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Fentanyl test strips sit atop magazines in the waiting area of Urban Kutz Barbershop in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 11, 2023. Owner Waverly Willis sets them out in his businesses, hoping to protect people in his community from overdosing on drugs they're unaware contain the dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl. A growing number of states are legalizing the test strips, which are often labeled as illegal drug paraphernalia, in an effort to prevent overdose deaths. (Waverly Willis via AP)

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Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON - Associated Press/Report For America
Wed,06/07/23-11:30PM, 3,005 Reads
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: “Your drugs could contain fentanyl. Please take free test strips.”
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Arrest Report June 12, 2024

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The following individuals were taken in to custody and booked in to the docket at the Scott County Jail between June 1, 2024 and June 6, 2024. All individuals are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
6/1 Kayla Monk, 3975 Bob Dr., Walnut Grove, Hold for Judge Freeman
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A.F. Branco for Jun 23, 2021

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Wed,06/23/21-2:00AM, 3,004 Reads

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Charlie Johnson Montgomery, Jr.

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Mr. Charlie Johnson Montgomery Jr., age 84, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of May 18, 2019 in his home with his family.
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