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Colorado law that made possession of small amounts of fentanyl a felony didn’t reduce overdose ...

Denver Post 31 Mar 2025
House Bill 1326, which passed in 2022, lowered the threshold for felony charges to one gram from four grams of any drugs containing fentanyl ... Fentanyl was a factor in close to three out of every five Colorado overdoses in 2023.
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'If I can help just one person': WNY doctors, patients featured in CNN's fentanyl report

Sioux City Journal 30 Mar 2025
Jennifer Gauthier is among the Western New Yorkers who shared their stories for "Fentanyl in America. A Way Out," a CNN report that will air at 8 p.m. Sunday ... .
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New legislation targets fentanyl-related substances as overdose crisis continues across the nation

Hastings Tribune 30 Mar 2025
A proposed law would permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as a Schedule I controlled substance and establish corresponding penalties, and federal lawmakers are pushing to see it get passed ... .
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Van found to contain suspected fentanyl during Cortez traffic stop

The Journal Durango 30 Mar 2025
Suspected fentanyl and other drug paraphernalia was seized from a van following a traffic stop in Cortez on March 26. Patrol Sgt. Vance Carver was driving north on Broadway around 8.43 a.m. when he sp... .
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General Assembly Passes Bill Targeting Fentanyl

Walker & Catoosa County News 30 Mar 2025
ATLANTA — Legislation stiffening penalties for trafficking in fentanyl in Georgia cleared the General Assembly Friday, March 28. The Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act, which now heads to Gov.
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White House faces backlash for Ghibli-inspired image of convicted fentanyl dealer

Hindustan Times 30 Mar 2025
The White House is has drawn flak after posting a Ghibli-inspired illustration of an illegal migrant and convicted fentanyl dealer, Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, in tears during her arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
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A way out: Life after fentanyl is full of hope and heartbreak for these four women

CNN 30 Mar 2025
In a letter dated March 9, Quigley, 39, said she had been sober for two years before relapsing on illicit fentanyl ... Fentanyl is one of the most powerful synthetic opioids to have infiltrated the street drug supply ... Fentanyl while pregnant.
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Lawsuit against Charleston jail staff filed years after inmate died from fentanyl overdose in cell

The Post and Courier 29 Mar 2025
A man is suing Charleston county sheriff's office and detention center well-over a year after his father died by fentanyl ingestion behind bars. The suit alleges personnel did not adequately care for and protect the inmate ... .
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Six Lafayette sheriff's deputies had fentanyl thrown on them. How dangerous is exposure?

The Advocate 29 Mar 2025
A group of Lafayette Parish Sheriff's deputies were sent the hospital Thursday after they were exposed to fentanyl when a suspect tossed the white powdery substance onto them during an arrest, according to a statement from the sheriff's office ... .
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US intelligence report says India among top suppliers of illegal fentanyl

The News International 29 Mar 2025
Fentanyl is the most common drug involved in overdose deaths in the US, reported CNN ...China remains the primary source country for illicit fentanyl precursor chemicals and pill pressing equipment, followed by India,” it added.
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Shipping firm to pay $400K to settle claims it helped Chinese companies smuggle fentanyl into US

New York Post 29 Mar 2025
A US logistics firm has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle claims it helped Chinese companies ship fentanyl into the country in a landmark case, according to US officials ... Packages containing fentanyl ...
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After baby’s fentanyl overdose, L.A. prosecutors accuse mom and grandpa of murder

The Los Angeles Times 29 Mar 2025
His grandfather, 74-year-old Jesse Milton Darthard, admitted to smoking fentanyl out of a glass pipe while next to the boy, and then falling asleep, court records show ... “Fentanyl is sort of like a loaded gun ... No one knows how he ingested the fentanyl.
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DOJ sting singes Hyderabad-based manufacturer of Fentanyl intermediary

The Hindu 28 Mar 2025
Non-state groups are often enabled, both directly and indirectly, by state actors, such as China and India as sources of precursors and equipment for drug traffickers’ ....
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Mandan man sentenced to 7 years for fentanyl, paraphernalia charges in plea deal

The Bismarck Tribune 28 Mar 2025
A 47-year-old Mandan man was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a pair of felony drug charges under an agreement with prosecutors ... .
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