Governor signs bill increasing some drug penalties

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill that increases penalties for drug trafficking and some other drug offenses when the drug involved is a fentanyl-related compound.Gov. Kasich signed Senate Bill 1 on Wednesday. The law will go into effect after 90 days.Among other things, it calls for increased penalties for drug trafficking, drug possession and aggravated funding of drug trafficking when a fentanyl-related compound is involved. The law could add as many as eigh