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07/10/2024
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By Olivia Cook
Amount of fentanyl seized across the U.S. this year enough to kill the combined population of America’s 5 largest states
The amount of fentanyl confiscated across America so far this year is enough to kill the more than half of the country’s population. The fentanyl crisis in the United States has reached unprecedented levels, posing a severe threat to public health and safety. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is up to 100 times more potent than morphine, […]
02/06/2024
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By Olivia Cook
San Francisco drug overdose deaths hit all-time high in 2023 with FENTANYL largely to blame
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of San Francisco has confirmed that nearly a hundred more people in the city died in 2023 of a fatal drug overdose than they did in the previous record-breaking year of 2020, with the deaths last year fueled largely by the ongoing fentanyl crisis. The final 2023 total of […]
09/22/2023
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By Olivia Cook
DRUG CITY: San Francisco hits grim record of 3 OVERDOSE DEATHS each day due to FENTANYL
San Francisco is now experiencing around three overdose deaths due to fentanyl per day – a crisis that the city’s Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax called a “distressing … tragedy unfolding every day.” San Francisco’s efforts to curb the rise in overdose deaths have so far not taken hold. Despite the sense of hopelessness and […]
09/13/2023
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By Olivia Cook
Synthetic opioid NITAZENES could be DEADLIER than fentanyl, experts warn
A subclass of synthetic opioids called nitazenes could be more powerful than fentanyl – and 1,000 times more potent than morphine — according to a new study. The small-scale study, which was published in JAMA Network Open on Tuesday, found that patients who overdosed on nitazenes had to receive two or more doses of naloxone, […]
11/30/2022
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By Olivia Cook
DEA: Fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills now contain potentially LETHAL dose of synthetic opioid
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has warned that 60 percent of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills seized earlier this year contain a potentially lethal dose of the synthetic opioid. This opioid is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, added the agency. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram issued the […]
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