Harrisonburg man sentenced to 13 years in fentanyl death of 16-year-old
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Abdallah Amer Ali, 21, of Harrisonburg, was sentenced today to 13 years in federal prison after selling a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 16-year-old.
Search Results for fentanyl
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Legislators look to bolster police efforts to end overdose deaths involving fentanyl
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U.S. legislators are pushing the House and Senate leaders to move forward with legislation to strengthen America’s response to fentanyl coming through the nation’s borders and ports of entry.
Lawmakers push for new measures to combat fentanyl trafficking in U.S.
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Members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are joining together to call on leadership to move forward with new measures to combat illicit fentanyl trafficking in the United States.
Greene County: Ruckersville man pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death
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A Greene County man pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday in a case in which a person to whom he had sold fentanyl died of an overdose.
Attorney general: U.S. working to disrupt cartels, remove deadly fentanyl, save lives
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Fentanyl remains the deadliest drug threat facing this nation. In 2021, a record number of Americans – 107,622 – died from a drug poisoning or overdose.
Smyth County man sentenced in Southwest Virginia fentanyl distribution case
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A Smyth County man who ordered approximately 30,000 fentanyl pills from California and sold them in Southwest Virginia was sentenced Friday to 42 months in federal prison.
Expert: Young people need to be educated on the dangers of fentanyl
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Opioids help people manage chronic pain – and that’s a good thing. So, what went wrong?
Former Sentara Martha Jefferson ED nurse pleads guilty to fentanyl charge
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A former registered nurse who worked in the emergency department at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville pleaded guilty Monday to fraudulently obtaining fentanyl and hydromorphone.
Bipartisan legislation would boost research into fentanyl entering American borders
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Legislation introduced Thursday would strengthen U.S. response to fentanyl entering the nation’s borders and ports of entry.
Trio plead guilty to distributing pills with fentanyl resulting in teenage overdoses
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A trio of Southwest Virginia residents who distributed pills containing fentanyl and were linked to teenage overdoses pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Abington.
