Fentanyl
Insys declares bankruptcy after heavy US fine
The company resolved its case with the US Justice Department for $225m (€198m), which saw a subsidiary of the company plead guilty to five counts of mail fraud.The actual charges against the company were that it had used ‘speaker programs’ as a “vehicle to pay...
11 June, 2019
Opioid-Maker Insys Files For Bankruptcy Just Days After Agreeing To Pay $225M To Settle Fraud Charges
In the bankruptcy court filing, Insys Chief Executive Andrew Long said sales of Subsys, a fentanyl spray, have declined substantially. That drop, coupled with more than 1,000 lawsuits by municipal governments seeking to hold the company responsible for the opioid epidemic, was more than the...
11 June, 2019
Opioid overdoses, deaths in Peterborough prompt calls for more help from province
A spike in opioid overdoses and deaths in Peterborough, Ont., is prompting a call for the Ford government to do more to tackle the crisis. Over the first weekend in June, police responded to 19 drug overdoses, which resulted in two deaths over a 72-hour period. A veteran of...
11 June, 2019
Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns
In early 2018, the F.B.I. created the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement team, or J-Code, with more than a dozen special agents and staff. Europol has its own dedicated dark web team. And authorities everywhere have broadened their focus beyond just the administrators overseeing the...
11 June, 2019
‘We Are Not Winning This War:’ Senator Hosts Summit on Connecticut’s Deadly Fentanyl Crisis
The numbers are stark - year to date there have been 45 fentanyl-related drug overdose deaths in Hartford.Police say that’s almost double the number from a year ago. And now fentanyl has been found in cocaine and crack cocaine, in addition to heroin.This has local,...
11 June, 2019
‘He’s not going to be forgotten’
The family of the Woodstock teen who’s become the local face of the deadly opioid epidemic is pushing for harsher penalties for dealers.The Mackay family launched an online petition late last week urging government leaders to pass legislation that would sharply increase prison sentences for...
11 June, 2019
Behind The Scenes With DEA Agents Tracking Overdose Sources – WCCO
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — In recent years, more Minnesotans have died from opioid overdoses than from car crashes. The numbers are staggering and the stories all too familiar to the agency on the epidemic’s front lines. The Drug Enforcement Administration is tasked with trying to control the...
11 June, 2019
Fentanyl, cash found | vindy.com
Fentanyl, cash found YOUNGSTOWN Police late Friday found a large amount of fentanyl and $3,644 cash after stopping a driver at South Osborn and California...
11 June, 2019
