Florida cop who overdosed after being exposed to fentanyl during A traffic stop speaking about her near-death experience, saying she would have died if fellow officers had not been around. Officer Courtney Bannick of the Tavares Police Department lost consciousness after accidentally ingesting the powerful narcotic — which is 100 times more potent than heroin … Read more
A 15-year-old Los Angeles student who died of a suspected overdose went missing eight hours before her friend’s stepfather found her body inside her high school bathroom, attorneys for a new trial said Wednesday. Student Melanie Ramos was pronounced dead in a bathroom by paramedics one September evening after Helen Bernstein High School officials didn’t … Read more
A Florida police officer was administered three doses of Narcan after he was exposed to fentanyl and reportedly overdosed during a traffic stop on Tuesday. Shocking video shows the moment Tavares Officer Courtney Bannick was administered opioid overdose-reversing medication just after midnight as he lay motionless on the side of a road. Bannick found the … Read more
An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with the tragic fentanyl-overdose death of his fraternity brother at a Florida graduation party in May, authorities said. is John David Nabors, 26, of Mountain Brook facing felony charges Delivering the drug that caused death at the Santa Rosa Beach Bash after dosing best man Thomas Gleason … Read more
Scientists believe they have developed a vaccine that will prevent fentanyl from entering the brain and keeping users from getting high – a breakthrough being hailed as a “game changer” in the fight against the opioid overdose epidemic. Has been According to one study, in tests on mice, the vaccine “produced significant amounts” of anti-fentanyl … Read more
An Indiana deputy collapsed after being exposed to fentanyl while patting a suspect — and had to be resuscitated with Narcan, officials said. Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Creech was in the process of jailing Daniel Cox when he discovered a small mill and a baggie containing an “unknown powdery substance”. Minutes after the patdown, … Read more
A small-town Missouri police chief was on the wrong end of this drug bust. William Jones, who leads a police force in Louisiana, Missouri, is charged with second-degree drug trafficking after his girlfriend’s brother, 24-year-old Gabriel Theon, was found dead from an apparent overdose in the 50-year-old lawman’s apartment on Tuesday night was imposed. , … Read more
Earlier this month, old-fashioned Xeroxed copies of a newspaper article appeared across the country mid-market neighborhood in Downtown San Francisco. The headline featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article: “SFDA Brooke Jenkins says it will look into murder charges for fentanyl dealers.” The article was taped to the walls of neighborhood corners, which were regularly … Read more
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he wants about $300 million in federal funding to fight “rainbow fentanyl” — the highly addictive pills that look like candy and have a devastating effect on young people. can. The $290 million fund will be used to maintain the 61 Overdose Response Strategy Teams that will help … Read more