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Almost 2,000 Fentanyl overdoses in Florida in 2022. On August 3, Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis announced an expansion of substance abuse and recovery initiatives in the state, intended to address the opioid addiction crisis being witnessed in the state.

Monique Elizabeth Carter, 36, of Middleburg has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for tampering with the medication of patients, specifically, injectable fentanyl.

(Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash) Heather Willard / NewsBreak Denver / July 28, 2022. (Aurora, Colo.) Antonio Espinosa-Tovar, 29, faces up to 20 years in prison, in addition to possible fines, after a jury convicted him on Wednesday of child abuse and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, both felonies.

They blame "Biden's Border Crisis" for flow of the dangerous drug. On July 20, Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody launched what seems like a coordinated attack on the issue of the illegal flow of counterfeit versions of the highly addictive opioid Fentanyl, and the source of it - what Gov. DeSantis has termed "Biden's Border Crisis".

Does the crisis at the border affect Missouri? The A.G. of Arizona says it affects the whole country & the fentanyl crossing the border is alarming. Illegal immigrants trying to cross the border.Pink Politic/Twitter.

(Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (PORTLAND, Ore.) Hello Portlanders! It's Thursday, June 30 - Here's your daily round up of all the news happening in the City of Roses. 1. OHSU panel discusses dangers of fentanyl use among teens.

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Cases containing collagen supplement pill bottles taken from the scene. Police say the bottles were filled with fentanyl tablets.Courtesy of Casa Grande Police Department. (Casa Grande, Ariz.) — Casa Grande Police on Monday took into custody two women who stand accused of possessing and transporting 500,000 fentanyl pills through Pinal County.

Fentanyl has replaced heroin as the opioid of choice in Pennsylvania. According to a newly released report by the Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics Investigation (BNI), the agency seized more than forty times the amount of fentanyl than heroin in the first three months of 2022, already surpassing last year's fentanyl seizures. In 2021, BNI seized more fentanyl than in the previous four years combined.

Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Safety issued a dire warning to parents; Fentanyl is killing adults and our youth. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18-45. This surpasses car accidents, cancer, and suicide.

On May 19 Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis signed new legislation intended to tackle the flow of illegal fentanyl across the U.S. southern border with Mexico. HB95 - the controlled substances bill was approved during the state's legislative season and is intended to assist in preventing the flow of the opioid and synthetic variants of it, into the United States.

(Scott Olson/Getty Images) (PORTLAND, Ore.) Hello Portlanders! It's Thursday, May 19 - Here's your daily round up of all the news happening in the City of Roses. 1. Several Portland Starbucks locations vote to unionize.

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May 10th, 2022 is the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day, a day advocates, families, the DEA along with over 150 other partners will join together to raise awareness on the rapidly growing fentanyl crisis happening across our nation. People are dying at an alarming rate due to illicit Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. The nation hit a record in overdose deaths in a single year, from 2020-2021 over 100,000 people died from an overdose. Overdose numbers have tripled amongst teenagers in the last 2 years. Fentanyl has been the culprit in more deaths of people ages 13-45 then any other cause of death, including heart disease, cancer and all other accidents. Our young teens are being targeted, and they don't even know it. 35% of Americas teen haven't had any education on fentanyl or any other type of illicit drugs. They are experimenting with death as drug dealers are flooding our streets with fake pills laced with fentanyl.

Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock, left, talks about the fentanyl crisis as county commissioners Abe Laydon and George Teal listen. |Douglas County. [DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLO.] The battle to fight the fentanyl crisis in Douglas County will take work at the local, state and federal levels was one of the messages at a Tuesday night town hall meeting in Castle Rock. The county also needs more addiction counseling and treatment programs.

(Denver, Colo.) Denver City Attorney Kristin Bronson is organizing a statewide summit to train law enforcement officials on investigating and prosecuting fentanyl-related deaths.

A daily dose of prescriptive drugs.Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash. (Castle Rock, Colo.) Douglas County residents can protect their family and community by safely disposing of unneeded prescription medication through the Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 30.

(DENVER, Colo.) Hello and happy Monday to you and yours, Denver Rounder-Uppers!. Welcome back to another Monday edition of the Denver Daily Round-Up. The last week of March is underway. Although Monday in Denver will be dry and warm with a high temperature near 81, a storm system will arrive Tuesday, with rain and snow showers.

Needles sit on the ground amidst other trash.Jonathon Gonzalez on Unsplash. (Douglas County, Colo.) Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock has seen overdose rates in his community rise significantly since 2019.

(Nathan Howard/Getty Images) (PORTLAND, Ore.) Hello Portlanders! It's Friday, March 18 - Here's your daily round up of all the news happening in the City of Roses. 1. Drug bust leads to arrests of 12 people, seizures of property.