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Prosecutors say one customer died after using painkiller By Charlie Wright | Published: 2019-06-26 08:49 Leandro Acevedo Lozada was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison. File photo A Gaithersburg man who sold drugs that were later tied to one death was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison,...

A Lynn man has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison and four years probation on drug distribution charges connected to the overdose death of a Melrose woman. He was also ordered to pay her funeral expenses.Federal prosecutors asked for a significantly longer prison sentence...

NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - The fate of thousands of lawsuits seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic hinges in part on a thorny legal question: Can a company use a bankruptcy to stop lawsuits from cities and states? FILE...

ACCESS Drug User Health Program, in conjunction with the cities of Somerville and Everett, held a discussion forum last week focusing reducing drug overdoses. ~Photos by Melissa Rosales By Melissa Rosales ACCESS Drug User Health Program partnered with the City of Somerville and Everett to discuss overdose...

CLOSE Cassandra Nygren and Shawn Gray are charged with selling fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a pregnant woman and her unborn child. USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, Green Bay Press-GazetteGREEN BAY — A man accused of helping supply Fentanyl-laced heroin that killed a pregnant woman will...

By George Woolston gwoolston@thebct.com@gcwoolston Tuesday Jun 25, 2019 at 5:42 PM Jun 25, 2019 at 5:42 PM According to the Burlington County Prosecutor's office, Daquan Marshall sold fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the fatal overdose of 22-year-old Alexandra Kohfeldt last year. MOUNT HOLLY — A man who authorities describe as a Trenton drug dealer was indicted in the death of...

Sixteen people have been charged in what authorities say was a multi-state drug-trafficking ring in which opioids were shipped from California to Pennsylvania concealed in stuffed animals. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said today that in this multi-jurisdictional investigation, 13 people have been...