HARTFORD, CT — It makes little sense to some legislators that they’ve spent the past few years passing numerous bills to combat the opioid epidemic but have done nothing to increase the penalties for those who traffic fentanyl — the drug that contributes more than...
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Brockton police said a traffic stop for speeding led to an arrest for fentanyl possession in the city. BROCKTON – A 21-year-old Brockton man was pulled over for speeding in the city, driving a van with out of state license plates, according to police.But the traffic...
SIMCOE — A Norfolk County drug dealer, who temporarily cleaned up his life, was returned to penitentiary after pleading guilty to trafficking in fentanyl.On Nov. 13, 2017, James Edward Close, 57, ran from police when they stopped the vehicle he was in but he was...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In light of the large number of overdose deaths from fentanyl, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Democratic Leader Chuck...
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn outreach program and follow-up survey by Brown University in the United States aims to prevent overdoses in drug users by using fentanyl testing strips.Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is cut in with drug purchases (such as cocaine or heroin)...
Schumer - Toomey - WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey says “illicit fentanyl” has inflicted severe suffering on Pennsylvania families and communities. To address the problem, Toomey, R-Lehigh Valley, and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, on Thursday introduced new legislation to stop the influx...
A homeless heroin addict pauses to shoot up by a railway underpass in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, which has become a hub for heroin use. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images)The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia and a high-powered nonprofit are embroiled in a legal battle over the...
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Thursday sanctioning drug traffickers to strong-arm China into following through on its pledge to slow the supply of the deadly opioid fentanyl to the U.S. ...
There is a wide gap between the sentences the Crown and defence are seeking for a young man busted twice with a quantity of narcotics that included fentanyl, cocaine and heroin. Federal prosecutor Ben Pritchard argued Wednesday that...