The synthetic opioid, fentanyl, currently tops the list of drugs with the greatest likelihood of causing a fatal overdose; more than 18,000 people died from fentanyl-related overdoses in 2017, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Fentanyl's lethal potential has been...
NEW BEDFORD — Davaun Oswald swore to New Bedford narcotics detectives he did not have any fentanyl in his apartment, according to court documents.He said several times he did not have any."No, the only thing I have is a little bit of weed," the 22-year-old...
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEFeb. 2, 2019, 1:51 AM GMTBy Dennis RomeroWhen President Trump argues that the United States needs a wall along the southern border, he likes to point to San...
It's being called the largest fentanyl bust in US history; a massive shipment of fentanyl and meth has been stopped at the southern border. Now, authorities are revealing how they found it.Nearly 254...
More Albertans died of fentanyl-related overdoses in 2018 than any previous year, says a recent report from Alberta Health.The quarterly Alberta Opioid Response Surveillance Report released Friday states that 582 Albertans died of fentanyl-related overdoses between Jan. 1 and Nov. 11, 2018.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's new...
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty)Fentanyl recently became the deadliest drug in America, according to a CDC report in December. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is sometimes mixed into other illicit drugs, but it’s far more potent than what it’s usually mixed with. This means that a...
File photo of fentanyl pills seized by Calgary police in 2015. Gavin Young / Postmedia Between Oct. 1 and Nov. 11, 2018, 63 people in the province died from an accidental overdose related to fentanyl, new information released by Alberta Health shows.In the previous six weeks, between...
The Trump admin is patting itself on the back right now for their massive fentanyl bust, but the real criminals in the opioid story are walking around without a care in the world. The Sackler family –...
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