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Updates on the fight against fentanyl.

(KENS 5) — CONVERSE, Texas — At 17 years old, Danica Kaprosy was struggling with insomnia and food allergies that caused her pain. While her family tried to find alternatives …

(FOX News) — Authorities in Texas have busted a suspected fentanyl lab in Houston which was disguised as a car rental, and which law enforcement believe is linked to Mexican …

(Surgical Times) — Plastic surgeons were alerted Thursday to an escalating national crisis that could place their patients at risk of death. Fake pain medications are easier to obtain than …

(U.S. DEA) — DENVER, CO – 57-year-old Bruce Holder of Grand Junction, CO has been sentenced to life in federal prison. In April 2021, Holder was convicted of conspiracy to …

(ABC News)—A Colorado man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling a teenager what appeared to be prescription oxycodone pills that actually contained fentanyl. In August, 23-year-old Nathaniel …

(YourBasin/Nexstar Media) — At the intersection of 8th and Dixie in Odessa, you can find the new billboard for the 1:11 Project. They’re a new advocacy group that looks to …

(The Wall Street Journal)—There were 133 opioid-related deaths among children younger than 3 last year, according to federal mortality data, up from 67 in 2020 and 51 in 2019. Synthetic …

(National Crime Prevention Council) — The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the business practices of Snap, Inc. as the platform of choice …

(District Attorney, Santa Clara County) — A San Jose drug dealer has been charged with murder after he sold fentanyl to a man who fatally overdosed. The decomposed victim was found …

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