Fentanyl
Naloxone And Needles: Group Hands Out Drug-Use Supplies To Prevent Opioid Deaths : Shots
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12 February, 2019
Mounties dial back warnings about dangers of fentanyl exposure for police
The RCMP are reviewing how their members should handle fentanyl following new reports that downplay the risks faced by frontline officers exposed to the drug.While fentanyl remains a deadly and unpredictable drug for those who take it, new research from within the RCMP suggests that police officers...
12 February, 2019
B.C. money laundering issue intimately tied to the fentanyl crisis
Over recent months, anti-laundering authorities have determined that vast sums of money are being smuggled into Canada by unscrupulous organizations using...
12 February, 2019
Fentanyl resembling oxycodone found being sold in Manhattan, The Bronx
New York authorities seized 20,000 highly potent fentanyl pills that were disguised as bootleg oxycodone in Manhattan and the Bronx earlier this month. The blue tablets, with a street value of $600,000, were stamped “M30” to look like prescription oxycodone, according to the city’s Special Narcotics...
12 February, 2019
Fighting Fentanyl becoming a constant battle for Valley first responders
PHOENIX — Fighting fentanyl has become one of the primary tasks for first responders across Arizona.Every day firefighters across the Valley are administering the life-saving drug, Naloxone, also known by its brand name, Narcan."We are just up to our shoulders in these calls, before we...
12 February, 2019
Holbrook woman facing fentanyl trafficking charge after Weymouth arrest – News – The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA
Joe DiFazio The Patriot Ledger jldifazio Monday Feb 11, 2019 at 7:20 PM WEYMOUTH — Police say a report of two women shoplifting led to a number of drug charges, including trafficking, for a third woman who was with them.Lisa M. Gangemi, 36, of Holbrook was arraigned Monday on charges of...
12 February, 2019
Alleged Kamloops gangster could get 10 years in prison
An alleged Kamloops gangster is expected to plead guilty later this month to a raft of charges that could fetch a sentence as long as a decade in prison. Erwin James Dagle, 24, is facing charges relating to two significant 2017 busts by...
12 February, 2019
Carroll County Health Department issues opioid alert after at least four people overdose over weekend
The Carroll County Health Department released an overdose alert Monday after reports of multiple overdoses over the weekend of...
11 February, 2019