Sharon Nelson says the music icon was just trying to control his pain when he took the fatal dose of fentanyl. First came prescription drugs and heroin. Now, the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is ripping through the country, killing scores of people who take heroin, cocaine or prescription pills that have been laced with fentanyl. That’s… Continue reading Prince’s Half-Sister Talks About His Death, Fentanyl
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Overdose Deaths Increase in New Jersey Even As Prescriptions Decline
State attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal says that despite the fatal OD increase “there are reasons for hope.” Opioid overdose deaths in New Jersey increased by 24% last year, even as the number of prescriptions written for opioids fell for the first time in recent years. According to a press release from the state attorney… Continue reading Overdose Deaths Increase in New Jersey Even As Prescriptions Decline
"Drug Llama" Allegedly Sold 50,000 Fentanyl Pills On Dark Web
Investigators say the woman who reportedly calls herself “The Drug Llama” also sold Oxy, Percs and amphetamines through a dark web marketplace. A California woman known on the dark web as “The Drug Llama” is accused of shipping more than 50,000 fentanyl pills to consumers across the United States since 2016. Melissa Scanlan, 31, is… Continue reading "Drug Llama" Allegedly Sold 50,000 Fentanyl Pills On Dark Web
Bill Targeting Opioids Sent By Mail Up For Senate Vote
The STOP Act will require the U.S. Postal Service to collect electronic data on packages being shipped into the country. The Senate will likely pass a bill this week that aims to reduce the number of fentanyl shipments coming into the country via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). The STOP Act, which stands for Synthetics… Continue reading Bill Targeting Opioids Sent By Mail Up For Senate Vote
How Fentanyl Changed The Opioid Crisis
The prevalence and potency of illicit fentanyl has changed the course of the opioid crisis for the worse. While prescription painkillers were previously attributed to the most deaths in the opioid epidemic, they no longer do. Instead, the leading cause of death in this context is now illegal fentanyl, according to a recent Bloomberg editorial. The… Continue reading How Fentanyl Changed The Opioid Crisis
Couple Accused Of Running Mobile Home Drug Drive-Through
A string of overdose cases led authorities back to a mobile home with a makeshift drug-dealing drive through. Authorities busted a drug-dealing couple in Florida who were found running a drive-through service for illicit drugs out of the kitchen window of their mobile home. The drive-through experience was complete with signs directing traffic flow and… Continue reading Couple Accused Of Running Mobile Home Drug Drive-Through
Fentanyl Present In 90% Of Drugs, Massachusetts Officials Warn
The synthetic opioid is found more in combination with cocaine and benzodiazepines than heroin. Officials in Massachusetts are warning the public that the presence of the deadly synthetic opioid, fentanyl, is increasingly common in all types of illicit drugs in the state—not just in heroin or other opioids—raising the overdose risk for users of cocaine… Continue reading Fentanyl Present In 90% Of Drugs, Massachusetts Officials Warn
Dopesick: An Interview with Beth Macy
It takes the average user eight years and five to six treatment attempts just to achieve one year of sobriety. And in an era of fentanyl and other even stronger synthetic opioids, many users don’t have eight years. As recently as a few years ago, the opioid crisis could be referred to as a “silent… Continue reading Dopesick: An Interview with Beth Macy
Tunnel Beneath KFC Connects Drug Smugglers in Arizona, Mexico
The county sheriff’s department called the discovery a “heavy blow to that transnational criminal organization that built this tunnel.” A routine stop for an equipment violation led law enforcement in Arizona to an operation that numerous media outlets compared to the AMC series Breaking Bad, with a near-600-foot tunnel that connected a former fast food… Continue reading Tunnel Beneath KFC Connects Drug Smugglers in Arizona, Mexico
Demi Lovato’s Alleged Dealer Claims She Knew Pills Were Risky
Friends of Lovato’s said they became concerned when they learned that the singer had begun spending time with Brandon Johnson in April. The man who allegedly provided singer Demi Lovato with the pills that she overdosed on in July said that he warned the singer that the pills were “aftermarket” and that she knew the… Continue reading Demi Lovato’s Alleged Dealer Claims She Knew Pills Were Risky