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09/22/2023
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By Olivia Cook
DRUG CITY: San Francisco hits grim record of 3 OVERDOSE DEATHS each day due to FENTANYL
San Francisco is now experiencing around three overdose deaths due to fentanyl per day – a crisis that the city’s Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax called a “distressing … tragedy unfolding every day.” San Francisco’s efforts to curb the rise in overdose deaths have so far not taken hold. Despite the sense of hopelessness and […]
09/13/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Synthetic opioid NITAZENES could be DEADLIER than fentanyl, experts warn
A subclass of synthetic opioids called nitazenes could be more powerful than fentanyl – and 1,000 times more potent than morphine — according to a new study. The small-scale study, which was published in JAMA Network Open on Tuesday, found that patients who overdosed on nitazenes had to receive two or more doses of naloxone, […]
09/13/2023
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By Laura Harris
Newsom deploys 50% more California National Guardsmen along U.S.-Mexico border to combat drug trafficking, but won’t halt illegal immigration
California Gov. Gavin Newsome has increased the deployment of California National Guard (CalGuard) troops along the state’s border with Mexico by approximately 50 percent to combat the influx of fentanyl and other narcotics into the United States. The additional CalGuard personnel will be deployed in five ports of entry along the southern border: Otay Mesa, […]
08/24/2023
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By Lance D Johnson
Overdose deaths have skyrocketed since 2019, with synthetic and prescription opioids driving the crisis
The number of people overdosing on illicit and pharmaceutical drugs has steadily increased every year over the past two decades. The two most recent years (2020 and 2021) saw the greatest increase in overdose deaths. In 1999, there were less than 20,000 overdose deaths recorded by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the […]
08/23/2023
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By Ethan Huff
As Afghanistan eradicates natural poppy plants used to synthesize heroin, FENTANYL use is increasing
When former President Bill Clinton first bombed Afghanistan in 1999 after intelligence sources linked the August 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania to Osama bin Laden and other Afghani terrorists, America was told that the consequent invasion operation would also lead to a major victory in the so-called “war on drugs.” It has been several […]
07/25/2023
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By Laura Harris
Deadly new “ISO” drugs on the streets of San Francisco now a leading cause of overdose deaths
The streets of San Francisco are facing new and alarming threats in its battle against substance abuse as new deadly drugs seeped into the local drug supply. A report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has confirmed that fluorofentanyl and isotonitazene or “ISO,” two types of opioids more powerful than fentanyl, have infiltrated the […]
07/24/2023
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By Oliver Young
Online Chinese pharmacies are turning the US into “Zombieland” by selling flesh-rotting drug for $1 a kilo
China is turning the U.S. into “Zombieland.” The flesh-rotting drug Xylazine being mass-produced in China and is now flooding America’s illicit drug supply. The drug is available on online Chinese pharmacies for just $1 a kilo. Xylazine is cheap animal tranquilizer. More popularly known on the street as “tranq,” it has been dubbed a “zombie drug” […]
07/10/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
Virginia classifies FENTANYL as weapon of TERRORISM in response to rise in overdose deaths
The state of Virginia has officially classified the opioid fentanyl as a “weapon of terrorism” in response to overdoses caused by the drug. According to local news outlet FFX Now, two bills signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin in March codified this classification. Senate Bill (SB) 1188 and House Bill (HB) 1682, introduced by Republican State Sen. […]
07/05/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
CDC: Deaths involving street drug xylazine have increased 15-fold across the US in just 3 years
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the number of Americans killed by narcotics mixed with the street drug xylazine has increased by more than 15 times from 2019 to 2022. The public health agency analyzed data from its State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS) for the observation. SUDORS contains data […]
06/07/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Arizona state trooper seizes over $3M worth of fentanyl pills and cocaine during traffic stop less than 30 miles from the border
An Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper seized nearly 230 pounds of fentanyl pills on June 2 during a traffic stop in southern Arizona. The pills were reportedly being transported to the state capital of Phoenix. The incident took place near the census-designated place of Amado along Interstate 19 in Santa Cruz County, about 45 minutes […]
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