/tags/cocaine cocaine en-US Copyright Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:07:58 GMT /news/2025-01-08/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-stealing-cocaine The U.S. Attorney's Office says Joel Mefford worked with John Castillo, another Columbus police officer, to steal and traffic cocaine in 2020. Wed, 08 Jan 2025 21:07:58 GMT /news/2025-01-08/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-to-four-years-in-prison-for-stealing-cocaine WOSU News Staff /news/2024-12-12/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-for-stealing-selling-cocaine John Castillo pleaded guilty to a drug charge and was sentenced to close to four years in prison. Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:48:48 GMT /news/2024-12-12/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-for-stealing-selling-cocaine WOSU News Staff /news/2024-12-03/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-to-more-than-five-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges John Kotchkoski was convicted for conspiring to traffic fentanyl and cocaine. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:57:03 GMT /news/2024-12-03/former-columbus-police-officer-sentenced-to-more-than-five-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges WOSU News Staff /2023-08-15/cocaine-overdose-deaths-increasing-as-fentanyl-deaths-decrease-in-franklin-county Franklin County Coroner data shows cocaine overdose deaths are increasing in Franklin County. Fentanyl still remains the main driver of overdose deaths, but that number is decreasing. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:06:07 GMT /2023-08-15/cocaine-overdose-deaths-increasing-as-fentanyl-deaths-decrease-in-franklin-county George Shillcock /news/2020-01-06/franklin-county-coroner-overdose-deaths-increased-in-first-part-of-2019 The Franklin County Coroner鈥檚 Office says the number of fatal overdoses during the first nine months of 2019 grew from the same period the year鈥� Mon, 06 Jan 2020 17:15:38 GMT /news/2020-01-06/franklin-county-coroner-overdose-deaths-increased-in-first-part-of-2019 Gabe Rosenberg /news/2019-12-27/portman-bill-allows-states-to-use-opioid-crisis-funds-to-tackle-other-drugs Starting next year, states will have the ability to use money dedicated to the opioid crisis for combatting other forms of drug use. Sen. Rob Portman鈥� Fri, 27 Dec 2019 19:40:36 GMT /news/2019-12-27/portman-bill-allows-states-to-use-opioid-crisis-funds-to-tackle-other-drugs /news-partners/2019-12-12/major-league-baseball-drops-marijuana-adds-opioids-cocaine-to-drugs-of-abuse-list The changes follow the death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who was found with opioids and alcohol in his system. Thu, 12 Dec 2019 21:57:53 GMT /news-partners/2019-12-12/major-league-baseball-drops-marijuana-adds-opioids-cocaine-to-drugs-of-abuse-list Paolo Zialcita /news/2018-10-26/report-meth-related-overdose-deaths-spike-in-ohio A new report from a group of Ohio researchers documents an explosion in the number of overdose deaths involving methamphetamines and amphetamines.The鈥� Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:30:00 GMT /news/2018-10-26/report-meth-related-overdose-deaths-spike-in-ohio Steve Brown /news/2018-05-01/fentanyl-laced-cocaine-threatens-to-put-more-college-students-at-risk Jordan, a college student in Central Ohio, is a lot like many of his classmates. He does well in school, has a part-time internship, a solid group of鈥� Tue, 01 May 2018 09:00:00 GMT /news/2018-05-01/fentanyl-laced-cocaine-threatens-to-put-more-college-students-at-risk Abby Vesoulis /news-partners/2018-03-29/fentanyl-laced-cocaine-becoming-a-deadly-problem-among-drug-users The powerful opioid fentanyl is showing up in batches of cocaine, threatening a new wave of opioid overdoses. Some doctors, drug users and law enforcement wonder if the contamination is deliberate. Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-03-29/fentanyl-laced-cocaine-becoming-a-deadly-problem-among-drug-users Martha Bebinger