fentanyl

The Last Days of Heroin

FENTANYL FOREVER? –  Feb. 18, 2021 - Fentanyl isn’t a new substance, having first been synthesized in a lab in…

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Huge Colorado Trafficking Bust

BIG PHARM COMPETITION FOILED –  Feb. 12, 2021 - Federal, state and local law enforcement in Adams County announced on…

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This Message Will Self-Destruct: Snapchat & the Tragic Death of 16-year-old

by Christopher Dale WHAT A PRICE TO PAY –  Feb. 16, 2021 - On Sunday, February 7, 16-year-old Samuel Chapman…

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TV Host Dr. Laura Berman’s 16-year-old Son Dies from Overdose from Drug Dealer on Snapchat

WATCH – DEAR GOD, MAKE IT STOP –  Feb. 8, 2021 - Berman first shared the news of her son’s…

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Experimental vaccine blunts the deadliest of synthetic opioids

AN INJECTION OF OPTIMISM or SAY WHAT? –  February 4, 2021 -  “We’ve shown it is possible to prevent these…

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Hip-hop Drug Use Explained

ALIVE AND WELL, MAYBE? –  Jan. 21, 2021 - Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, was the cause of 151 deaths in…

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Fentanyl Is in Everything

IS NOTHING SACRED? –   Jan. 21, 2120 - 2020 was the deadliest year ever for overdoses in Philadelphia. The…

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2,000 Arizonans Overdosed on Fentanyl in 2020

WATCH – OD Ideation? –  Jan. 1, 2021 - That’s the grim, unfortunate reality of the drug, that Roy and…

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Woman admits to ‘heinous and thoughtless’ drug deal

Not the face of evil –  Dec. 18, 2020 - According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl — a…

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Overdose Deaths Outpace COVID-19 Deaths in SF

Heaven’s Overcrowding... –   Dec. 19, 2020 -  The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far…

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

WHY? –  Dec. 17, 2020 - The primary driver behind the record-breaking numbers appeared to be the use of synthetic…

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Philadelphia Nearing Record for Fatal Drug Overdoses

Death Marches On –   December 6, 2020 - In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry this week, researchers monitoring…

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Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family

Not another statistic –   December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women…

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Drug deaths were on rise locally; then the virus hit

The American way of death –  Now, 2020 - Overdose deaths have spiked in San Diego County this year, as…

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Overdoses hits service industry workers in Philly: thought they were doing cocaine

White Powder Warning –  Nov. 20, 2020 - Since Nov. 12, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office has confirmed three overdose…

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‘We Are Shipping To The U.S.’: Inside China’s Online Synthetic Drug Networks

LISTEN – Exporting Death –   Nov. 17, 2020 - Chen is one of more than 100 vendors who market…

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What this doctor learned about addiction after 40 years in medicine

Treat people with care and respect – Oct 8, 2020 - What happened in Pittsburgh is instructive because the steel…

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Two fentanyl deaths day in San Francisco

Golden Gate Deaths – Oct 10, 2020 - Paramedics revive an overdose victim in the Tenderloin in July. San Francisco…

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Cuomo Calls for Arrests of Public Drug Users

Lock them up! – Sep. 30, 2020 - "We need to stabilize the city now and there is a lot…

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Family sells t-shirts to benefit overdose victim’s child

WATCH – The little ones left behind – Sep. 14, 2020 - Both men were into racing so the Schultz…

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NY charges Johnson & Johnson with fraud over opioid claims

Innocent until proven greedy – Sep. 17, 2020 - “Misrepresentation of opioids to consumers for profit is inexcusable,” Cuomo said…

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Revamped OxyContin hasn’t stemmed ODs

No, really? – Sept. 12, 2020 - The surge of painkiller abuse that started in the 1990s has long been…

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More than one person day died of an overdose in SF last year

American Horror Story –    Sep. 1, 2020 - According to a Department of Public Health report released Monday, 441…

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Denver Reports 83% Increase in Drug Deaths in First Half of Year

Dying for that Fentanyl Feeling – August 27, 2020 - Health officials are urging people to review the resources below and…

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I’m celebrating 64 years of sobriety, I know what isolation does to those in recovery

Trying minds for trying times – August 28, 2020 - By all accounts, the number of relapses nationwide has increased…

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Deadly Overdose Spike During Pandemic

LISTEN – How much more horrible will it get? –   August 13, 2020 - Making matters worse is a…

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Overdose Deaths Stratified Among Latinx People

No Walls – August 12, 2020 - Nationally, Hispanic people, the category selected by data, see far lower rates of…

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Former Angels employee charged in connection with Tyler Skaggs’ death

Doesn’t look like a murderer – July 7, 2020 - The Drug Enforcement Administration determined in its investigation that Kay…

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Pharma Giant Floods Sioux Reservation With Opioids

A killing for a living – July 30, 2020  - The pills flowed freely for at least a decade starting…

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John Brogan, high-profile addiction specialist, found dead

Stay Resolute – July 31, 2020 - Brogan was an addiction recovery specialist who had worked closely with former Ocean…

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