Overdose
Bipartisan House Bill Seeks to Stop Flow of China’s Synthetic Opioids into US
WASHINGTON—Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan and Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton on Wednesday introduced the Fentanyl Sanctions Act, a bipartisan measure intended “to force China to stem the flow of deadly, synthetic opioids being trafficked into the United States.” Fentanyl, which is similar chemically to heroin but...
11 April, 2019
More than 10,000 Canadians have died from opioid-related overdoses since 2016, public health data show
An officer with the Ontario Provincial Police holds bags containing containing fentanyl during a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2017. Chris Young/The Canadian Press More than 10,300 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses in less than three years,...
11 April, 2019
More than 10,000 Canadians have died from opioid-related overdoses since 2016, public health data show
An officer with the Ontario Provincial Police holds bags containing containing fentanyl during a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2017. Chris Young/The Canadian Press More than 10,300 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses in less than three years,...
11 April, 2019
Fake Xanax laced with fentanyl popping up on streets of Halifax
Xanaxis is a brand of medication prescribed for anxiety and panic disorder, and news that fake Xanax has turned up on the streets of Halifax is reason for concern. Of greater concern? Some...
11 April, 2019
Harm reduction organization warns of fentanyl-tainted Xanax pills in Halifax – Halifax
A Halifax-based harm reduction group is striving to raise awareness about reports of fake Xanax pills in Halifax containing the deadly opioid fentanyl.“We were given an anonymous tip that some Xanax, or what looks like Xanax around the Halifax area, is...
10 April, 2019
Canada Struggles in Uphill Battle Against Money Laundering, Fentanyl Crisis
Improbable that China is sincerely motivated to crack down on opioid trade, says criminal lawyer NEWS ANALYSIS A heavy human cost from Canada’s inability to contain money laundering is the fentanyl opioid crisis, which resulted in 2,400 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 alone, based...
10 April, 2019
Fentanyl Related State of Emergency still Ongoing in Broome Coun – FOX 40 WICZ TV
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Broome County leaders held an update at the George Harvey Justice Building on Wednesday about the ongoing State of emergency in Broome County. Broome County Executive Jason Garnar stating that the fentanyl outbreak has claimed...
10 April, 2019
Canada opioid deaths since 2016 top 10,000, keep rising
OTTAWA - More than 10,000 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses since a public health crisis erupted in 2016, according to new data released Wednesday.The latest figures — 3,200 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 — show that the powerful painkiller fentanyl remains...
10 April, 2019