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Drugs, weapons, ammunition, cash and vehicles were seized as part of the general investigation called Project Trooper and put on display April 1, 2015 by the Vancouver police department. Frank Luba / PNG files Two men accused of trafficking fentanyl have had all charges against them dropped...
A Republican and Democrat in Congress are working together to stop the flow of fentanyl from China to the hands of victims in the United States.Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Seth Moulton (D-MA) introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act on Wednesday. This bill, according to a...
Bipartisan Fentanyl Sanctions Act targets Chinese-based drug makers WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan and Seth Moulton on Wednesday introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, bipartisan legislation they said is intended to force China to stem the flow of deadly, synthetic opioids into the United States.Fentanyl is...
LAS VEGAS — The Department of Homeland Security's top technology official said Wednesday law enforcement working at the Super Bowl dealt with 54 drone incursions earlier this year. ...
Easton police are searching for a city man after $8,000 in heroin laced with fentanyl was recovered Tuesday morning at a West Ward apartment, according to a news release.The city Vice and Special Response units had a search warrant and an arrest warrant at...
A pharmacist holds 40mg pills of OxyContin, made by Purdue Pharma. (George Frey/Reuters) It’s important to do justice to bad actors — but don’t expect a reduction in overdoses. There are good odds that Purdue Pharma, makers of the addictive prescription opioid OxyContin and perennial villain of the...
I would like to comment on your story of Thursday, March 21, “Squamish mom finds fentanyl-filled package near elementary school,” in which it was revealed that a mom found a package containing the drug fentanyl near Squamish Elementary School. This after a few...
A Fentanyl oral fluid testing refers to use of oral fluids such as saliva to test the subject for drug intake, particularly opioid analgesics. There has been an epidemic of opioid abuse particularly in the U.S. resulting in overdose deaths, addiction, and illicit drug use....
Coming into contact with fentanly, by itself, will not cause an overdose, experts say. Rumor has it that police officers are overdosing just by touching or otherwise coming into contact with the powerful and potential life-threatening synthetic opioid fentanyl. Recently, a Vermont state trooper, acting Sgt....
Two men accused of masterminding an extensive drug trafficking operation have had all charges against them dropped after a judge found Vancouver police had violated their rights on multiple occasions.Dennis Alexander Halstead and Jason James Heyman were charged after a high-profile seven-month investigation, but the...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 GoLocalProv News Team View Larger + A man previously deported from the United States on three different occasions pleaded guilty to trafficking heroin and fentanyl, and illegal reentry into the United States. Juan Manu Pena-Zapata is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25, 2019. Guilty...
President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China will probably soon reach a trade agreement, but that won’t solve the biggest problems.The Chinese regime is interning people based on religion in a more systematic way than any other regime since perhaps the Nazis. Its...
A man once charged with murder in a fentanyl-overdose death was arrested this week in a February drive-by shooting...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A man who supplied the fentanyl that killed a struggling U.S. Marine Corps veteran in Kalamazoo was sentenced...
Justin Murray Smith, 34, a former high-ranking member of the club Fallen Saints MC in Saskatoon was sentenced to 18 years in prison for gun, drug and organized crime offences. Credit: Facebook "Brian Fitzpatrick feature" jpg Charged during a large-scale investigation into crimes committed by...
ST. LOUIS — Local addiction experts on the front lines of opioid abuse are issuing a warning.There is a deadlier form...
Federal prosecutors late Tuesday charged British drug maker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid products including Suboxone. The company allegedly created a "nationwide scheme" in the U.S. designed to convince doctors and government insurance...
Federal prosecutors late Tuesday charged British drug maker Indivior with felony fraud and conspiracy for its marketing of opioid products including Suboxone. The company allegedly created a "nationwide scheme" in the U.S. designed to convince doctors and government insurance...
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - State and Lawrence police seized fentanyl and cocaine from a home in Lawrence on Monday after they found a suspected drug trafficker hiding in a bedroom with a knife in hand, officials said. Troopers and federal agents assigned to a regional gang...
HARTFORD — Officials have provided an update Tuesday regarding a fentanyl overdose at Hartford Correctional Center, where a total of four inmates were taken to the hospital following an overdose, according to police. Hartford officials said one person...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials Tuesday warned doctors not to abruptly stop prescribing opioid painkillers to patients who are taking them for chronic pain ailments, such as backaches.The Food and Drug Administration said it will add advice to labels on how to taper opioid...
SPRINGFIELD – A 65-year-old man pleaded guilty to his role in a large-scale drug dealing ring that trafficked in dozens of kilos of heroin and fentanyl into the city.Francisco Sandoval, of Lawrence, was one of 19 people charged by a federal grand jury in...
Here’s the opposite of a fun fact: As opioid deaths continue to rise, and as fentanyl gains ground as the most common drug involved in fatal overdoses, cocaine is making a comeback.Availability, use and deaths from cocaine have hit their highest level since 2007, according...
A former Middletown Fire Department lieutenant faces up to 25 years in prison after...
NORRISTOWN — As he headed to prison for playing a role in the...
Oxford County public health nurse Lisa Gillespie (Sentinel-Review file photo) The surge of suspected fentanyl overdoses last week has seen area public health and emergency medical services continue to remind the public of the need for prevention education.Between March 29 and April 2, there were roughly...
A man was arrested Monday, and authorities recovered more than 300 grams of fentanyl, as well as cocaine and an unknown brown substance, that were allegedly present on him and in a Lawrence apartment, officials said.Hector Rivera, 39, is facing numerous charges, including trafficking in...
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts State Police and Lawrence police seized fentanyl and cocaine from a home in Lawrence on Monday after they found a suspected drug trafficker hiding in a bedroom with a knife in hand, officials said. Troopers and federal agents assigned to a...
LAWRENCE, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts State Police and Lawrence police seized fentanyl and cocaine from a home in Lawrence on Monday after they found a suspected drug trafficker hiding in a bedroom with a knife in hand, officials said. Troopers and federal agents assigned to a...
A West Hartford man remains in custody on a slew of charges after 360 bags of fentanyl and other drugs were found in his possession. By Ronni Newton What began as a motor vehicle stop for misuse of a license plate turned into a foot chase by West...
LAWRENCE -- Police arrested a 39-year-old man for trafficking in fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is at least 50 times more potent than morphine, and other crimes as a result of a drug dealing investigation.Hector Rivera was arrested on Monday on the trafficking charge,...
A bi-partisan group of U.S. senators, including Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, is pushing...
Kevin Rauch was sentenced to up to 15 years for selling the fentanyl-laced heroin that caused an Exeter Township man's overdose death on Aug. 22. ...
Journal Staff Tuesday Apr 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM Apr 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM PROVIDENCE — A Central Falls man faces six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking fentanyl from his apartment and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Providence.Dennis Rivera, 31, pleaded guilty...
With every traffic stop and house visit, police officers and public safety officials...
On April 4 2019, the following warning appeared (archived here), containing the claim that marijuana smokers can detect fentanyl contamination by smell: In addition to its primary claim (that fentanyl-laced weed smells like popcorn), the post contained some secondary tacit claims: primarily that marijuana can be contaminated with...
Frontline outreach workers say they are seeing a rise in the number of fake Xanax pills circulating in the Halifax area that contain the deadly opioid fentanyl."We definitely are starting to see more contamination within different substances in Halifax," said Matthew Bonn, an outreach worker for Halifax...
Lee Klinedinst (Photo: Submitted)A Glen Rock man is accused of providing the drugs that killed a Shrewsbury Township woman two years ago, according to state police.Police said Lee Michael Klinedinst, 28, gave fentanyl to Christine Munsey, 34, on April 4, 2017. Her cause of death was mixed...
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Curtis Kalin 202-467-5318 April 9, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released an analysis of misguided provisions in Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-Minn.) budget that would impose new taxes on pharmaceutical drugs in the name of halting the opioid crisis. Below...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently reported that, while overdose deaths have come down slightly over the past year in the Cleveland metropolitan region, a new killer has emerged on the scene: cocaine mixed with fentanyl. The Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office informs the public that...
It is common knowledge that addiction to opioids and other controlled substances such as fentanyl is a national epidemic that needs to be addressed. But, the plans being offered by Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz and the state legislature will drive up pharmaceutical costs, hurt patients,...
An accused drug dealer charged with selling tainted heroin that killed a 22-year-old remained on the run for months but was captured Monday — a day before the one-year anniversary of the victim's death.A fugitive team with the U.S. Marshals Service captured Eric Kelly Carson,...
A Sanford man is facing drug charges after he allegedly threw fentanyl from his car during a traffic stop. Brandon Smith, 34, of Sanford Photo courtesy Maine State Police Brandon Smith 34, was arrested Friday in Lebanon after he threw drugs out of the car...
CLOSE See what fentanyl is and how it's been tainting other drugs, causing overdose and death in unprecedented numbers. Terry DeMio, tdemio@enquirer.com CAMDEN – Joe Wysocki, deputy chief of the Camden County Police Department, had just told a very harrowing...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) - The United States Drug Enforcment Administration has arrested 24 individuals in Johnson City in just the past couple weeks on drug charges.There have been 133 drug related arrests...
One of two men accused of selling fentanyl-laced pills in the quad-city area plead guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale (class 2 felony) and possession of drug...
ELYRIA — Following a traffic stop Sunday on state Route 57 near Interstate 90, a Lorain man and a North Ridgeville woman were arrested on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly possessing prescription pills without a prescription along with other illegal drugs, and lying...
The stigma causes a lack of coverageClose(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)(Judith Gibson-Okunieff/Daily Collegian)Last Wednesday, I got a text from my mom saying someone from my hometown, Littleton, Mass., had overdosed. I talked to a sergeant from the Littleton Police Department, and he said this overdose...