{"id":9100,"date":"2016-08-16T19:55:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T23:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=9100"},"modified":"2016-08-26T19:47:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T23:47:40","slug":"prosecutor-continues-fight-against-opioids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/08\/16\/prosecutor-continues-fight-against-opioids\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor Continues Fight Against Opioids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4159\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/03\/14\/guaranteed-rights-bill-passes-house-committee\/gavel-on-scale-of-justice-macro-selective-focus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gavel_scales2.jpg?fit=448%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"448,298\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;????????????????&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;??????????????????????????????????????????????????&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1188050100&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Ireneusz Skorupa - Ericsphotography&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gavel on scale of justice. Macro. Selective focus.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gavel on scale of justice. Macro. Selective focus.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gavel_scales2.jpg?fit=448%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gavel_scales2.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"Gavel on scale of justice. Macro. Selective focus.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gavel_scales2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gavel_scales2.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nA federal prosecutor in Kentucky says a series of drug trafficking convictions is a sign of momentum for an initiative teaming federal and local authorities to combat the heroin and fentanyl scourge.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Kerry Harvey, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, on Tuesday credited law enforcement in Lexington and Woodford and Madison counties with helping prosecutors secure convictions a day earlier in three cases.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey says the defendants are facing long prison sentences for their roles in drug pipelines that led to overdose deaths. He says those sentences could be a deterrent and sway some drug traffickers to assist law enforcement.<br \/>\nSource:  AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal prosecutor in Kentucky says a series of drug trafficking convictions is a sign of momentum for an initiative teaming federal and local authorities to combat the heroin and fentanyl scourge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/gavel_scales2.jpg?fit=448%2C298&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-2mM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 18:18:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9101,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions\/9101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}