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29 Apr Chicago police say two arrests linked to investigation into fatal fentanyl overdoses

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Chicago police say two West Side men with criminal histories going back decades were arrested last week as part...

29 Apr Man sentenced in case related to woman’s Schenectady overdose death

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ALBANY - Kate Centofanti is believed to have been clean from heroin for more than a year prior to her September 2016 death. But troubles in her life, a car break-in and loss of hours at work, are believed to have led her to relapse,...

28 Apr Deadly fentanyl bought online from China being shipped through the mail – 60 Minutes

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By now, you may know a family shattered by the opioid epidemic. In 2017, there were 47,000 opioid deaths. That's more Americans than were killed in vehicle accidents or by firearms. One drug, fentanyl, is like rocket fuel in the sharp rise of this crisis....

28 Apr Tennessee Mayor Arrested Days Before Election, Suspected Illegal Drug Making

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RED BOILING SPRINGS, Tenn.—A mayor in Tennessee who is up for re-election has been arrested after allegedly attempting to get a pill press used to make illegal drugs. The Macon County Sheriff’s Office on April 25 arrested Red Boiling Springs Mayor Joel Coe two days before...

28 Apr Canadian hospitals reported 138 cases of lost fentanyl in one 15-month period, federal records show

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Vials and patches of fentanyl were reported missing from Canadian hospitals at a rate of about twice a week over a 15-month period ending on Jan. 1, 2018, according to federal records obtained by the Star.In total, the records reveal 138 incidents of lost fentanyl,...

28 Apr Opioid painkillers to carry prominent warnings about the risk of addiction

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28 Apr Fentanyl Increasingly Found in Cocaine and Meth Drug Tests

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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. LaRue Leah LaRue, PharmD, PMPAssociate Director, Clinical AffairsMillennium Health MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Drug overdose deaths continue to increase, despite the leveling off of prescription opioid use and policy changes limiting opioid prescribing. While fentanyl has garnered most of...

28 Apr New warning for opioid painkillers | UK News

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Opioid painkillers will have to carry prominent warnings about the risk of addiction, the health secretary has announced.The move comes amid a massive increase in the number of prescriptions for the painkillers -...

28 Apr Understanding the Opioid Crisis and Its Effects

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By Zachary Horner, Chatham News + Record Staff (Editor’s note: this is the first of a five-part series of stories by the Chatham N+R about the opioid crisis, its impact on Chatham County and possible solutions.) Goldston Mayor Tim Cunnup took the microphone to welcome the small...

28 Apr Warning messages to be printed on opioid painkillers | World | News

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock's crackdown on the abuse of opiumderived medicines comes as the number of prescriptions for opioids has soared by more than 60 per cent in a decade. The epidemic in the US has claimed the lives of high-profile celebrities such as the...

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