Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way NO KIDDING – Nov. 15, 2025 - The killing has already started. Since September, the military has carried out 20 strikes on boats supposedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, killing at least 80... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 25 2025
Are We Sure We’re Using Fentanyl Test Strips the Right Way? NOT JUST FOR ADDICTS – Nov. 12, 2025 - The obvious places to stock FTS are school bathrooms and locker rooms. Bars, nightclubs, festivals, dormitories—all the places frequented by people who don’t identify as drug us... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 18 2025
‘It’s scary to think I could have died’ LONG STRANGE TRIP – Oct. 17, 2025 - Coming back from fentanyl addiction. Kayla first tried fentanyl as a troubled 18-year-old, growing up in the US state of North Carolina. ”I felt like literally amazing. The voices ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOct 28 2025
‘There Was a Death’: A Mother Fights for Justice NOT THE DEALERS FAULT – Aug. 31, 2025 - After she lost her son to an overdose, Serena Fallon went on a quest to hold someone accountable for his death. Don’t come downstairs, the police told her. You don’t want to se... Read More...fentanylSept 09 2025Trauma
Scott Cochran Was Snorting 50 Fentanyl Pills a Day STILL HAS A NOSE? – Aug. 10, 2025 - “I was the worst of the worst addicts,” Cochran said. Doctors first prescribed him blood thinners before moving him up to Vicodin after they proved ineffective. But after the Vicod... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 19 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Funds For Fighting Fentanyl Finally Freed AUDIO – FOR HOW LONG? – Aug. 5, 2025 - NPR reported last month that the Trump administration was withholding $140 million from the OD2A program, which state and local public health departments rely on to lower overdo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
The 48-Hour Fentanyl Clock AUDIO – NOW OR EVERE – Aug. 7, 2025 - This is Radio Atlantic. I’m Hanna Rosin. Today, we have the second episode of No Easy Fix, our three-part series about why San Francisco, one of the world’s most innovative... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 12 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Trump Withholds $140 Million For Overdose Prevention Trump Stalls Fentanyl Aid – July 16, 2025 - The Trump administration has delayed and may cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, according to four staff members with close k... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 22 2025
Mass Overdose Event Hospitalizes Over 2 Dozen INSANITY – July 15, 2015 - The event, caused by a bad batch of an unspecified drug, prompted a surge in 911 calls. Experts think a potent batch of fentanyl might have caused the overdoses and that the specific blend ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 22 2025Overdose
Doctor in Training Stole Fentanyl From Children AUDIO – ANYONE CAN SUCCUMB – July 2, 2025 - Andrew Voegel-Podadera was charged with two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge. An anesthesiologist resident, ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 15 2025
‘16 And Pregnant’ Star Arrested In Overdose Death IT ALL WENT WRONG – July 7, 2025 - Whitney Purvis, who appeared in the first season of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant back in 2009, was arrested today on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection to a fatal overdose.... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJuly 15 2025OverdoseTrauma
Largest Fentanyl Bust in DEA History PROGRESS not PERFECTION – May 6, 2025 -Federal authorities have arrested 16 individuals and seized record-breaking quantities of fentanyl, cash, firearms, and vehicles across multiple states, dismantling one of the l... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 13 2025
U.S. Fentanyl Deaths Plunging LIFE MATTERS – April 10, 2025 - Federal spending cuts instigated by the White House threaten to reverse a steep decline in American overdose deaths and are jeopardizing other gains in the battle against synthet... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
‘Rhino Tranq’ Linked to Overdose Death SYNTHETIC COUNTRY – April 10, 2025 - A powerful street drug that began showing up alongside “tranq” (xylazine) and fentanyl in Philadelphia and other cities last year, medetomidine or “rhino tranq,” may be making its... Read More...Apr 15 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Four Women on Life After Fentanyl VIDEO – IT’S COMPLICATED – March 30, 2025 - CNN “Fentanyl in America: A Way Out” on “The Whole Story presented by Anderson Cooper” “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to throw ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryApr 08 2025Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanyl
Deadliest Phase of Fentanyl Crisis Eases AUDIO – LOST AND FOUND – March 10, 2025 - (Elena and Vadim live on the street) “This is not a blip. We are on track to return to levels of overdose before fentanyl emerge.” Overall drug deaths in the U.S. are... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMar 18 2025
Where Fentanyl is Traded for Candy SICK WORLD – Feb. 26, 2025 - When we visited Monday night, drug dealers hid in the bushes. A park ranger shuffled groups of users and illegal vendors around the block. People lay slumped in nearby doorways. All in, t... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMar 04 2025
MTV Star Madison Channing Walls Unrecognizable VIDEO – SOBRIETY AWAITS – Feb. 21, 2025 - The MTV alum was unrecognizable in a new mugshot after she was arrested for meth and fentanyl possession. Madison, 34, appeared on MTV’s Real World: Skeletons in 2... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2025fentanyl
Benjamin Lerner: Musician and Recovering Fentanyl Addict WITH A SONG IN HIS HEART – Feb. 21, 2025 - As a recovering IV fentanyl, heroin, and crack cocaine addict, now sober since June 2016, Lerner fearlessly channels the lessons he has learned over the course of his ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 25 2025fentanyl
Tariffs Can’t Solve America’s Fentanyl Crisis CAN NOTHING? – Feb. 5, 2025 - Ending the fentanyl crisis won’t be easy. Speaking as a professor who studies social policy, I think both fentanyl and the proposed import taxes represent significant threats... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 18 2025fentanyl
House FINALLY Passes Bill Making Fentanyl a Schedule I drug — joining LSD and Weed WHAT TOOK SO LONG? – Feb. 6, 2025 - “It’s the most obvious thing in the world to be in support of,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) said in a speech backing the bill. “Fentanyl is supposed to be used in the operating roo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 18 2025fentanyl
My Sober Son Behaves Like a Pompous Jerk DEAR ABBY – Feb. 4, 2025 - DEAR ABBY: My youngest son, age 27, has been clean and sober for two years, having survived the horrible addiction of fentanyl. I helped nurse him back to health. It wasn’t easy, but ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 11 2025fentanylRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Emotional Lawmaker Describes Fentanyl Crisis VIDEO – MORE OUTRAGE PLEASE – Jan. 2025 - “I cannot tell you the amount of times I’ve had to listen to the screams on the other end of a phone when family members are notifying other family members about their sister... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 11 2025fentanyl
Mothers Against Drug Addiction and Deaths Push for SF’s Fentanyl State of Emergency VIDEO – STOP THE MADNESS – Jan. 29, 2025 - Mayor Lurie’s ordinance aims to cut through the city’s red tape to address the fentanyl crisis. “People in San Francisco are suffering, every day that we don’t act is an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 04 2025fentanyl
Trump Lies About Canadian Fentanyl ‘Pouring’ into US INVADE NOW? – Jan. 17, 2025 - As everyone is aware, thousands of people are pouring through Mexico and Canada, bringing Crime and Drugs at levels never seen before,” Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, singlin... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 21 2025
Opinion: Doctor’s Role In Fentanyl Crisis DO LESS HARM – Jan. 8, 2025 - The medical community is willingly under-medicating the entire nation for pain, and we have a national calamity with Fentanyl overdoses. Doctors share the blame because their culpability... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJanuary 14 2025
Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals AUDIO – FAILURE IS DYING – Dec. 26, 2024 - The cartel operatives came to the homeless encampment carrying syringes filled with their latest fentanyl formula. The offer was simple, according to two men living at the c... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 7 2025
Hawaii Crime Boss Died of an Overdose in Federal Custody WHAT GOES AROUND... – Dec. 24, 2024 - Michael Miske, 50, died of ‘’toxicity of fentanyl and para-fluorofentanyl,’’ the medical examiner’s office said in a statement. The death appears to have been accidental but the ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 31 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOverdose
Fatal Overdoses in Green Bay DROPPED 73% in 2024 THANK GOD – &nbs... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 31 2024Drug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOverdose
Deadliest Drug Harder To Detect Than Fentanyl AUDIO – KEEP TRYING – Nov. 15, 2024 - A new synthetic opiate that’s even deadlier than fentanyl is showing up in America’s illegal drug supply, officials warn. Nitazines were developed in the 1950s as painkillers, bu... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 26 2024