Fentanyl

Berkshire County leaders and community groups are reacting after the Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved the legalization of fentanyl test strips.

Two men from Chicopee charged with drug trafficking

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Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, including New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." His new book is "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth."

Device donated by Massachusetts National Guard

New York’s Senior U.S Senator Charles Schumer, the majority leader, was in Plattsburgh Tuesday to promote legislation that would sanction China for its role in contributing to the overdose crisis.

Sam Quinones is a journalist, storyteller, former LA Times reporter, and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, including New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." His new book is "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth."

Echoing a similar call from Schenectady Police, the Berkshire District Attorney is warning that cocaine and other drugs in the county might contain high levels of the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Plattsburgh Police arrested a Colonie man this weekend for transporting drugs after a traffic stop on the Adirondack Northway.The Plattsburgh Police…

Ulster County has had its first ever manslaughter conviction resulting from an overdose death, in a case involving fentanyl-laced drugs. The county…