By AUSTEN BUNDY/Cronkite NewsPHOENIX, AZ – Baltimore and Phoenix are two completely different cities culturally and geographically, but they're both experiencing the same problem: increased deaths due to opioid overdoses, specifically those involving powerful fentanyl.From June 2017 to April 2019, there were a little more...
BOISE, Idaho — A Boise nurse who admitted to swiping vials of the powerful pain medication fentanyl from the hospital where...
Washington — NIOSH has released a video intended to protect first responders who face potential exposure to fentanyl – a synthetic opioid considered up to 50 times more potent than heroin – and other illicit drugs. The 13-minute video, Illicit Drugs, Including Fentanyl: Preventing Occupational Exposure...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WSAZ) — New research from West Virginia University shows the strong grip drug addiction has in West Virginia. A team from WVU studied trends in drug-related deaths between 2005 and 2017 in West Virginia. Their research showed that deaths from fentanyl are on the...
Dozens of people, including 53 medical professionals, have been charged for their alleged participation in the illegal prescription and distribution of opioids and other narcotics, Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services officials said Wednesday. Federal law enforcement and health officials held a...
A 39-year-old Chicago man will spend 30 years in federal prison for selling...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (CBS Local) — Fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed in West Virginia even as prescription-related opioid deaths declined, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed the number of fentanyl deaths from 2015 to 2017 and found that deaths rose by 122%. Prescription opioid-related deaths decreased by...
