A 35-year-old New Bedford heroin and fentanyl trafficker will serve up to 11 years in state prison, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced. Ryan Cabral pleaded guilty in Fall River Superior Court last week to separate indictments charging him with trafficking fentanyl, trafficking heroin, possession with intent …

NEFD Announce 645 Arrests and Seizure of 17.9 Kilograms of Fentanyl, 7,800 Illicit Fentanyl Pills, 13.9 Kilograms of Cocaine, 3.1 Kilograms of Heroin, 51 Firearms and $1.2 Million in Cash During Two-Week New England Surge. Drug overdoses are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in the United States and every …

This weekend the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.  On Saturday, October 26 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at 594 collection sites throughout New England, …

According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office, two men suffered from apparent fatal overdoses at the same time at Bedford Towers on Middle Street in New Bedford around 7 pm Sunday night. The New Bedford Police Department received a 911 call from a woman who reported that two men …

There were five reported drug overdoses in New Bedford on Wednesday – one of them resulted in the death of a 51-year old man. One of the non-fatal overdoses occurred at Brooklawn Park. According to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office, a man found his 51-year-old father unresponsive in his …

In reaction to vape related illnesses and deaths, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker implemented a four-month ban on all vape products last Tuesday. The following week Massachusetts legislators moved a step closer to implementing “harm reduction sites” a.k.a safe injection sites where people with “substance use disorder” a.k.a. addicts can shoot …

State legislators held a joint hearing today in Boston on bringing safe injection sites to Massachusetts. House Bill 1712 (H1712), refers to the sites as “harm reduction sites” with the goal of preventing fatal overdoses. Per the bill, “A person with a substance use disorder may consume pre-obtained controlled substances …

The New Bedford Chapter of the Prince Henry Society of Massachusetts will recognize Rev. David A. Lima as the 2019 Person of the Year at their annual Installation Banquet on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Shining Tides, 38 Reservation Road in Mattapoisett. The Rev. Lima, a lifelong New Bedford resident, …

The Greater New Bedford Opioid Task Force has been awarded a federal grant of more than $1.8 million to continue its work to fight opioids in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fairhaven. The Task Force, co-chaired by Damon Chaplin, the City’s director of public health, and New Bedford Police Chief Joseph …

Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts continue to decline, falling nearly 11 percent in the first six months of 2019 compared to the first six months of 2018, according to preliminary data released today by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). In the first six months of 2019, there were …