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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new sedative used in veterinary medicine is showing up in street drugs, leading to severe health complications and frequent ...

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NASHUA – The Nashua and Hudson police departments announced, on April 30, that seven suspects were taken into custody following an 18-month drug investigation. Since the fall of 2023, police had ...

Police and neighborhood denizens mingled at the opening of the 'Triage Center' at Sixth and Jesse streets on Feb. 7, 2025. The 'Triage Center' closed in June and the space was briefly repurposed into ...

A new sedative used in veterinary medicine is showing up in street drugs, leading to severe health complications and frequent intensive care unit admissions, local emergency physicians warn.