Fentanyl

A pharmacist holds 40mg pills of OxyContin, made by Purdue Pharma. (George Frey/Reuters) It’s important to do justice to bad actors — but don’t expect a reduction in overdoses. There are good odds that Purdue Pharma, makers of the addictive prescription opioid OxyContin and perennial villain of the...

I would like to comment on your story of Thursday, March 21, “Squamish mom finds fentanyl-filled package near elementary school,” in which it was revealed that a mom found a package containing the drug fentanyl near Squamish Elementary School. This after a few...

Coming into contact with fentanly, by itself, will not cause an overdose, experts say. Rumor has it that police officers are overdosing just by touching or otherwise coming into contact with the powerful and potential life-threatening synthetic opioid fentanyl.  Recently, a Vermont state trooper, acting Sgt....

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 GoLocalProv News Team   View Larger + A man previously deported from the United States on three different occasions pleaded guilty to trafficking heroin and fentanyl, and illegal reentry into the United States. Juan Manu Pena-Zapata is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25, 2019. Guilty...