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Amid Overdose Crisis, First Fentanyl Summit To Be Held On Long Island Amid Overdose Crisis, First Fentanyl Summit To Be Held On Long Island
Amid Overdose Crisis, First Fentanyl Summit To Be Held On Long Island It comes in powder and pill form, and just a tiny bit on the end of a pencil is enough to kill you. Local leaders on Long Island will continue sounding the alarm over America’s growing opioid epidemic at their first-ever fentanyl summit, hosted by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, May 29. Members of the public, along with families who have lost someone to an opioid overdose, are invited to ask law enforcement panelists and members of the medical examiner’s office any questions they have about fentanyl. Earlier Report: Dealers Behind Fatal ODs Would Be Charg…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Leaves 4 Dead: Long Island Man Admits Guilt Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Leaves 4 Dead: Long Island Man Admits Guilt
Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Leaves 4 Dead: Long Island Man Admits Guilt A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to running a narcotics trafficking business that led to the overdose deaths of four men in a single day, authorities announced. On Thursday, Nov. 2, Marquis Douglas of Riverhead admitted his role in the North Fork trafficking operation, according to the Eastern District of New York United States Attorney’s Office. Earlier Report: Duo Charged In Connection With Overdose Deaths Of Four On East End Of Long Island The USAO’s Office alleged that Douglas, age 38, was responsible for orchestrating a years-long conspiracy to distribute: Over five kil…

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by Sophie Grieser