Elephant Sedative Linked to Huntington Overdoses

An Ohio man was accused of distributing an elephant sedative to people, which, according to federal prosecutors, resulted in about two dozen overdoses in Huntington. Prosecutors charged 22-year-old Bruce Lamar Griggs of Akron, Ohio this week, with distributing carfentanil and fentanyl. Carfentanil is a sedative intended for elephants and is 100 times more potent than fentanyl. Griggs was charged Aug. 26 with heroin distribution in connection with 27 overdoses that resulted in two deaths on Aug. 15 in Huntington. Prosecutors also filed a motion for a guilty plea hearing on Monday. The date for the hearing has yet to be released.