Fentanyl

While the indictment was returned by a federal grand jury more than a month ago, two of the defendants weren’t arraigned until last week.

According to the DEA, just two milligrams can kill. Four grams to 14 grams is the smallest amounts covered by the legislation, Senate Bill 79, will result in at least five years behind bars.

Heading to the governor’s desk: legislation that stiffens penalties for trafficking fentanyl.

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The GBI has released an assessment after a fentanyl spill in Atlanta Wednesday. The agency says evidence containing a powder of fine furanyl fentanyl…

According to a media release from the GBI, the Crime Lab in Cleveland, Georgia has identified the new analogues as acrylfentanyl and tetrahydrofuran…