While partly off the radar for many, the opioid crisis is still unfolding and continuing every day. There are concerns the battle is not being won because one drug or substance just replaces another, ...

Sean Falzarano, then 38,  of Southbury, pleaded guilty in December 2024 in federal court to tampering with and stealing Lorazepam vials ...

Moving these drugs to Schedule IV means they get reported into the prescription drug monitoring program, so there’s more ...

Law enforcement agencies in 2015 sold property and seized cash worth a total of $9 million from those convicted of a crime. Five agencies in McLeod County contributed more than $67,000 toward that ...

A bill has been introduced to classify two medications used to terminate pregnancies as controlled substances.

No one needs to remind parents that their child is greatly influenced by their peers and social media, so much so that it’s become common for teenagers to also be referred to as ...

A Republican-led bill to impose harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-like drug crimes narrowly passed the House on Thursday evening, with 98 Democrats supporting the measure.

The bill would permanently classify the opioid as Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act, joining drugs such as heroin and LSD.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House passed the HALT Act on Thursday, a bill that seeks to permanently classify ...

Bipartisan legislation co-authored by Rep. Bob Latta aims to combat fentanyl crisis, triggering mandatory minimum sentences ...

Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, presented a bill Tuesday to add mifepristone and misoprostol to a list of Schedule IV ...

Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, presented a bill Tuesday to add mifepristone and misoprostol to a list of Schedule IV controlled substances.