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The opioid epidemic has first responders instituting new policies and deploying drug detection devices to ensure no one accidentally overdoses on fentanyl or analogs that are responsible for thousands of deaths in the state and more around the country.

Maj. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, senior commander at Aberdeen Proving Ground, received the Military Leader of the Year award from the Association of Defense Communities during a ceremony in Washington on Thursday.