PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 95 on May 19, making it a capital offense for the drug dealer when a death results from the sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine and increasing penalties for trafficking. “Someone dealing fentanyl is murdering people and they are going to go to prison in the state of Florida…
DeSantis Signs Fentanyl, Meth Bill That Enhances Penalties for Trafficking
3 Dead in Downtown LA Fentanyl Overdoses
May 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Three men are dead on May 5 in downtown Los Angeles after police say they ingested the drug fentanyl. A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who responded to their apartment is in the hospital after possibly inhaling the drug accidentally. Police were called at 11:45 p.m. on May 4 to the 600 block…
California Authorities Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill 20 Million Americans
April 24, 2022
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The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) on April 23 seized a massive quantity of the deadly opioid fentanyl—enough to kill millions of American citizens. “ACSO detectives and their partners at the Narcotics Task Force recovered 92.5 pounds of illicit fentanyl at locations in Oakland and Hayward. That’s 42,000 grams that were headed for the streets…
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…
UCLA: Adolescent Drug Overdose Deaths Rose Exponentially During Pandemic
April 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The rate of overdose deaths among U.S. teenagers nearly doubled in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, and rose another 20 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with the 10 years before the pandemic, even as drug use remained generally stable during the same period, according to new research announced…
California Lawmakers Pushing for Tougher Sentencing on Fentanyl Trafficking
March 30, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—As more young people succumb to the fatal effects of fentanyl, California’s lawmakers are proposing harsher penalties on fentanyl trafficking to combat the worsening opioid epidemic. “The scourge of fentanyl is poisoning our communities, killing our kids, and wreaking havoc all across the state of California,” Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) said in a Zoom press…
Selling Fentanyl Should Be Charged as Homicide: Riverside County District Attorney
February 23, 2022
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Selling fentanyl should be charged as homicide, on top of drug trafficking, a district attorney told the EpochTV’s “California Insider” program, where he explained the danger of fentanyl and what his office is doing to fight the deadly opioid crisis originating from “pure greed.” “The dealers are not trying to kill their clients. They just…
San Diego Man Gets 25 Years for Selling Fentanyl Pills, Leading to Fatal Overdose
February 14, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—A San Diego resident who sold fentanyl pills to another man, resulting in the victim’s fatal overdose, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Feb. 14. Jahvaris Lamoun Springfield, 32, was convicted by a federal jury in August of a count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death for selling the pills…
Orange County Board of Supervisors Calling on City Officials to Fight Fentanyl Together
February 4, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—While the state legislature is looking for a solution to the growing threat of fentanyl-related deaths plaguing Californians, Orange County officials and law enforcement have joined together to prevent the synthetic opioid from crossing county lines. The Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution on Jan. 25 to join forces with law…
Defendant ‘Hums’ in Courtroom to Avoid Hearing Fentanyl Murder Advisement
January 13, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A man who had pled guilty to possession for sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine was directed by his public defender to hum inside the courtroom to avoid hearing an advisement that he could be charged with murder if someone dies from drugs he sells, according to the Orange County district attorney. In court,…
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