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An inmate’s death at the Maple Street Correctional Facility on Sept. 29 was the result of toxic effects from fentanyl, the San Mateo County Co…
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A Honolulu man charged with felony possession and transportation of narcotics, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, was hit with another se…
The case against a 26-year-old San Mateo man charged with second-degree murder for allegedly providing fentanyl to a woman who overdosed and d…
The trial for a San Mateo man accused of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a woman will begin in September and a judge has denied his requ…
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To President Donald Trump, "tariff" is more than "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." In Trump's view, tariffs are a cure for many of the nation's ills and a tool to reach new heights. As the Republican president has touched off a trade war with America's trading partners, he's offered an array of reasons to justify steep tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada, China and beyond. Among his reasons: stopping the flow of illegal fentanyl, balancing the budget, making America rich and protecting "the soul" of America. Most economists see taxes paid on imports as capable of addressing unfair trade practices but are skeptical of the quasi-miraculous properties Trump claims they possess.
President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war. The White House insists its tariffs are about stopping the smuggling of fentanyl, but Trump's proposed taxes have caused a gaping wound in the decades-old North American trade partnership, and Canada has felt compelled to quickly take aggressive countermeasures. Trump's tariff plans have also caused the stock market to sink and alarmed U.S. consumers.
Santa Rosa City Schools on Monday sent therapists to district schools for students affected by the overdose deaths of three district students …
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San Francisco's Board of Supervisors appears ready to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers to expedite the city's response to its fentanyl and homelessness crisis. The 11-member board will vote on a proposal Tuesday to eliminate competitive bidding and procurement requirements for some contracts and leases. The proposal would allow Lurie to solicit private donations. It already has the six votes needed to pass. Lurie says he needs more flexibility to act with greater urgency to combat open-air drug dealing and public use. Supervisors acknowledged it is unusual to give up oversight powers, but they want to work with the administration.
President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Ingredients for fentanyl are produced in China and used by pharmaceutical companies to make legal painkillers. But a portion of those chemicals is purchased by the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels in Mexico for the manufacture of illicit drugs. The cartels make fentanyl in labs and then smuggle it into the U.S. The small amounts of the highly potent drug in any shipment, and its lack of odor, make detection and seizures extremely challenging.
