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Overdose Deaths Exceed 100K, Fentanyl To Blame

New CDC Data Is Historic And Tragic On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing that overdose deaths have hit a record-breaking high: more than 100,000...

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AI Tool Can Now Easily Identify Synthetic Drugs

Synthetic Drugs Easier To Detect With AI Tool Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for analyzing synthetic drugs. Up until now,...

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The Deadly Link Between Social Media And Fentanyl Pills

Social Media: The Place To Peddle Fentanyl-Laced Pills It was sometime in the 2010s when Fentanyl, a synthetic Opioid similar in color and texture to Heroin, made its way to the streets and to deadly...

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New York To Implement Harm Reduction Vending Machines

Harm Reduction Vending Machines To Be Installed In New York New York City officials have proposed a new initiative that will feature the installation of “public health vending machines.” These vending...

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Fentanyl At Music Festivals Raises Concerns

Chicago Health Officials Urge Lollapalooza Attendees To Test Drugs For Fentanyl Public health officials in Chicago are urging would-be Lollapalooza-goers to test their drugs for Fentanyl, citing...

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Animal Tranquilizer Xylazine Poses Major Threat

What Is Xylazine? A new type of animal tranquilizer called Xylazine is appearing more frequently in drug supplies across the country and is thought to be responsible for thousands of overdoses in...

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Fentanyl Overdose Kills Three New Yorkers

Deadly Drug Delivery Service: New Yorkers Die From Cocaine Cut With Fentanyl In March of 2021, three New York professionals died of a Fentanyl overdose. Three different lives, three separate locations,...

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3-Year Investigation Of Drug Cartel Yields Millions Worth Of Drugs

Arizona Police Seized 30 Million Doses Of Fentanyl During Investigation After a three-year-long investigation targeting the Sinaloa cartel, the Tempe police and the United States Drug Enforcement...

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Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl: The Deadly Combination Sweeping The Nation

How Xylazine Is Making The Fentanyl Crisis Worse In recent years, the US has been in the grip of an Opioid epidemic that has taken countless lives and devastated communities. However, a dangerous drug...

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