By Viktoria Ristanovic Nation & World Editor On April 1, China declared all varieties of fentanyl as controlled substances and would officially ban the opioid from the country starting on May 1, according to The New York Times. Xi announces the ban on the controlled substance. (YouTube)Chinese President...
What to KnowNew Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez announced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, which would hold China accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic.The legislation would impose sanctions on China and Chinese entities who supply and support the trafficking of fentanyl. The Act would also...
In just the first three months of 2019, drug overdose has claimed the lives of more than 600 people across the state. Government leaders say that’s due in large part to the infiltration of the potent synthetic opioid known as fentanyl. It’s 50 times more...
A Seacoast man was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday for selling a fatal dose of drugs to a teenager.Benjamin Mackenzie, 22, was found guilty of selling a lethal dose of fentanyl to Bryanna Frechette, 19, in 2016. The victim's family described the pain...
CAMDEN, NJ— U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez was in Camden Monday to announce new legislation that would impose steep sanctions on China and Chinese entities who supply and support fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opiate that is 50 times more potent than heroin. Menendez was joined by city...
In May, the Ridgecrest Police Department will launch its Naloxone program with the intention of saving lives. Naloxone is a non-addictive, life-saving drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when it is given in time. It works by binding the opioid receptors...
Lynda Bascelli, the chief medical officer at Project H.O.P.E — a Federally Qualified Health Center in Camden— can provide medication-assisted treatment to 275 people experiencing...
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After a 27-year-old man was found dead in his home from a fentanyl overdose, authorities in Warren County traced the source of the powerful painkiller.A two-and-a-half-month investigation led them to Matthew Evans, of the first block of Woolston Way in Washington Borough -- a...
Journal Staff Monday Apr 8, 2019 at 5:14 PM A Dominican national, who has been deported from the United States three earlier times, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to trafficking heroin and fentanyl, and illegal reentry into the United States, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney...