Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly street fentanyl − creating new hurdles for health care providers and drug users
Philadelphia’s street opioid supply – or “dope” market – is constantly changing. As health care workers and researchers who ...
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In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S.
Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl ...
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‘Whoa, fentanyl?’: High schoolers face opioid crisis in real time
At Mountainside High School in Beaverton, Oregon, students are facing the realities of the fentanyl crisis head-on. In a ...
McCormick’s anti-fentanyl legislation is a repeat of the same failed history of the war on drugs
The initiative Pennsylvania's junior senator has proposed will do precisely nothing to turn the tide of the crisis.
Higher opioid deaths among men may be due to sex hormones, new fentanyl study finds
Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and the staggering majority have been men. A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St.
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Reporter's Notebook: Eight theories why fentanyl deaths are plummeting
Thirty thousand fewer people are dying every year in the U.S. from fentanyl and other street drugs. This shift has stunned ...
The Next Generation: Breaking Fentanyl’s Grip
The Fentanyl Crisis,” 12 News looked at the work being done to keep the next generation of Americans from falling victim to ...
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Trump administration extends opioid emergency as fentanyl deaths drop
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump administration will continue to treat opioid overdoses as a ...
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As opioid deaths drop, Central Illinois lawmakers push for more laws combating fentanyl trafficking
Some Central Illinois lawmakers are pushing for harsher punishments for selling fentanyl as the state sees a decline in ...
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Don’t gut Medicaid — escalating Idaho's opioid crisis is a mistake
Idahoans lost their lives to opioid overdoses, with fentanyl involved in over half of these deaths. Emergency rooms saw 568 opioid-related overdose visits, highlighting the severity of ...
Warrant: Wake County detention officer sold fentanyl, opioids to inmates
A Wake County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged with trafficking and providing drugs to inmates. A Wake County Sheriff's deputy has been arrested and charged with trafficking and ...