Man who sold fentanyl-laced pill liable for $5.8 million in death of young female customer
In 2019, Brandon McDowell was contacted by a sophomore in college who asked to buy Percocet, a prescription painkiller. What the 20-year-old sold her instead were counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that can be lethal in a dose ...
Riverside man who sold fentanyl-laced pill liable for $5.8 million in woman's death
A Riverside man who sold a fentanyl-laced pill is liable for $5.8 million in the death of the 20-year-old woman to whom he sold it.
Judge grants $5.8 million judgment against man who sold fatal fentanyl dose to Temecula woman
Attorney for the family of Alexandra Capelouto, the woman whose death inspired the proposed Alexandra’s Law, calls the bankruptcy court judgment a landmark decision.
Man admits to selling fentanyl that resulted in death
A Brown County man plans to plead guilty to selling fentanyl which resulted in someone dying. 29-year-old Carlin Mellette has signed federal court papers admitting to the crime. In February of last year,
Drug Dealer Ordered to Pay Millions to Family After Selling Lethal Fentanyl-Laced Painkiller to College Student
A California judge has, for the first time, held a drug dealer civilly liable for a death, ordering him to pay $5.8 million to the family of a student who died from fentanyl-laced pills. Brandon McDowell,
Man who sold fentanyl-laced pill hit with $5.8 million judgment for overdose death of Temecula woman, 20
Attorney Baruch Cohen said that to his knowledge, this was the first time a drug dealer has been held liable civilly for someone’s death.
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New migraine drugs 'comparable to paracetamol', researchers suggest
The effectiveness of new migraine treatments has been compared to paracetamol in a new study, which suggests drugs developed in the 1990s should be more widely promoted to patients with the ...
Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe
The deaths of two women in Georgia have been tied to a state law that bans most abortions after roughly six weeks.
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Biden-Harris Drug Price Controls Are Hitting Seniors in the Wallet as Costs Get Shifted
This shouldn’t come as a surprise — price controls simply don’t work, and when they’re implemented, someone will eventually ...
Sacramento County sheriff cracks down on drug smuggling into downtown jail
The County Sheriff's Office is working to combat drug smuggling after confirming three inmates died from overdoses this year.
4 Mass. men facing charges after feds dismantle drug trafficking ring, seize 30K fentanyl pills
"The sheer quantity of fentanyl these defendants allegedly distributed was enough to take tens of thousands of innocent lives ...
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GAO Report on Coast Guard and Maritime Drug Smuggling
The following is the Sept. 19, 2024, Government Accountability Office report, Coast Guard: Actions Needed to Address ...
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How deeply did prescription opioid pills flood your county? See here.
A database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration that tracks every single pain pill sold in the United States, tracing the path from manufacturers and distributors to pharmacies in ...
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Most effective migraine drugs revealed by review of trial data
A meta-analysis of 137 clinical trials finds triptan drugs are among the most effective for treating migraines, while newer ditan and gepant drugs were rated less highly ...
Sacramento County Sheriff outlines changes made in attempt to stop flow of drugs into jail
Sheriff Cooper spoke at the jail to a group of journalists Thursday about changes he said they’ve made in recent weeks to ...
Clinton woman arrested in connection to February drug-related death
The 20-year-old woman is accused of selling drugs that led to the death of a 19-year-old man, arrest records show.
GLP-1 drugs could help prevent 34,000 heart attacks and strokes in the US each year, research suggests
Certain blockbuster weight-loss drugs have been found to protect the heart in significant ways, and new research suggests ...