Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Heroin published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 1284
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-107
•
Next >
-
In rare move, woman's heroin overdose in NE Baltimore ruled homicide
The state medical examiner’s office has taken the rare step of classifying a 24-year-old woman’s recent drug overdose death as a homicide, one of several recent killings being investigated by Baltimore detectives. Though there are hundreds of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds, Murder, Prosecution, Police Investigations
-
Baltimore heroin dealer sentenced to federal prison
A 53-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Tuesday for conspiracy to distribute heroin, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced. Kevin Hently led the organization, according to prosecutors, securing a drug...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Lawyers, Prosecution, Prisons, Trials
-
Man chokes on bag of crack, police arrest him on drug charges
Police arrested a 28-year-old Baltimore man who attempted to swallow a bag full of crack cocaine outside the Crossroads Tavern in Anne Arundel County early Friday, police said. Kenneth Tyrone Smith, of the 3700 block of Brooklyn Ave., was charged with...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Police Arrests, Prosecution, Dining and Drinking, Cocaine
-
Baltimore heroin dealers sentenced in conspiracy
Two 44-year-old city men were sentenced to federal prison Friday for taking part in a heroin conspiracy that spread into Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced. William Larry Diggs Jr. was sentenced 14...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Court Preliminary, Trials, Punishment
-
Traffic stop leads to heroin bust in Annapolis
A routine traffic stop in Annapolis on Monday led to the discovery of a large stash of heroin and three arrests, police said in a Friday news release. The 80.3 grams of heroin seized, which would have been worth $16,000 on the street, were not found in...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Annapolis, Prosecution, Police Arrests, Percocet (drug)
-
Getting high on the high seas?
For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs. U.S. Customs officers said they've had a busy week at the South Baltimore terminal -- issuing what it called seven $500 "zero-tolerance" citations to passengers trying to board a...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Police Arrests, Port of Baltimore, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Punishment
-
Methadone clinics don't attract crime, study finds
Methadone clinics are often seen as the bad neighbor nobody wants.
Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other opiates, is...Tags: Addiction, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Pikesville, Colleges and Universities
-
Rachel Marsden: Lame attempts to shut off Afghan heroin spigot have been futile
A Russian source recently brought an obscure but disturbing article to my attention. Published last month by a little-known online journal called the Oriental Review, the piece, "Active Endeavour And Drug Trafficking," proposed that not a single gram of...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Afghanistan, Vladimir Putin, Fox News Channel (tv network), Taliban
-
Methadone and misdemeanors
For many years, some Baltimore area neighborhood groups have fought strenuously against the addition of methadone clinics to their communities on the grounds that such facilities inevitably bring loiterers and traffic, depress property values and increase...
Tags: Addiction, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Pikesville, Morphine (drug)
-
Time line of Police Commissioner Bealefeld's career
With Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III planning to leave the city in August, after having served 31 years on the force, and five as chief, we put together a time line of his tenure: May 1981 — Bealefeld joins the city...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Anne Arundel Community College, Annapolis, Murder, Police Arrests
-
Next city police commissioner faces challenging benchmark
However Baltimore's plain-spoken police commissioner is remembered, when he departs on the first day of August, he will leave his successor a challenging target. The number 200. That is the standard by which Frederick H. Bealefeld III's successor will...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Robert W. Curran, Belair-Edison, Murder, Trials
-
Crack epidemic's legacy in Baltimore
A fellow named Joseph contacted me the other day. He's one of Baltimore's many drug addicts, still alive at 33, clean for once, and looking for a job. "I started smoking crack at the age of 14, shooting heroin at the age of 16," he says. "I am on parole...
Tags: Addiction, Behavioral Conditions, Epidemics and Plagues, Common
May 29, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 29, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 25, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 18, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 18, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 8, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 30, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 3, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 4, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 5, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 5, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 18, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Heroin topic gallery.
