State’s attorney warns of dangerous new opioid in Lincoln County

State’s attorney warns of dangerous new opioid in Lincoln County

Lincoln County courthouse. (Wikipedia)CANTON — A synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl is emerging as part of a troubling drug crisis that now drives 90 percent of crime in Lincoln County, State's Attorney Tom Wollman told commissioners Tuesday.“In 2002, it used to be 70 percent to 80 percent of our crime here in Lincoln County is driven by alcohol,” Wollman said during his March 25 department presentation. “As I stand here today,…