fentanyl

  • Fentanyl deaths still high in the US despite govt intervention

    Twenty-eight-year old Ambrose Begay died after a fentanyl overdose under a tree 125 yards from his home on the Alamo Navajo reservation in southern New Mexico two years ago. He is among a generation of young Native Americans losing their lives to drug overdoses in increasing numbers even as such deaths decline nationwide. Begay’s grandfather,…

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  • Key Takeaways Reed McCaskill was 15 the first time he went to treatment for drug addiction, brought about by painkillers after multiple severe sports injuries. From there, he shifted to heroin, then to fentanyl.  “At that point, I’d stopped caring about doing other drugs and, any other substance, it was like, ‘Yeah, fentanyl is the thing I…

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  • Fentanyl trafficking, the cause of new China-US trade war

    On August 2, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new round of tariffs on Chinese imports. In a tweet, he blamed China for failing to stop fentanyl trafficking to the U.S., which he said was responsible for thousands of deaths due to drug overdose. Fentanyl and its chemical analogs are at the heart of an…

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  • Music icon Prince tragically passed away at the young age of 57 from an alleged self-administered overdose of fentanyl, but recent investigations say some mislabeled pills have been found at the singer’s home. Image: Prince This new finding brings a whole new version to what might have actually killed the famous singer. His mysterious death…

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  • Prince reportedly died from an opioid overdose which he “self administered”. A press release from the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office in Minnesota said that the singer died from an accidental fentanyl overdose taken without a doctor’s prescription. Fentanyl is a powerful opiate, affecting the central nervous system. The drug is 30 to 50 times more powerful…

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