Did The DEA Make Up a Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz? IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where DEA guest commentators shared fentanyl misinformation soundbites while college students played Rocket... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 6 2024fentanylOverdose
Fentanyl Forum Tells parents to Talk With Their Children AUDIO – COMMUNICATION IS KEY – Jan. 24, 2024 - The message during a recent public health forum was clear and chilling: Don’t do drugs. They could kill you – or, at the very least, ruin your life. About 30 peo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 30 2024Recovery
New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’ THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024 - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even though the term is incorrect; it should be “benzimidazole-based opioids.” The Swiss drug maker CIBA, now... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 30 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Get To Know “gas station heroin” DON’T USE AND DRIVE! – Jan. 24, 2024 - Many tianeptine users are taking the substance because they believe it’s a safer alternative to opioids like heroin and fentanyl or because they’re trying to wean themsel... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylHeroin AddictionJan 30 2024
Jelly Roll Delivers Powerful Anti-Fentanyl Testimony at Senate Hearing TRUTH TO POWER – Jan. 11, 2024 - Jelly Roll is not shy about his past as a drug dealer. However, just as he transitioned from a life of crime to being a family man, he is transitioning from being part of the problem ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 30 2024
Trump White House Pharmacy Handed Out Fentanyl, Ambien and Provigil Like Candy SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUMMIES – Jan. 24, 2024 - White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy to Trump administration officials during his time in office. The document was released on... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 30 2024
Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like zombies. Kush—unlike the drug of the same name in the U.S.—is a mixture of several substances, including can... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
L.A. Musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez Found Dead of Possible Fentanyl Overdose TOO SAD – Jan. 21, 2024 - Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk project the Soft Moon, and John “Juan” Mendez, a popular Los Angeles DJ who performed as Silent Servant, w... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024Overdose
San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023 VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS – Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in 2023, according to preliminary city data published Wednesday, blowing past its 2022 count of 649 as well as 2020... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 23 2024opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Flesh Rotting Drug Stays Popular PHOTO GALLERY – DARE YOU TO LOOK? – Dec. 30, 2023 - Tranq makes life darker. The opioid crisis has morphed into something even scarier: a variable, volatile mix of addictive substances. READ@WSJ ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 9 2024
Fentanyl Super Labs in Canada Pose New Threat NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR – Dec. 24, 2023 - Thousands of miles away outside Toronto, police in August found what is believed to be the largest fentanyl lab so far in Canada — hidden at a property 30 miles from the U.S. bord... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylJan 2 2024
What To Know About Nitazenes? VIDEO – IT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 23, 2023 - The coroner told CBS News that while Denver has seen a decrease in fentanyl overdoses, use of nitazenes has emerged — which “raises new concerns.” Nitazenes were first develope... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionJan 2 2024
REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and crack cocaine, according to a Miami-Dade County medical examiner’s report. That morning, Ross’s husband found h... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 12 2023Drug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments METHADON’T WORK – Nov. 21, 2023 - Neither Suboxone nor methadone is designed to treat addiction to xylazine or stimulants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that of the more than 111,... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 28 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin
Addicted Fishermen Catch Fentanyl Death DANGEROUS WATERS ON LAND – Nov. 14, 2023 - As the crew of the clam vessel Lori Ann prepared to set out from Fairhaven, the fleet manager was told that something wasn’t right with a fisherman below deck. ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 21 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
New Drug Worsening Fentanyl Crisis NPR AUDIO – THE WAR AT HOME – Nov. 4, 2023 - SIMON: More than 111,000 people died of overdoses in America in the past year. Most involved synthetic opioids, including fentanyl. But complicating both treatment and int... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 14 2023
Women in Prisons Flooded Alaska With Fentanyl LOCK THEM UP – Nov. 8, 2023 - From a prison cell in California, federal prosecutors allege, a 56-year-old inmate directed an Alaska drug trafficking ring that in recent years smuggled huge quantities of fentanyl, her... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 14 2023
MacArthur Park Is Melting in the Darkness of Fentanyl AUDIO – AND I’LL NEVER HAVE THAT RECIPE AGAIN – Sept. 18, 2023 - The Southern California News Group interviewed Elliot, dozens of other people who use fentanyl, business owners, residents, LAPD personnel, homeless ou... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylNov 7 2023
NYPD Officer Allegedly Sold Fentanyl and Heroin While On Duty NEFARIOUS MULTI-TASKING – Oct. 21, 2023 - A female NYPD officer who boasted about how much she loved her job was busted this week for allegedly dealing large quantities of narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, wh... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOct 31 2023
The True Story and Criminal Case Behind ‘Pain Hustlers’ THAT’S A TRUE STORY – Oct. 27, 2023 - The article detailed the various techniques that the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics used to push its highly addictive fentanyl-based painkiller Subsys into the ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOct 31 2023opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinTrauma
Jeffrey Epstein Survivor Dies in Florida of Overdose ACCIDENTAL? – Oct. 17, 2023 - Carolyn Andriano, 36, was found dead in a hotel room in West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 23, according to West Palm Beach Police Department spokesperson Mike Jachles. Her death wasn’t ma... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOct 24 2023Overdose
Actor Michael K. Williams’ Dealer Gets 5 Years for His Death VIDEO – F**KING BE CAREFUL – Oct. 11, 2023 - A member of a New York City drug-dealing crew blamed for the fentanyl-laced heroin death of actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced Tuesday to five years in p... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOct 24 2023
Fentanyl, a global danger DEATH IS INTERNATIONAL – Sept. 28, 2023 - Developed in the field of anesthesiology, it has jumped from operating rooms to the streets and, once distributed in its illegal form, has swelled the so-called opiate epidem... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOct 10 2023
The War on Drugs Didn’t Work. How Do We Address Fentanyl Crisis? GUESS WORK? – Sept. 28, 2023 - In other words, our colleagues want to fight the opioid crisis by continuing the same war on drugs — a war that for decades has destroyed the very communities it intended to help... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOct 10 2023OverdoseWar On Drugs
Fentanyl Mixed with Cocaine and Meth Creates ‘4th Wave’ of the Overdose Deaths AUDIO – IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE – Sept. 14, 2023 - Another group of people who are affected are people intending to use stimulants on their own but who don’t realize their supply has been laced with or contaminated wi... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylmethOverdoseSept 26 2023
Owner Disputes Police Claim Puppy Overdosed on Fentanyl RUFF FOR EVERYONE – Sept. 14, 2023 - Last week, Gibson and his girlfriend made headlines after police arrested the couple in a Walmart parking lot. Authorities said that the pair had drugs in their car and tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediafentanylSept 26 2023
Overdoses Soared as Prescription Pain Pills Plunged DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY IN THIS LAND – Sept. 12, 2023 - Counties with the highest average doses of legal pain pills per person from 2006 to 2013 suffered the highest death rates in the nation over the subsequent si... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylOverdoseSept 26 2023
Lawmakers Searching for Answers. Why is Fentanyl Killing Kids? LOOK WITHIN SOCIETY – Aug. 30, 2023 - Mississippi enacted a bill in March mandating a media campaign aimed at youth. California lawmakers are also considering requiring the state health department to make an o... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinSept 26 2023teenagersTrauma
Naloxone Vending Machine Installed HAVE A QUARTER? SAVE A LIFE – Sept. 10, 2023 - Approximately 300 naloxone nasal sprays, designed to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose involving substances like fentanyl, heroin and prescription painkil... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylharm reductionHeroin AddictioninterventionOverdoseRecoverySept 19 2023
Painkillers and me: One mother’s story LITTLE BY LITTLE – Sept. 13, 2023 - “The only thing they think they can do with pain is give you more painkillers,” she tells me. She says the drugs have had a significant impact on her life and how she lives it. ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionInterviewopioid crisisopioidsoxycontinRecoveryRehabSept 19 2023