Below are the latest news articles mentioning heroin, fentanyl, Narcan, opioid or overdose from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent heroin related arrests, heroin or fentanyl overdoses, opioid addiction and the use of Narcan on Cape Cod.
BOSTON (AP) – A state study has found that fatal opioid overdoses nearly doubled in recent years among Massachusetts workers, with construction, farming, and fishing industries among the hardest hit sectors. The updated study from the state Department of Public Health released Monday shows the…
TOP PHOTO: HN file images from Dustin Monick’s arrest by Yarmouth Police in December of 2019 BOSTON – [DOJ STATEMENT] – A South Yarmouth man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl and heroin offenses. Dustin Monick, … Continue reading → The post FEDS:…
YARMOUTH – A South Yarmouth man was sentenced Monday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl and heroin offenses. Dustin Monick, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release. On April 26, 2021, Monick pleaded…
HYANNIS – [HN NOTES] – Barnstable Police and Hyannis Firefighters rushed toward a Hyannis residence for an unresponsive man overdosing this afternoon. While en-route they learned a second man inside the residence was also overdosing and unresponsive. Both patients sounded … Continue reading…
HYANNIS – [HN PHOTOS, NOTES & MULLINGS ON THE MATTER] – It’s all hands on deck whenever someone’s overdosing. First the dispatchers (at least two in most cases) burst onto the airwaves, relaying important information to responding patrol cars while … Continue reading →…
BOURNE – Sheriff James M. Cummings announced today that the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office was awarded a Grant from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The grant, in the amount…
HYANNIS – The Ride for Opioid Addiction Recovery (ROAR Ride) will return this weekend to help those struggling with substance abuse disorders. The 40 mile ride starting at Falmouth High School and ending in Hyannis will begin staging at 9 am on Sunday, September 12, and will officially kick off…
The ROAR (Ride for Opioid Addiction Recovery) motorcycle ride will kick off September 12 to help support opioid addiction recovery and transition on Cape Cod. Founders Karen Herrand and Jamie Pina join Sunday Journal this week to discuss how the COVID pandemic has exacerbated the existing opioid epidemic…
OAK BLUFFS – Martha’s Vineyard ‘Boat to the Basket’ will host its second annual Youth Basketball showcase on Saturday, August 28 from 9 am to 6 pm at Niantic Park in Oak Bluffs. MV Boat to the Basket is an educational recreation program aiming to help end opioid addiction on the Cape…
FALMOUTH – The Fourth Annual Ride for Opioid Addiction Recovery (ROAR) will be taking place on Sunday, September 12. The motorcycle ride is 40 miles long and will begin at Falmouth High School at 874 Gifford Street in Hyannis. It will end at Barnstable High School at 744 West Main Street in Hyannis.…
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