Addiction
Europe dodges US fentanyl crisis but for how long?
When 18-year-old Joseph bought a pill at a fun fair in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, he was convinced it was morphine.
Feb 06, 2020
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Addiction
New research shows more people knowingly use fentanyl
Fentanyl use by people who use drugs has doubled since 2015, and two-thirds of people are aware they've taken it, finds new research out of British Columbia, the Canadian province that has experienced the highest number of ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Addiction
U.S. saw big rise in meth, fentanyl use in 2019
(HealthDay)—A study of over 1 million urine drug tests from across the United States shows soaring rates of use of methamphetamines and fentanyl, often used together in potentially lethal ways.
Jan 04, 2020
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Addiction
Fentanyl now greatest risk to correctional officers' safety in prisons
Fentanyl and other new opioids are drastically altering the lives of inmates and correctional officers in Western Canada's prisons, according to a study by two U of A sociologists.
Dec 05, 2019
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Medications
Neighborhood matters for fentanyl-involved overdose deaths
Fentanyl overdoses cluster geographically more than non-fentanyl overdoses, according to a study just released by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings suggest that fentanyl-involved overdoses ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Medications
New drug overdose data capture earliest days of fentanyl's deadly westward expansion
A rigorous effort to track U.S. overdose deaths and the drugs that caused them offers a snapshot of a fentanyl epidemic on the cusp of a westward shift.
Oct 25, 2019
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Health
One region is being hit hardest by US opioid crisis
More people die from drug overdoses in the northeastern U.S. than other regions, making it a major hotbed of the nation's opioid epidemic, a new federal report says.
Oct 25, 2019
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Medications
Five key things about fentanyl and America's opioids crisis
Jury selection has begun in a landmark federal case on Ohio on whether drug companies can be held responsible for the opioids epidemic that is raging across America.
Oct 18, 2019
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Medications
America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl
In a windowless hangar at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, dozens of law enforcement officers sift through packages, looking for fentanyl—a drug that is killing Americans every day.
Oct 18, 2019
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Addiction
Fentanyl's risk on the 'darknet'
U.S. overdose deaths attributed to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, have increased from under 3,000 in 2013 to nearly 20,000 in 2016, making up half of all opioid-related overdose deaths. These drugs are often purchased ...
Oct 09, 2019
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