A woman has been arrested in Pike County after giving birth to a stillborn baby that had drugs in his system, according to the district attorney.
Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill to bring harsher penalties for trafficking fentanyl — with punishments of up to life imprisonment — as state leaders try to respond to the deadly overdose crisis.
Montgomery police say they have made a major drug bust that has led to a man’s arrest.
Auburn police say a man faces several drug-related charges following a suspected drug overdose death involving fentanyl.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy received Narcan after possibly being exposed to Fentanyl while taking a man into custody.
The toxicology report has been released on a Selma High School student who died after an incident at school last month.
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Law enforcement officers in the Selma and Dallas County area — undergo Fentanyl training at Wallace Community College Selma. The class is designed to teach officers how to recognize — and handle the deadly synthetic opioid. As well as how to treat a person who may have been exposed to the drug. Fentanyl is highly…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– The deadly drug Fentanyl is being found in the Selma-Dallas County area more frequently over the last few weeks. Now local law enforcement is warning the public about the dangers associated with the synthetic opioid. “We’re starting to see more and more of it,” said Sheriff Mike Granthum. “We’re not seeing pure Fentanyl like a…
Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades. But they accelerated dramatically in the past two years.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman faces a charge of endangering a child after her 1-year-old daughter allegedly overdosed on drugs and had to be revived by first responders. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in Birmingham says it got a call from a woman who was screaming that her child had overdosed, apparently the powerful opioid painkiller fentanyl. Video…
