China has also resumed sharing information about suspected trafficking with an international database.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Oakland mother whose 14-month-old son died of drug overdose to serve 4 years in prison
Ashley Malloy, 23, was sentenced Monday on manslaughter and drug trafficking charges in connection with the death of her son, Karson.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Uncategorized
Some Republican candidates propose acts of war against Mexico to stop fentanyl. Experts say it won’t work
Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for the 2024 nomination and long the person who has shaped his party’s rhetoric on the border, has often blamed Mexico for problems in the United States.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
The actions include charges against 8 Chinese companies accused of advertising, manufacturing and distributing precursor chemicals for synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Aroostook County mother sentenced to 4 years for toddler’s overdose death
Mariah Dobbins, 29, pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in the 2022 death of her 1-year-old son, Jaden Raymond.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Man arrested after allegedly selling fentanyl to informant from Oakland garage
Brian Ouellette, 52, faces a felony aggravated trafficking charge after allegedly selling $500 worth of the synthetic opioid.
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‘Keep them alive’: More states legalize fentanyl test strips to combat surging opioid deaths
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.
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Eduardo Porter: Fentanyl will win the war on drugs
So let’s say the United States labels Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations, like so many Republicans are demanding. Let’s say it deploys “cyberwarfare” and missile strikes against its kingpins, declares war against the cartels and sends troops across the border, whether the Mexican government agrees or not. Then what? Here’s what: Fentanyl keeps killing Americans; […]
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U.S. names veterinary drug, fentanyl mixture ‘emerging threat’
It is the first time the designation has been used it since the category for fast-growing drug dangers was created in 2019.
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Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children
The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.