Sailor charged in fentanyl overdose death aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
A sailor is accused of knowingly distributing Percocet pills tainted with fentanyl to fellow sailors, according to a federal complaint.
By Beth Sullivan
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Drug dealer sentenced to 6 years in Marine’s fentanyl overdose death
The Marine overdosed within hours of buying the drug.
By Todd South
Fentanyl deaths among troops more than doubled from 2017 to 2021
Overall overdose deaths also doubled in the Navy and Marine Corps.
California man pleads guilty in Marine’s fentanyl-laced pill overdose death
Two co-conspirators had been lance corporals at the time of the 20-year-old Marine’s death.
Some military treatment facilities failed to limit ADHD prescription lengths, audit finds
At least 65 military treatment facilities ignored Defense Health Agency guidance to limit ADHD prescriptions to no more than 90-day supplies.
By Harm Venhuizen
Two separated North Carolina Marines sentenced for distributing opioids that killed Marine corporal
The 20-year-old corporal took oxycodone pills that were laced with fentanyl.
By Philip Athey