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Montz mother loses daughter to fentanyl poisoning, seeks to warn others
Beth Bourgeois remembers one fateful morning with her daughter Jessica over breakfast, and the usual playful back-and-forth chatter between the two. […]
Opioids
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Sheriff says pandemic diminished supply of illegal drugs across country
While crime rates in St. Charles Parish hover at a low rate, collective crime activity – including drug-related arrests – in the parish has been on an uptick recently as people begin to emerge from coronavirus quarantine. […]
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LDH receives federal grant to combat maternal opioid misuse
The Louisiana Department of Health has been selected as one of 10 states that have been awarded the Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model grant by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center. […]
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St. Charles Sheriff advocates lowering opioid prescriptions
From prosecutor to sheriff, Greg Champagne witnessed firsthand the emergence of the opioid crisis and it’s why he knows it’s a problem so prevalent that it has to be addressed on multiple fronts. […]
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Opioid crisis hits close to home in St. Charles Parish
Two indicted on second-degree murder charges for allegedly selling heroin to a Luling man who died from an overdose earlier this year were just another addition to an already growing opioid abuse problem for St. Charles Parish. […]