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Marking what they called a “high water mark” in the effort to combat the region’s fentanyl crisis, state and local officials announced Wednesday that they had seized 50 million doses of the deadly synthetic drug in raids across Pennsylvania this year.
Investigators said they found 25 kilograms of suspected fentanyl powder, more than 90,000 fentanyl pills, and 24 firearms at the site.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is promoting an anti-drug ad campaign from a Trump-affiliated nonprofit—including one spot that links fentanyl-contaminated marijuana to overdose deaths and depicts a lit cannabis joint as part of the macabre PSA.
Trump's long-awaited meeting with the Chinese president. A 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. And, Hurricane Melissa's death toll rises as it causes more destruction in the Caribbean.
Montgomery County deputies are investigating a possible case of fentanyl poisoning linked to a flyer handed out at a local library. Two employees at the R.B. Tullis Library in New Caney reported falling ill Tuesday afternoon after receiving a damp, pink-tinted flyer from a woman in the parking lot, according to Precinct 4 Constable Rowdy Hayden.
Prosecutors have filed a felony murder charge against a Palmdale mother whose 2-year-old son died after ingesting fentanyl nearly two years ago. Anaie Garcia Flores, 23, pleaded not guilty to murder and child abuse resulting in death at her arraignment on Oct.
Republican senators introduce bills targeting nitazenes, synthetic opioids potentially deadlier than fentanyl. New legislation aims to detect, classify and sanction the threat.
Ten people were arrested in connection with three significant, interrelated, drug and gun trafficking conspiracies.