It wasn’t the first time Nathaniel Edward Gonzalez had sold heroin to someone who eventually overdosed. Gonzalez, 36, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug trafficking last Thursday. But 16 years ago, he was convicted on almost the exact same charges. Back in 2005, Brenden Thayer, a...
"Illegal drugs continue to damage our communities," U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston said in a press release."We will use all our tools to arrest and prosecute those who choose to harm others by peddling their dangerous poisons."
Last summer, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of states across the U.S. in settling lawsuits against the U.S.’s three largest pharmaceutical manufacturers, Johnson & Johnson, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. The state will receive about $1.5 billion over nearly 18 years to fight the opioid epidemic, according to the terms of the settlements.
The city of Plano is in line for about $1.5 million worth of the state’s haul, and Collin County will get another $1.2 million. According to the terms of the settlements, local officials will control how they spend the settlement money to fight opioid addiction and overdose.KEEP THE DALLAS OBSERVER FREE..., it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way.
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