fentanyl
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A New U.S. Law Would Force Internet Companies to Spy on Their Users for the DEA
Internet drug sales have skyrocketed in recent years, allowing powerful narcotics to reach American teenagers and adolescents via shady online marketplaces. It’s a trend that’s led to an epidemic of overdoses and left hundreds of young people dead. Now, a bill scheduled for a congressional vote seeks to tackle the problem, but it comes with…
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Experimental Vaccine Blocks Fentanyl From Rats’ Brains
The ongoing opioid crisis in the U.S. has shortened life expectancy and caused untold suffering. The synthetic drug fentanyl has been particularly devastating, because it’s so potent compared to other opioids. New research in rats may offer a glimmer of hope, however: Scientists found that an experimental vaccine can prevent the behavioural and physiological effects…
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Police And Media Keep Spreading The Myth That Merely Touching Fentanyl Can Kill You
Last Saturday, police in Chico, California reported that 13 people in the same house were involved in a mass drug overdose, possibly involving the powerful opioid fentanyl, with at least one person dying as a result. The case is tragic, though some of the details reported by the Chico police and uncritically repeated by the…
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US Drug Maker Faked Cancer Patients To Sell Addictive Opioids, Congressional Report Finds
This week, United States Senator Claire McCaskill released a report on the findings of a congressional investigation into the practices of pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics. The jaw-dropping allegations detail the process in which agents systematically convinced insurers to pay for a highly-addictive opioid cancer pain drug for patients who didn’t have cancer.