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Sep 18, 2023 · Judge Steve Burgess tries to tackle his city’s fentanyl-fueled drug problem one low-level charge at a time. Denton County Judge Steve Burgess wipes away tears as he listens...
Judge Steve Burgess tries to tackle his city’s fentanyl-fueled drug problem one low-level charge at a time. Denton County Judge Steve Burgess wipes away tears as he listens to Sarah Taylor (right) speak about her son’s deadly overdose for the first time publicly in the First Offender Drug Program on Sept. 13.
Nov 27, 2023 · The arrival of fentanyl around the pandemic is called a “third wave” by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following earlier phases driven by prescription opioids and then...
- Patrick Crowley
Dec 12, 2022 · Our drug-control strategy is an embarrassment, and it doesn’t begin to propose a way of reversing this problem.” The American fentanyl crisis deepened during the coronavirus pandemic. From ...
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Washington was ranked third worst in the US for illicit drug use disorder - narrowly beaten by Oregon - and the grip that narcotics like fentanyl have on the addict populationin the state seems to be spiraling out of control. Drug-related deaths in 2021 surpassed 2,000 - a staggering 66 percent increase for Washington compared to two years prior. T...
The drug Xylazine, or 'tranq,' has been found in more than 90 percent of fentanyl samples in Philadelphia. It often causes gashing wounds and abscesses. So much so that in Philadelphia, emergency rooms have seen skin and soft issue injuries increase four-fold in the last three years. Philadelphia has become the epicenter for tranq, which has rapidl...
Fentanyl has killed thousands of Californians in recent years. According to official data, there were 5,622 fentanyl-related fatal overdoses in 2021 - with nearly 225 of those being teenagers as young as 15 years old. In January, a senate billwas introduced, requiring all K-12 schools to carry a supply of naloxone on-site in the event of an fentany...
Last week, police seized rainbow fentanyl from a Portlandmotel room as part of a major drug trafficking sting. The suspect is believed to be part of a ring responsible for bringing large amounts of the narcotics into Oregon. During the raid, police found more than two kilograms of rainbow-colored fentanyl packaged and ready to be given to people on...
In response to the fentanyl endemic, the Boston Attorney General's New England Fentanyl Strike Force was launched in 2016 to specifically target the sources of dangerous distribution on Massachusetts streets. And since its creation, the Strike Force has arrested more than 580 suspects and seized over 439 kilos of heroin and fentanyl. In December 20...
Homelessness and drug abuse is not new in the Big Apple, however in recent months the fentanyl epidemic has seemingly taken over - with people brazenly becoming 'zombies' in daylight. A group of people were seen on 100th street near Central Park sitting on benches as they smoked the drug. On the West Coast, a similar picture is painted. Los Angeles...
Connecticut's attempts to crack down on its drug problem were evident in September 2022 - when a local was jailed for nearly seven years in New Haven for trafficking hundreds of grams of fentanyl. Federal prosecutors locked up David Cintron, 26, who was believed to be selling the toxic drugs across the region. When he was arrested he was found flus...
In recent years, New Orleans has increasingly struggled with drug use on its streets - with the number of deaths in the city linked to narcotics having increased five-fold since 2015. In April 2022, figures showed that drug related deaths rose by one third compared to a year prior, according to Coroner Dwight McKenna - who pointed the blame at powe...
- Claudia Aoraha
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Feb 23, 2023 · Opioid Crisis. Fentanyl-related deaths hold steady in major cities. NYC medical examiner says drug overdoes account for 80%-85% of city’s accidental deaths. By CB Cotton Fox News....
Jan 31, 2024 · FILE - A man prepares to smoke fentanyl on a park bench in downtown Portland, Ore., on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Several elected leaders in Oregon declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, for downtown Portland over the public health and public safety crisis fueled by fentanyl. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File) Updated 5: ...
