Major heroin suppliers charged in Westmoreland
Westmoreland County Detectives have charged three "major" heroin suppliers with funneling drugs to an alleged Jeannette dealer awaiting...
33 charged in drug round-up
Charges against 33 suspected dealers of heroin and other drugs were announced Thursday after a series of investigations in Allegheny and...
Fentanyl-related deaths continue to mount
Westmoreland County Coroner Ken Bacha said butyryl fentanyl, a “designer opiate” new to the county, contributed to three deaths last...
Police bust major heroin ring in Westmoreland County
Law enforcement officials on Wednesday announced arrests in connection with a suspected heroin ring based in Westmoreland County....
2nd PA death from Carfentanil laced heroin confirmed
PA Department of Health has distributed a warning regarding the extreme danger to first responders and other professionals posed by the...
Carfentanil-laced heroin crisis reaches PA
This deadly trend has been observed for some time in the US but has made its way to Pennsylvania this month, with a death in Beaver...
Change the way we think about Addiction
In a new landmark report, Vivek Murthy became the first U.S. surgeon general to call America's addiction problem what it is: a public...
SAFE Panel - Ligonier Valley HS, 11/17 @ 6:30
In an effort to address the ongoing drug crisis and its effect on our youth in Westmoreland County, the Substance Abuse Forum and...
Westmoreland overdose deaths at new high
Following five fatal overdoses, Coroner Kenneth Bacha released a tentative total to date of 130 drug deaths for 2016 -- more than the126...
NPR: todays addicts are white, suburban
Heroin was once the scourge of the urban poor, but today the typical user is a young, white suburbanite, a study finds. And the path to...
