A homeowner in Winslow, Maine, had to file a complaint with police after two packages arrived from California containing nearly 30 pounds of pills containing fentanyl. The homeowner, unnamed by the Winslow Police Department, received the first package on May 3 and the second package on May 4. They had not ordered anything and were […]
A pair of people, one a homeless man, were found dead in a man-dug cave Sunday in Northridge, near Los Angeles. White powder containing fentanyl was also found. At 10:30 a.m., Los Angeles City Fire Department personnel arrived at the cave and found the two deceased along with the powder. Hazardous material specialists were called while another team […]
If you were to ask yourself when America has faced the very worst drug crisis in its history the answer would be right now. For the first time in U.S. history, fatal overdoses peaked above 112,000 deaths, with young people and people of color among the hardest hit. Drug policy experts, and people living with […]
Beijing’s communist government is supporting illicit trade in deadly fentanyl by offering tax rebates and other incentives to manufacturers in China, according to a bipartisan report by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. An investigation by the committee, based on data gathered from the Chinese government’s internet, revealed extensive links between fentanyl […]
Opioid overdose deaths hit a record high in the District of Columbia in 2023, rising by more than 12% from 2022, according to a new report released by the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In 2023, 518 deaths were connected to the use of opioids at a 73% mortality rate versus 461 deaths […]
Last month, Gov. Tina Kotek said she would accept the recommendations of a task force put in place over the summer to study how best to help Portland recover from its host of problems. The solutions recommended by the task force were really just common sense. The city would need to hire more police and […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and Democratic local officials have declared a 90-day state of emergency to combat rampant fentanyl use in Portland. The emergency is part of an effort to revisit Oregon’s 2020 decision to become the first state in the nation to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs such as heroin, meth and fentanyl. […]
Gov. Tina Kotek (D-Ore.), Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, and Portland, Ore., Mayor Ted Wheeler all made 90-day emergency declarations for the city of Portland to address the fentanyl crisis that is sweeping the downtown area. “We cannot underestimate the tremendous value of bringing leaders from different disciplines […]
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