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The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a warning about the dangers of online pharmacies in Alabama and other states. The FDA reports the outlets claim to sell medications at a discount, often without requiring a prescription. The pills being distributed could be unapproved, counterfeit or otherwise unsafe medicines.

The state of Nevada may follow the lead of Alabama lawmakers when it comes to the possession of the drug Fentanyl. A Senate committee in the so called “silver state” heard two bills this week that could reduce the among of the drug needed to be eligible for a charge of drug trafficking

Alabama lawmakers have approved harsher penalties for trafficking fentanyl, with punishments of up to life imprisonment, as lawmakers try to respond to the deadly overdose crisis. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the legislation into law Thursday afternoon.

Jefferson County official say they’re seeing an alarming number of opioid overdose deaths. The dozens of fatalities happened only one month into 2023.

The death of an Alabama woman whose body was found in a shallow grave about two weeks after she disappeared has been ruled an accidental overdose. The…