campaign to stop overdose stems from personal tragedy
Jeff Moore passed away on April 6, 2015. His father, James, found him on the couch. Jeff had overdosed on heroin. He was 24 years...
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Ole Miss to open center focusing on drug education and prevention
by Alex Paton
Ole Miss has plans to open the William Magee Center for Wellness Education on their Oxford campus to focus on drug and alcohol education and...
DPS and MBN announce more arrests among health care professionals
by Sarah Ulmer
The Department of Public Safety Commissioner Marshall Fisher and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy joined together today at the MBN headquarters to announce...
Governor issues opioid executive order
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant issued an executive order that will provide training for law enforcement when dealing with opioids. The order also asks physicians and health...
UMMC leading the way on opioid identification in toxicology reports
by Sarah Ulmer
When a Mississippi law enforcement agency is stumped about what deadly substances are laced into a street drug they’ve confiscated, there’s only one hospital laboratory...
The danger of opioids: over-prescribed, highly addictive
A Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics investigation came to a close last week with the arrests of nearly 50 people, and more warrants still to be...
News Mississippi Exclusive: MBN rounds up over 40 arrests
46 people have been arrested on various charges of opioid possession and sales, according to Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy. The director said...
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...
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...