BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Broome County leaders held an update at the George Harvey Justice Building on Wednesday about the ongoing State of emergency in Broome County. Broome County Executive Jason Garnar stating that the fentanyl outbreak has claimed...
JEFFERSON CITY - Despite being one of the most commonly abused opioids nationwide, there is currently no law in Missouri that allows for the prosecution of those who deal fentanyl. A bill by Rep. Nick Schroer, R-O'Fallon would change that and create stricter penalties for those...
Massachusetts State Police Some of the drugs authorities seized as part of the investigation. Authorities arrested an alleged Fitchburg heroin and fentanyl trafficker Tuesday afternoon and seized more than 300 grams of a heroin/fentanyl mixture, officials said.Rosemary de los Santos, 29, of Fitchburg is facing multiple charges....
A California truck driver was arrested Wednesday in Middlesex County after authorities found him hauling about 116 pounds of fentanyl and cocaine as part of a coast-to-coast drug trafficking network, officials said.Jose Santos Garcia Guzman is charged with one count of conspiracy to possess...
OTTAWA - More than 10,000 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses since a public health crisis erupted in 2016, according to new data released Wednesday.The latest figures — 3,200 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 — show that the powerful painkiller fentanyl remains...
Drugs, weapons, ammunition, cash and vehicles were seized as part of the general investigation called Project Trooper and put on display April 1, 2015 by the Vancouver police department. Frank Luba / PNG files Two men accused of trafficking fentanyl have had all charges against them dropped...
A Republican and Democrat in Congress are working together to stop the flow of fentanyl from China to the hands of victims in the United States.Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act on Wednesday. This bill, according to a...
Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act targets Chinese-based drug makers WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan and Seth Moulton on Wednesday introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, bipartisan legislation they said is intended to force China to stem the flow of deadly, synthetic opioids into the United States.Fentanyl is...