HPD collect pounds of drugs as part of National Drug Take Back Initiative
The Hattiesburg Police Department said their partnership in the National Drug Take Back Initiative. ...
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Task Force presents plan to combat the opioid epidemic
by Sarah Ulmer
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...
Data lacking between opioid abuse and entering foster care
“I would say that there is definitely a link between the opioid epidemic and children entering foster care,” said Supreme Court Justice Dawn Beam. Before...
Connecting the dots: foreign drugs coming to Mississippi through the mail
by Jared Bounds
A multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of an east central Mississippi woman last week for illegal drug importation. The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents...
7 Arrested in Gulf Coast Drug Roundup; More Arrests Expected
by Jared Bounds
Seven people have been arrested either on state or federal drug charges after a multi-agency pre-dawn roundup in Jackson and Pearl River Counties. Beginning at...
Opioid & Heroin Drug Summit aimed at disturbing growth of addiction, death in MS
by Jared Bounds
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood and Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy are at the forefront of an effort to combat the state’s opioid...
UPDATE: 48 arrested, including former Lawrence County jailer
by Jared Bounds
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...
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...
Registered nurse arrested for embezzling opioids
A registered nurse who worked at a metro-Jackson hospital has surrendered his nursing license and been arrested for embezzling opioids, according to Mississippi Bureau of...
Cochran joins Mississippi fight against opioid abuse
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has announced that the State of Mississippi will receive $3.58 million in federal funding to combat opioid addiction and overdose related...