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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- You've likely heard of fentanyl and that it's a huge part of this country's drug crisis, but to fully understand why it's so deadly and why this country's drug epidemic is worse than it's ever been, you have to meet the...
Telegraph photo by DEAN SHALHOUP William Luna, who was sentenced to 12-24 years in prison Wednesday for selling drugs to a man who overdosed and died, becomes emotional while listening to the man's family members speak about him in court.NASHUA – William Luna, the 45-year-old former...
Two summers ago residents of this region witnessed the scary power of fentanyl, when a particularly lethal batch of the opioid being sold on streets locally led to several fatal drug overdoses. So the significance of a recent historic bust regarding fentanyl at the Arizona-Mexico border...
Medical records show that 82-year-old Melissa Penix died at Mount Carmel West Hospital on November 21, 2018, a few minutes after being given a 2,000 microgram dose of fentanyl.Attorneys representing her family say Dr....
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The results of search warrants at three locations in Grande Prairie on February 8, 2019, RCMP Four men from Calgary and Winnipeg are facing charges after a large amount of fentanyl was seized in the city. Mounties executed search warrants at three places in...
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BOSTON – While opioid-related overdose deaths are on the decline for the second straight year in Massachusetts, fentanyl remains a key factor in the toxicology of deceased overdose victims. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) says opioid-related overdose deaths in the state declined by...
The sea cucumber arrived. Then more arrived. Then more. It was a lot, investigators noted—too much for that northwestern corner of New York state. The shipments were, US prosecutors would declare later in an indictment, more than the...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEFeb. 13, 2019, 4:55 PM GMTBy Minyvonne BurkeA former "American Idol" contestant was running fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs for a large ring in Virginia, federal officials say.Antonella...
Opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts dropped by 4 percent in 2018 compared to 2017, a potentially significant shift as the state continues to confront an epidemic of drug addiction.It was the second year in a row in...
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Former “American Idol” contestant Antonella Barba was working as a courier for a major drug ring and was trying to deliver nearly 2 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl when she was arrested in Virginia last year, according to new reports. Barba, 32, was arrested...
By KATHRYNE RUBRIGHT Staff Writer Three Hancock County secret indictments on drug trafficking charges were released recently. Jason M. Barchet, 33, address unknown, was indicted for trafficking in cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, and aggravated trafficking in drugs, a fourth-degree felony. He allegedly sold less than 5 grams of cocaine...
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While the state and nation are seeing fewer deaths tied to heroin overdoses, synthetic opioids like fentanyl are contributing to more deaths, and there are concerns they're appearing in other non-opioid drug supplies. An analysis released Tuesday by the University of Minnesota has found...
In an era of heroin and fentanyl, the only true bulwark against these horribly potent drugs is built through robust alliances with neighborsIn recent weeks, our national politics have been consumed with President Donald Trump’s proposed wall along our border with Mexico.Much of the support...
A former "American Idol" star from Point Pleasant tried to deliver almost two pounds of fentanyl while working as a courier for a large drug ring when she was arrested, according to her indicment that was unsealed this week. Antonella Barba,...
Antonella Barba, 32, was indicted on Monday on federal charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. (Norfolk Sheriff's Office)A former "American Idol" contestant who was...
Despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction of narco-lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, his Sinaloa cartel marches on – and the proof is in huge, multi-drug shipments detected on the border in recent weeks. Those heaping bags of fentanyl – sourced cheaply in China – and...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Willie Earl Hector, 33, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses...
GILBERT, AZ — After one Valley student was found unconscious, and another arrested, some parents are using the incident at a Scottsdale school as a teaching moment for their own kids. Last week, Scottsdale Police say a Notre Dame Prep student was found unconscious at...
The RCMP are reviewing all apects of its handling fentanyl as the country deals with the spread of the opoid that can prove deadly. (CBC) ...
A harm reduction agency in Sydney, N.S., says it has received confirmation of the first local death involving the opioid fentanyl.Christine Porter, executive director of the Ally Centre of Cape Breton, said the death occurred sometime last fall."I can't get into details because, frankly, small towns,...
Bobby O.Goodwin dealt fentanyl, heroin and cocaine "like they were pepperoni pizzas." CANTON A man was sentenced Tuesday morning to 26 years in prison in one of Stark County's larger drug cases in recent years.Bobby O. Goodwin, 38, of Canton and formerly of Columbus, pleaded guilty...
Michael Guest, Guest Columnist Published 9:39 a.m. CT Feb. 12, 2019 The fight against drug trafficking in our country has been a continuous and devastating battle. Millions...
CLOSE Former congressman Patrick Kennedy thinks the opioid crisis and suicide rates are merely symptomatic of a society gripped with depression and anxiety. USA TODAYTwo Elmira men convicted as part of a major opioid manufacturing and distribution operation have...
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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...
Over recent months, anti-laundering authorities have determined that vast sums of money are being smuggled into Canada by unscrupulous organizations using...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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The Carroll County Health Department released an overdose alert Monday after reports of multiple overdoses over the weekend of...
COLUMBUS – The fifteenth wrongful death lawsuit filed against Mount Carmel Health System and its former doctor William Husel deviates from the previous lawsuits in one major aspect – it does not involve the powerful painkiller fentanyl.Instead, the latest wrongful lawsuit alleges that 58-year old...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottsdale police have arrested a Notre Dame Prep student who they say gave a fellow student a pill...
“If you have to drink water every day and you don’t know whether the glass you’re about to drink is going to kill you or not, you will be pretty aware of the need to test...
Charges were refiled against the city man in a case involving the discovery of drugs at a bayfront hotel in 2017. A court hearing was delayed on Monday for an Erie man charged a second time with having quantities of heroin and fentanyl that a housekeeper...
REUTERS/Tomas Bravo Although Trump doesn’t names names, Guzmán must be atop the list of “bad hombres” the president rails about. If President Trump wants to get a handle on a crisis in America by taking action at the Mexican border, he would do well to focus on...
Court of Queen's Bench on a winter day. Brandon Harder / REGwp Recently handed a hefty prison term in Edmonton for a significant fentanyl trafficking scheme, a 38-year-old man received additional time in a Regina courtroom for further drug charges.In January, Calvin George Turcsanyi admitted he...
