2 Texas men sentenced for trafficking enough fentanyl to kill ‘millions’
SHREVEPORT, La. — Two Texas men were sentenced to 63 months in prison Tuesday for trafficking more than 10 kilograms of...
20 February, 2019
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Salisbury Man Pleads Guilty to Dealing Fentanyl Across Maryland’
BALTIMORE, Md. - A Salisbury man is facing more than a decade in prison after he pleaded guilty to dealing fentanyl and fentayl-like products across Maryland's Eastern Shore. One person died from ingesting the drugs in his possession. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Narada Walls,...
20 February, 2019
How Fentanyl Hysteria Leads to Harmful and Ineffective Drug Laws
My only experience with fentanyl was when I was pregnant. I was on a hospital bed writhing in agony when a nurse injected me with the synthetic opioid commonly used for pain management in laboring women. The drug calmed me and I soon gave birth...
20 February, 2019
Hazleton Police seeking Wapwallopen woman in fentanyl case
February 19, 2019 Through his attorney, local funeral director Brian Leffler sent a letter to Luzerne County officials this week urging them not to select any funeral director...
20 February, 2019
Lawrence couple charged after 1-year-old daughter exposed to fentanyl – Boston Herald
The parents of a 1-year-old Lawrence girl who was hospitalized for fentanyl exposure were ordered held without bail Tuesday on drug trafficking charges — after cops said the couple initially lied about where their daughter found the pill. Mcdanner Pereyra and Jennifer Ouch, both 27, of...
20 February, 2019
Fentanyl exposure: Children are most vulnerable
Fentanyl exposure has killed one child in Massachusetts and sickened at least two others in what has become a surge of juvenile overdose incidents nationwide. Children are most vulnerable to the drug’s powerful respiratory depression, according to the FDA, which recommends disposing of fentanyl by flushing...
20 February, 2019
Fentanyl over-prescribed to patients, study finds
As many as half the patients who were prescribed potent fentanyl painkillers designed for people battling cancer should not have received the drug from doctors, according to a new study released Tuesday that sheds light on opioid oversight. Among the chief findings is that the U.S....
20 February, 2019
Fentanyl over-prescribed to patients, study finds
As many as half the patients who were prescribed potent fentanyl painkillers designed for people battling cancer should not have received the drug from doctors, according to a new study released Tuesday that sheds light on opioid oversight. Among the chief findings is that the U.S....
20 February, 2019
Duke’s Place used for fentanyl distribution, feds say
CINCINNATI — Authorities unsealed a federal indictment Tuesday against three Cincinnati men accused of conspiring to distribute fentanyl.Derek "Duke" Ragan, 49; Anthony "Pea Head" Sanderson, 63; and Lawrence "LB" Bell, 66, face between 10 years and life in prison if convicted in the scheme. A...
19 February, 2019
Fentanyl overprescribed, according to new report
(CNN) – More than 2 million people in the U.S. are either dependent on or abusing prescription and illegal opioids to treat their pain. Now, a new report says the F.D.A. and drug manufacturers failed to properly monitor the use of one very potent drug.– An...
19 February, 2019