An Ohio jury on Wednesday found Dr. William Husel, who had been accused of giving patients lethal doses of fentanyl, not guilty of 14 counts of murder, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper reported. Husel, a former doctor with the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System, was accused in Franklin County of purposely causing the death of 14…
‘Kids Continue to Die Every Day’: Father Who Lost Son to Fentanyl Slams California Legislature’s Rejection of Bill to Punish Dealers
April 21, 2022
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California lawmakers recently tried to take bold action to combat the growing fentanyl crisis by increasing the punishment for drug traffickers and sellers. However, according to an advocate, a bill that would have helped address the issue was “shot down” by the state Assembly’s Public Safety Committee on April 19. Jaime Puerta, a California resident…
CA Democratic Lawmaker’s Push for Tougher Fentanyl Penalties Fails
April 20, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—Amid a growing opioid crisis, the effort to impose harsher penalties on fentanyl trafficking failed in an Assembly committee on April 19 by a 3–2 vote. Assembly Bill (AB) 2246 would have re-classified fentanyl as a Schedule I drug along the lines of heroin and cocaine. Under the proposal, traffickers would have faced 20 years…
Dealer Who Supplied Mac Miller With Fentanyl Sentenced to Nearly 11 Years in Prison
One of the drug dealers charged in connection to the fatal fentanyl overdose of rapper Mac Miller has been sentenced on Monday to nearly 11 years in prison. Ryan Michael Reavis, 38, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright at a California federal court to 10 years and 11 month…
Fentanyl Killing Americans at Unprecedented Rate, DEA Says
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has warned of a surge in mass overdose events involving fentanyl, a highly addictive and deadly drug, across the United States, stating that the drug is killing Americans at an “unprecedented” rate. Mass overdose events are described by the DEA as those involving three or more overdoses occurring within the same location and within…
Up From Rock Bottom: Recovery From a National Overdose Epidemic
April 6, 2022
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Commentary WILLS, Pennsylvania—Andrew Ayers is busy working on loading and unloading several machines at Guy Chemical—a massive, 30,000-square-foot industrial facility that sits tucked along the border of a tiny unincorporated town in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. People call Ayers one of the lucky ones for surviving his addiction to both heroin and methamphetamine, but he says…
Colorado Couple Charged in Toddler’s Fentanyl Death
BRIGHTON, Colo.—A Colorado couple face felony charges in connection with the fentanyl death of their 1-year-old child, whom prosecutors say died after ingesting enough of the extremely lethal drug to kill an adult. Alonzo Montoya, 31, and Nicole Casias, 30, of the Denver suburb of Brighton were charged with child abuse resulting in death and…
Mission Viejo Cracks Down on Fentanyl, Catalytic Converter Thefts
March 25, 2022
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MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—Mission Viejo is cracking down on crime after its city council passed two ordinances Mar. 22 where it supported the county’s stance against fentanyl and another that will seek to reduce thefts of catalytic converters. The city council voted unanimously to approve a resolution supporting Orange County’s own resolution that commits to eliminating…
Non-COVID Excess Deaths Decline in Ages 18-49
Last year’s dramatic spike in excess deaths—mortality not attributed to COVID-19—has appeared to wane. Between October and January, the number of such deaths decreased by more than half, according to death certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In January, fewer than 7,500 Americans died in excess of the average for the same…
4 Men Hospitalized in Fentanyl Incident Days After Spring Breakers Overdosed, Deputies Say
By Eileen Kelley From South Florida Sun Sentinel Four men were taken to the hospital Sunday evening for a medical emergency involving the potentially lethal drug fentanyl. The incident was just three days after four U.S. Military cadets from West Point were among six people who overdosed at a rental home Thursday in Wilton Manors….
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