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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2018

Video: 24 Guards, Inmates Treated for Opioid Exposure in Ohio Prison

As officers and medical responders arrived, a total of 28 individuals were treated through the administration of naloxone.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2018

Ohio Police Chief Overdosed on Fentanyl Allegedly Taken from Evidence

The Chief of Police for the Kirkersville (OH) Police Department who was found dead in his home on May 25 reportedly died of acute intoxication by fentanyl, according to a coroner's report.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 29, 2018

Texas LEO Hospitalized After Contact with Fentanyl-Laced Flyer

Several dozen flyers were placed on sheriff's office vehicles in the parking lot of the east Houston facility.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 14, 2018

Ohio Drug Smuggling Task Force Announces Major Fentanyl Seizure

Officials said that the volume of drugs had “the capability of killing more than four million people.”

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 29, 2018

Nebraska Troopers Seize 44 Pounds of Suspected Fentanyl at Traffic Stop

Troopers searched the vehicle and discovered a false compartment located in the empty trailer. The compartment contained 42 foil-wrapped packages containing 73 pounds of cocaine and 44 pounds of an unknown powder suspected to be fentanyl.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 28, 2018

3 Wisconsin Officers Treated for Fentanyl Exposure

Officers said they spotted a man and a woman in a stolen vehicle in the parking lot. While searching that vehicle, officers say they removed a purse that had an unknown substance in it. One officer began feeling ill while still on the scene, the other showed symptoms back at the station.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 14, 2018

Protecting Police Dogs From Fentanyl

Fentanyl is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin—so deadly that just a few inhaled grains can cause an overdose. (A few human police officers have been hospitalized after accidentally inhaling puffs of the substance.) That can be a problem when sniffing is a police dog’s primary mode of detective work.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 1, 2018

Halyard Health Introduces Fentanyl-Resistant Gloves for First Responders

Black-Fire powder-free nitrile exam gloves safeguard against exposure and are tested according to the ASTM D6978 guidelines and found to resist permeation of fentanyl for up to 240 minutes.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 16, 2018

Trump Wants Federal Death Penalty for Some Opioid Dealers

In addition to a federal death penalty for some drug dealers, the White House plan also calls for making it easier to invoke the mandatory minimum sentence for drug traffickers who knowingly distribute illegal opioids that can be lethal, like fentanyl.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2018

MX908 Responds to the Fentanyl Crisis with New Drug Hunter Mode

MX908TM leverages high-pressure mass spectrometry TM to deliver dramatically enhanced sensitivity and broader threat category coverage.

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