Tyler’s Law: Legislation named after California teenager would help prevent fentanyl overdoses
Tyler’s Law would direct the U.S. Department of HHS to provide hospitals with guidance on fentanyl testing in their routine drug screens.
Tyler’s Law would direct the U.S. Department of HHS to provide hospitals with guidance on fentanyl testing in their routine drug screens.
A California man who supplied 30,000 pressed fentanyl pills a week to individuals in Southwest Virginia has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison.
A large-scale drug trafficking organization operating in and around Fredericksburg has been dismantled after those involved pleaded guilty.
A bill signed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin today aims to combat the fentanyl crisis which claims approximately five lives per day in the Commonwealth.
The STOP TRANQ Act would add a statutory requirement for the State Department to include reporting on xylazine, or “tranq” in INCSR.
In 2022, the DEA seized more than 58 million fake pills containing fentanyl and 13,000 pounds of fentanyl powder equal to 400 million doses.
In Roanoke today, Attorney General Jason Miyares and First Lady Suzanne S. Youngkin launched a fentanyl awareness campaign.
Brothers from Northern Virginia were sentenced to more than 18 years in federal prison time for distributing fentanyl pills in Culpeper and surrounding counties.
Today’s passage by the U.S. House and by the U.S. Senate yesterday of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2024 includes a crack down on fentanyl.
A California man who supplied the fentanyl linked to teenage overdoses that occurred in Wise County was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in federal prison.
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