CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of lawmakers held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss ways to fight the ongoing opioid crisis, nearly two weeks after at least 20 people overdosed on heroin on the West Side. The lawmakers said opioid addiction is nothing short of...
Moreover, the crisis is evolving fast. At the American College of Medical Toxicology’s 2019 annual meeting, featured speaker Keith Humphreys, PhD, remarked that “Fentanyl was invented in the sixties. To get to 10,000 deaths took 50 years. To get to 20,000 took 12 months.”In fact,...
EU scientists are working to analyse and identify synthetic drugs, in a fight against a rapidly-growing market.New psychoactive substances (NPS) are designed to mimic the effects of illegal narcotics such as cannabis, cocaine or heroin, and can be extremely harmful.Despite this, the synthetic drugs are...
Top Executives of Insys, an Opioid Company, Are Found Guilty of Racketeering [NY Times]A fentanyl maker's top executives, including the company's founder, have been convicted of racketeering. "Just as we would street-level drug dealers, we will hold pharmaceutical executives responsible for fueling the opioid epidemic." Grandmother...
© ShutterstockReps. French Hill (R-AR), Max Rose (D-NY), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) recently introduced legislation designed to implore the Chinese government to honor its commitment of making fentanyl illegal while providing tools to address traffickers.The Fentanyl Sanctions Act mirrors legislation introduced...
A new awareness campaign aims to dispel some myths about the risks of opioid overdose for casual drug users.The Know Your Drugs campaign officially launched Friday in Thunder Bay, an initiative of the city police's Zone Watch program.Thunder Bay police media coordinator Scott Paradis said the campaign...
North Bay police have charged three North Bay residents in connection with separate fentanyl deaths in the city. The first person to die of a drug overdose was a 24-year-old North Bay man who died last June. Police continued to investigate his death and have now charged...
Mississauga Centre MPP Natalia Kusendova tabled her first private members bill on Wednesday (May 1) in an effort to fight back against Canada’s opioid crisis. If passed, the Mandatory Police Training Act, 2019 will require those under...
So-called “designer drugs” can be fatal - but most of them are still legal and available in e-shops. Their expansion is causing a serious headache to customs agencies and lawmakers across Europe.Scientists are now racing against the clock to fight the fast-moving new drug market....