Fentanyl

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug that is used as a pain medication and anesthetic. It is about 100 times more potent than morphine, making it a highly effective pain reliever for patients who have developed a tolerance to other opioids. However, its potency also makes it a highly dangerous and addictive drug, and it is often used illegally. Fentanyl can be taken in a variety of forms, including pills, patches, and injections. Overdoses of fentanyl can be life-threatening and can lead to slowed breathing, loss of consciousness, and even death.

 

 

Accused GTA (Greater Toronto Area) killer nabbed with two others in sex trafficking investigation – Toronto Sun
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Accused GTA (Greater Toronto Area) killer nabbed with two others in sex trafficking investigation – Toronto Sun

One of three Greater Toronto Area (GTA – not the game, Grand Theft Auto) men arrested for allegedly sex trafficking an Edmonton teen was pinched in April for the cold-blooded 2021 murder of a Scarborough dad following a Leafs game, the Toronto Sun has learned. Abilaziz Mohamed, 32, had sat atop the BOLO program as…

Florida Man Charged with Sex Trafficking and Firearm Offenses
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Florida Man Charged with Sex Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

BOSTON – A Florida man has been charged with allegedly trafficking two women to engage in commercial sex acts and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Angelo Dominic Lombardo, 27, was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud and coercion and one…

Nurse practitioner arrested for human trafficking, narcotics
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Nurse practitioner arrested for human trafficking, narcotics

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A psychiatric nurse practitioner in Louisiana has been arrested on human trafficking and drug charges, authorities said. Mark Damian Declouet Jr., who worked in the Alexandria area, was booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on Wednesday, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The area’s drug enforcement unit…

The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere
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The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

How to address the ongoing threat of illegal drug use in the United States remains a persistent challenge. The activities of increasingly sophisticated transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) exacerbate that challenge for the whole of the Western Hemisphere. The incoming Biden administration should be especially wary of the likely inevitable growth of fentanyl shipment through maritime…