A new drug called ‘pink’ is hitting the streets in Louisiana and is more deadly than heroin. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark says pink is a synthetic opioid combined with Fentanyl. He says this drug has all of the same effects as heroin…:
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Pink originally gained media attention when a child overdosed from the drug in Colorado.

The state House approves legislation that says public school students can bring sunscreen to school and apply it with no prescription needed. State Representative Patricia Smith voted “no”, because she raised concerns about younger kids having to apply the sunscreen themselves, but Baton Rouge Representative Barry Ivey says that shouldn’t be a concern, because if they can use a smart phone, they can put on sun screen…
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The bill heads to the senate for more discussion.

The University of Louisiana Monroe is looking to bring a new medical school to northeast Louisiana. Halen Doughty has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards will be in Monroe this morning at 11 AM for an economic development announcement and then he’ll attend a luncheon at the Mt Zion Baptist Church Family Life Center.

And the state announces that Louisiana Cat is expanding its New Iberia operations and they plan to add 60 jobs over the next five years.