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...
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)...
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...
Guelph police say more charges have been laid after officers seized $80,000 worth of fentanyl last month.Police arrested two men on March 20 after carrying out two overnight search warrants in the city’s west end. READ MORE: 2 Kitchener residents arrested in...
A man who works for a drug-treatment service was charged with possessing fentanyl...
Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine. File Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerVermont’s top health official is pushing back on efforts to allow possession of a popular opioid treatment drug without a prescription, a proposal he said would get his “slam dunk” support in any other state.Health Commissioner...
Fentanyl is killing black people in Connecticut at the same rate as whites for the first time since state officials began tracking the epidemic around 2012, a CT Mirror analysis has found.There is no clear consensus among experts in Connecticut as to what is driving...