by Mark Catanzaro
on April 4, 2019
We’ve covered blogs about heroin and fentanyl, but there’s another deadly opiate out there: carfentanil. Carfentanil is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine. Although overdose deaths continue to decline nationwide, the battle for our communities and our loved ones continues. Carfentanil is another side of the battle. Here’s a few [...]
by Mark Catanzaro
on February 1, 2019
Earlier this week, Customs and Border Protection agents accomplished the largest fentanyl bust in United States history, seizing over 250 pounds of the lethal drug. The amount valued at approximately $3.5 million. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 100 times more potent than morphine. Since a minuscule amount can be lethal, it is responsible [...]
by Mark Catanzaro
on December 14, 2018
So you or someone you know got busted on drug possession charges. No big deal, right? Unfortunately, in the state of New Jersey, drug possession and paraphernalia charges come with serious consequences. Check out this brief post to learn more about drug possession laws, their consequences, and how Mark Catanzaro is the drug lawyer in New [...]
by Mark Catanzaro
on September 21, 2018
On October 26, 2017, the president declared the opioid crisis in the United States an official National Public Health Emergency. Opioids are highly addictive narcotic drugs like heroin, fentanyl, morphine, codeine, and various prescription painkillers. In years past, doctors would nonchalantly prescribe opioid painkillers like OxyContin or Percocet to people experiencing pain problems. While this [...]