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• Researchers: OxiClean effectively cleans fentanyl spills

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  Sodium percarbonate is an ingredient in the product, which has been shown to break down fentanyl

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  The opioid crisis requires a new approach to narcotics field testing

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  The dangers of fentanyl exposure have forced police agencies to reconsider their procedures for field testing and investigation of unknown substances

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  Police grants: State funding response to the opioid crisis

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  Here are some key strategies for law enforcement to develop community-based approaches to curb the current opioid crisis

• IACP, TASC create initiative to combat opioid epidemic

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  The initiative aims to create robust alternative-to-arrest diversion programs

• People who OD could soon face penalties in W.Va.

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  The Mason County police chief hopes citations could be used to help addicts

• Police try out new database for documenting opioid overdoses

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  Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database they hope will help departments share information in real time and get people into treatment

• Police: 3 Ohio nurses treated for fentanyl exposure

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  Police say the nurses at Massillon's Affinity Medical Center lost consciousness while cleaning a room where an overdose victim had been treated

• AmeriCorps, P.A.A.R.I. partnership grant will place recovery coaches in Mass. PDs

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  Through AmeriCorps, P.A.A.R.I. will place 20 part-time recovery coaches and five full-time program coordinators with police departments in Massachusetts

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  Trump to declare opioid crisis a 'national emergency'

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  A drug commission recently called on Trump to declare a national emergency to help deal with the growing crisis

• 18 Pa. cops hospitalized after possible fentanyl exposure

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  During the raids, Pittsburgh SWAT officers were exposed to a chemical that became airborne, making the officers dizzy and causing numbness

• $3M in fentanyl, heroin seized from alleged NY 'packaging mill'

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  Officials said the drugs contained enough potency to kill half the population of New York City

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  Trump pledges US will beat opioid drug epidemic

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  The president did not announce any new policy, but vowed to work with health professionals and law enforcement on the crisis

• Video shows mom shooting heroin in front of young son

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  "People have sympathy for people who use heroin but that sympathy ends when you’re doing it in front of your children"

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  Sessions: US prosecutors will help addiction-ravaged cities

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  The DOJ will dispatch 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by addiction who will focus exclusively on investigating health care fraud and opioid scams

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  Opioids commission recommends Trump declare national emergency

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  Between 1999 and 2015, more than 560,000 people in the United States died due to drug overdoses, a death toll larger than the population of Atlanta

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