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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte assails Marcos, accusing him of plotting to expand his grip on power
Read full article: Ex-Philippine leader Duterte assails Marcos, accusing him of plotting to expand his grip on powerFormer Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and even raising the prospect of removing him from office.
In Mexico, Yellen announces economics sanctions as the US aims to crack down on fentanyl trafficking
Read full article: In Mexico, Yellen announces economics sanctions as the US aims to crack down on fentanyl traffickingTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced economic sanctions against 15 people and two companies that the United States says are linked to a Mexican drug cartel.
Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting
Read full article: Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote countingElection officials around the country are stocking up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone after a series of suspicious mailings — some containing traces of fentanyl — were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states.
Local election workers have been under siege since 2020. Now they face fentanyl-laced letters
Read full article: Local election workers have been under siege since 2020. Now they face fentanyl-laced lettersThreatening letters sent to local election offices in at least five states, some including fentanyl, are the latest concern for local election workers around the country.
The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
Read full article: The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl traffickingThe Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States.
US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy
Read full article: US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategyThe U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new government-wide strategy that will target not only fentanyl but precursor materials used to make the synthetic opioid.
US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
Read full article: US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producersThe Biden administration is taking aim at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug.
Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisis
Read full article: Families of those killed by fentanyl gather at DEA as US undergoes deadliest overdose crisisAbout 150 people from families who have lost a loved one to fentanyl poisoning have gathered at the headquarters of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the U.S. faces its deadliest overdose crisis.
Washtenaw County Health Department: Overdose deaths increased 33% in three years
Read full article: Washtenaw County Health Department: Overdose deaths increased 33% in three yearsOfficials said 86% of opioid overdose deaths in 2022 involved fentanyl, 75% involved other substances and 63% involved stimulants like cocaine or methamphetamine.
Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales
Read full article: Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill salesMexico has closed 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico were offering foreigners pills they passed off as Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall.
Sources say Grosse Pointe Woods police missed suspected drug evidence in deaths of 3 people
Read full article: Sources say Grosse Pointe Woods police missed suspected drug evidence in deaths of 3 peopleSources told Local 4 that Grosse Pointe Woods police missed suspected drug evidence when responding to two homes where three people had died.
Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
Read full article: Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs lawA 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.
Fentanyl awareness day: How to find treatment, harm reduction services, and overdose data
Read full article: Fentanyl awareness day: How to find treatment, harm reduction services, and overdose dataOfficials are working to bring attention to the dangers of fentanyl on National Fentanyl Awareness Day.
El Chapo's son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl
Read full article: El Chapo's son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanylThe United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador talked with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis.
More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill wins passage
Read full article: More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill wins passageOver the course of a year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used the hammer of its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial restrictions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, turning Russia into the most sanctioned country in the world.
How PlayStation box in Novi helped feds seize enough fentanyl ‘to kill entire population of Michigan’
Read full article: How PlayStation box in Novi helped feds seize enough fentanyl ‘to kill entire population of Michigan’FBI agents broke down how they used a PlayStation box to track down a drug stash in Novi that led to the seizure of enough fentanyl “to kill the entire population of Michigan.”
Metro Detroit mother on mission to raise awareness about dangers of fentanyl after death of son
Read full article: Metro Detroit mother on mission to raise awareness about dangers of fentanyl after death of sonA Clarkston woman is making it her mission to raise awareness about the dangers of synthetic opiods, like fentanyl.
Birmingham family to join lawsuit seeking damages from Snapchat over son’s death
Read full article: Birmingham family to join lawsuit seeking damages from Snapchat over son’s deathA grieving Birmingham family says enough is enough, as they’ve joined a lawsuit seeking damages from the social media site Snapchat over the death of their son.
Man wanted in West Virginia caught at Detroit Greyhound bus station with gun, meth, fentanyl
Read full article: Man wanted in West Virginia caught at Detroit Greyhound bus station with gun, meth, fentanylA man wanted for a drug charge out of West Virginia was caught at a Greyhound bus station in Detroit while in possession of bags containing a gun, ammunition, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, police said.
DEA warns of ‘rainbow fentanyl’ targeting youth in Southeast Michigan
Read full article: DEA warns of ‘rainbow fentanyl’ targeting youth in Southeast MichiganIt’s the deadliest drug threat in America, and it only took days for rainbow fentanyl to appear in Michigan after the DEA warned it was coming.
Rural Florida county shocked by fentanyl deaths over holiday
Read full article: Rural Florida county shocked by fentanyl deaths over holidayA small, rural county just west of Florida’s capital is stunned by an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl mixed with other illegal drugs.
Police: Michigan man nabbed in North Dakota with $1 million worth of opioids
Read full article: Police: Michigan man nabbed in North Dakota with $1 million worth of opioidsAuthorities say a Michigan man appeared in court Tuesday after Minot police seized 15,000 fentanyl pills and 80 grams of fentanyl powder with an estimated street value of more than $1 million.
Police say Romulus man is linked to drugs shipped in cat litter, ammo found in crashed SUV
Read full article: Police say Romulus man is linked to drugs shipped in cat litter, ammo found in crashed SUVPolice said they have linked a Romulus man to a baggie of fentanyl that was shipped in a box of cat litter and ammunition found inside an SUV that crashed into a pole.
Police: Multiple firearms, over 3K grams of drugs recovered from Detroit home
Read full article: Police: Multiple firearms, over 3K grams of drugs recovered from Detroit homeLaw enforcement officers from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and Detroit police on Tuesday busted a person deemed “dangerous” with a large sum of drugs, officials said.
Video: Sterling Heights police chase car, man transporting 20,000 fentanyl pills from Mexican cartel
Read full article: Video: Sterling Heights police chase car, man transporting 20,000 fentanyl pills from Mexican cartelSterling Heights police released video of officers chasing down a car and an illegal immigrant who transported 20,000 fentanyl pills into the city from a Mexican drug cartel, officials said.
Sterling Heights police find 20,000 fentanyl pills from Mexican drug cartel in hidden car compartments
Read full article: Sterling Heights police find 20,000 fentanyl pills from Mexican drug cartel in hidden car compartmentsSterling Heights police found 20,000 fentanyl pills inside the hidden compartments of a vehicle and arrested a man and a woman who admitted they had entered the country illegally from Mexico to transport the drugs for a cartel, officials said.
13 people -- 9 Detroiters -- charged in fentanyl, meth, cocaine distribution scheme
Read full article: 13 people -- 9 Detroiters -- charged in fentanyl, meth, cocaine distribution schemeNine people from Detroit and four people from Phoenix have been charged in a drug and money laundering conspiracy linked to the distribution of fentanyl, meth, cocaine and marijuana, officials said.
Port Huron man arrested after crystal meth, fentanyl, cocaine found at home, police say
Read full article: Port Huron man arrested after crystal meth, fentanyl, cocaine found at home, police sayA Port Huron man was arrested after officials found crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine at his home, according to authorities.
Couple driving 5 mph with flat tire on Troy road arrested after fentanyl found in car, police say
Read full article: Couple driving 5 mph with flat tire on Troy road arrested after fentanyl found in car, police sayA husband and wife who were driving 5 mph with a flat tire on a Troy road were arrested after police found fentanyl in the glove box, authorities said.
Meth mixed with fentanyl is being disguised as Xanax, Adderall and Vicodin in Metro Detroit
Read full article: Meth mixed with fentanyl is being disguised as Xanax, Adderall and Vicodin in Metro DetroitOfficials with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said meth has made a major comeback in Metro Detroit. They said there’s more of it and it looks different than before.
DEA issues warning against fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and meth
Read full article: DEA issues warning against fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methThe US Drug Enforcement Agency is officially issuing a public warning to inform everyone of fake prescription pills that may contain dangerous drugs including fentanyl and meth.
Grosse Pointe man gets 57 months behind bars for selling fentanyl in West Virginia
Read full article: Grosse Pointe man gets 57 months behind bars for selling fentanyl in West VirginiaA Grosse Pointe man was sentenced to 57 months behind bars for selling fentanyl in West Virginia, federal officials said.
Michigan state trooper overcome by fentanyl during traffic stop, saved by Narcan
Read full article: Michigan state trooper overcome by fentanyl during traffic stop, saved by NarcanA Michigan State Police trooper came into contact with fentanyl during a traffic stop Thursday and fell to the ground, officials said.
Warren police bust drug ring selling cocaine laced with fentanyl
Read full article: Warren police bust drug ring selling cocaine laced with fentanylThey believe the three taken into custody are the leaders of a ring selling cocaine laced with fentanyl that has killed three people in Warren. Jermaine Tate, 38, has been charged with conducting criminal enterprise, delivery/manufacturing fentanyl and three counts of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture fentanyl. Nathaniel Clark, 32, as been charged with conducting criminal enterprise, three counts of delivery/manufacturing fentanyl and three counts of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture fentanyl. Terry Jamal Gaskins, 34, has been charged with conducting criminal enterprise, three counts of delivery/manufacturing fentanyl and three counts of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture fentanyl. Authorities said they’ve been distributing cocaine laced with fentanyl, cut down to make a larger profit.
3 arrested in connection with Warren fentanyl ring, more arrests likely
Read full article: 3 arrested in connection with Warren fentanyl ring, more arrests likelyWARREN, Mich. – An investigation into a large-scale group alleged to be manufacturing and distributing fentanyl across Metro Detroit culminated in the arrests of three people. (Stopping Narcotic Overdoses in Warren) began investigating in November after the death of a 47-year-old resident. Jermaine Tate, 38, has been charged with conducting criminal enterprise, delivery/manufacturing fentanyl and three counts of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture fentanyl. Nathaniel Clark, 32, as been charged with conducting criminal enterprise, three counts of delivery/manufacturing fentanyl and three counts of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture fentanyl. Terry Jamal Gaskins, 34, has been charged with conducting criminal enterprise, three counts of delivery/manufacturing fentanyl and three counts of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture fentanyl.
‘Purple heroin’ linked to several overdose cases, 1 death in Michigan
Read full article: ‘Purple heroin’ linked to several overdose cases, 1 death in MichiganDETROIT – The Michigan Poison Center at the Wayne State University School of Medicine is issuing a warning about recent reports involving “purple heroin” in Michigan. The drug has been linked to several overdoses in the Upper Peninsula and one overdose-related death in Van Buren County. Samples of the drug were sent to the Michigan State Police Laboratory for testing. They do not know if “purple heroin” is colored before or after arriving in Michigan. The Michigan Poison Center is available by calling this number 800-222-1222.
Warren police operation seizes 75 guns, $107,000 in drug money
Read full article: Warren police operation seizes 75 guns, $107,000 in drug moneyWARREN, Mich. – Police in Warren responded to a recent uptick in crime with Operation SNAG, which helped get guns, drugs and criminals off the streets. City officials held a press conference Thursday to discuss SNAG, which stands for Saving Neighborhoods Against Guns. It includes a police task force getting deep into areas where there have been shootings and armed robberies. Police said more than two dozen guns seized are at a crime lab being tested. Warren mayor Jim Fouts commended the Warren Police Department for Operation SNAG and said the task force saved lives.
Warren police operation seizes 75 guns, $107,000 in drug money
Read full article: Warren police operation seizes 75 guns, $107,000 in drug moneyWarren police operation seizes 75 guns, $107,000 in drug moneyPublished: September 10, 2020, 5:29 pmPolice in Warren responded to a recent uptick in crime with Operation SNAG, which helped get guns, drugs and criminals off the streets.
‘McDonald’s for drugs': Leader of massive Detroit drug operation sentenced to 30 years in prison
Read full article: ‘McDonald’s for drugs': Leader of massive Detroit drug operation sentenced to 30 years in prisonDETROIT – The leader of a massive heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl operation in Detroit is headed to prison for 30 years. Officials said Demarco Tempo, who goes by Polo, was called “a McDonald’s for drugs” by former customers. Authorities said an investigation into a rash of non-fatal fentanyl overdoses and a fatal overdose in Warren led to an investigation in 2016. According to authorities, Tempo’s organization was selling heroin mixed with fentanyl, and sometimes just fentanyl, to people. Many of them were convicted on numerous charges related to distribution, conspiracy to distribute and other charges related to overdoses.
3 Detroit residents arrested after meth, fentanyl sold to undercover officials
Read full article: 3 Detroit residents arrested after meth, fentanyl sold to undercover officialsWOLVERINE, Mich. – Three Detroit residents were arrested earlier this week after methamphetamine and fentanyl were sold to undercover officials. Hariston is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver fentanyl. Bennett is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine, delivery of methamphetamine, conspiracy to deliver fentanyl and delivery of fentanyl. McAfee is charged with conspiracy to deliver methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver fentanyl. He also received a habitual offender -- fourth offense notice, which carries a possible life sentence.
Michigan State Police: 3 million doses of fentanyl seized in I-94 traffic stop
Read full article: Michigan State Police: 3 million doses of fentanyl seized in I-94 traffic stopPAW PAW, Mich. – Michigan State Police seized three kilograms of fentanyl during a traffic stop on I-94 in Southwest Michigan. Michigan State Police made the stop in Van Buren County after troopers spotted “several indicators of criminal activity,” eventually searching the vehicle and finding the hidden drugs, WOOD TV reports. “The amount of fentanyl involved in this case is alarming and not typical of what we see day to day,” Capt. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. Like morphine, it is a medicine that is typically used to treat patients with severe pain, especially after surgery.
Fentanyl deadliest drug in US, but meth kills more in some places
Read full article: Fentanyl deadliest drug in US, but meth kills more in some placesHannelore Foerster/Getty Images(CNN) - Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug in the United States, but in some areas of the country, methamphetamine kills more people. In 2017, fentanyl was associated with 38.9% of all drug overdose deaths, an increase from 2016, when it was associated with 29% of all fatal overdoses. This is the second year that CDC analyzed fatal overdoses in this way. While fentanyl was the most common drug involved in fatal overdoses nationally, there was a geographic divide, the report said. In 2017, the latest year for which complete data is available, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses.
San Francisco inmates, deputies hospitalized after narcotic exposure
Read full article: San Francisco inmates, deputies hospitalized after narcotic exposureCopyright 2019 CNNSAN FRANCISCO - Five inmates and eight deputies from a San Francisco County jail were taken to the hospital after exposure to a narcotic -- possibly fentanyl, authorities said. The San Francisco Fire Department responded Tuesday evening to a call from sheriff's deputies who found an unresponsive inmate at County Jail #4 at the Hall of Justice. The inmate, along with four others who showed symptoms, were given Narcan and transported to a local hospital, the San Francisco Sheriff's Department said in a statement. Eight deputies who administered CPR on scene were also exposed to the narcotic and taken to local hospitals. The fire department has cleared the affected area but it still needs to be decontaminated, authorities said.
6 prison staffers hospitalized for possible fentanyl exposure
Read full article: 6 prison staffers hospitalized for possible fentanyl exposureWikimedia Commons(CNN) - Six staff members at a prison in Connecticut were taken to local hospitals for possible exposure to fentanyl, the potent synthetic opioid, the Connecticut Department of Correction said. An ambulance was called to the Cheshire Correctional Institute, a state prison, at 9 a.m. on Tuesday to take a correctional officer in medical distress to the hospital, the department said in a statement. The Department of Correction and Connecticut State Police are investigating. The correctional institution has 428 current staffers and emphasizes rewards for deserving inmates, including in educational programming, its website states. That potency means that police, first responders and prison staffers can overdose or suffer health effects after even a minor encounter with the drug.