Tag: Fentanyl
Fentanyl came to a tiny UP town. Then the funerals began
One after another, Rapid Riverâs youth died of overdoses, as a small town learned it canât escape Michiganâs opioid crisis….
Baranyai: Politicians abandon evidence for ideology
We put our faith in evidence-based practices, because there’s a body of data supporting improved outcomes.
Woman pleads guilty to fatally stabbing boyfriend during fight while high
Christine Bishop and Terry Albert’s relationship was described as “tumultuous.” The couple didn’t share any children, but both were addicted to drugs, including fentanyl, the powerful, highly addictive synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times more powerful than morphine and the main drug implicated in the ongoing opioid drug crisis. Both of them were […]
SIMS: The U.S. complains about our fentanyl. What about their handguns?
These are examples of cases that have become way too common in the local courts. A 31-year-old man was acquitted Wednesday in a London courtroom after a trial on a charge of pointing a handgun at another man during an argument along the Richmond Row bar strip, largely because the evidence from witnesses at the […]
KFF: A 3,000-foot view of how states are spending opioid settlement cash
In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?