Articles for Fentanyl

The time for excuses is over. L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now
2 days, 15 hours ago

The time for excuses is over. L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now

LA Times  

Early one morning in Westlake, as neighborhood children walked to school, I spotted a woman heading in my direction. They were walking on Bonnie Brae Street, a couple blocks east of MacArthur Park, where it’s not uncommon to see people who are either asleep or passed out, with syringes and needles scattered about. “No one should be dying on our …

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Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland
2 days, 20 hours ago

Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, according to an annual county report released Friday that officials described as showing the peak of the fentanyl crisis in the area. “The devastating toll fentanyl is taking on our community is starkly apparent in this report and it is …

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California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say
3 days, 15 hours ago

California inmate recruited ‘wives’ to spread fentanyl across Alaska, feds say

LA Times  

As Sunday Powers drove along a remote highway in Alaska, her boss tracked her every move from 3,000 miles away. “This guy’s very intelligent,” Powers’ brother, Charles Hills, said of Sanchez. Prison officials developed leads that thwarted “planned violence” at Sanchez’s prison, said the spokeswoman, Terri Hardy. Her brother said she was recruited by one of Sanchez’s “wives,” who had …

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Ontario’s premier says Trump’s tariffs would be a disaster for US markets
5 days, 15 hours ago

Ontario’s premier says Trump’s tariffs would be a disaster for US markets

Associated Press  

TORONTO — The premier of Canada’s most populous province said Tuesday President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on all Canadian products would be a “disaster” that would hurt U.S. stock markets. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also said in an interview with The Associated Press that he’s “extremely worried” about Trump’s plan to launch a mass deportation of …

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Canada proposes joint police force with US to tackle Trump’s border concerns
5 days, 15 hours ago

Canada proposes joint police force with US to tackle Trump’s border concerns

Politico  

The proposed force would be made up of U.S. and Canadian law enforcement, LeBlanc’s office said. Canada’s border plan was presented Tuesday, a day after Chrystia Freeland stepped down as Canada’s finance minister, warning in her resignation letter that how Ottawa deals with Trump “will define us for a generation, and perhaps longer.” There is talk of more conversations between …

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Is America’s opioid epidemic finally burning out?
1 week ago

Is America’s opioid epidemic finally burning out?

Hindustan Times  

Standing in the bitter cold outside the DeCoach Recovery Centre, a drug treatment clinic on the edge of an ocean of car parking in Hamilton, Ohio, Scott Weaver explains where his life went off track. “People will tell you it don’t because they don’t want to take it, ‘cause they ain’t done yet.” Mr Weaver’s story reflects America’s opioid crisis. …

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'Why are you messing with me for smoking fentanyl?' The tough task of policing MacArthur Park
1 week, 2 days ago

'Why are you messing with me for smoking fentanyl?' The tough task of policing MacArthur Park

LA Times  

•Police who patrol MacArthur Park and Westlake are frustrated by what they say is a lack of ‘tools’ when they are dealing with drugs and thefts. Officers from LAPD’s Rampart Division were on foot patrol one morning in late July when they saw what appeared to be fentanyl residue on a bong inside a vending booth on Alvarado Street. I …

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How Trump’s threats have deepened Canada’s fentanyl fight
1 week, 3 days ago

How Trump’s threats have deepened Canada’s fentanyl fight

Firstpost  

Trump’s threats have pushed Canada to ramp up its fentanyl fight urging stronger border measures and more aggressive action against smuggling US President-elect Donald Trump’s pressure on Canada has made the country take stronger action against its growing fentanyl crisis. Canada’s fentanyl crisis is complex involving local drug production, smuggling from other countries and organised crime. Shift to making fentanyl …

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Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?
1 week, 4 days ago

Mexico cracks down on drugs and migrants. Will it be enough to stop Trump tariffs?

LA Times  

In recent days, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has touted her country’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl and highlighted multiple crackdowns on migrants headed toward the United States. An elated Trump reported after the call on social media that Sheinbaum had “agreed to stop Migration through Mexico” and had committed to “effectively closing our Southern Border.” Sheinbaum disputed that, saying that Mexico’s …

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In a fresh jibe, Trump says had dinner with ‘Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada’
1 week, 6 days ago

In a fresh jibe, Trump says had dinner with ‘Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada’

Firstpost  

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate a free-trade deal Revisiting his “Canada should become the 51st state of the US”, President-elect Donald Trump …

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Donald Trump aides contact Google, Meta, Snap over online drug sales: Report
2 weeks ago

Donald Trump aides contact Google, Meta, Snap over online drug sales: Report

Hindustan Times  

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has invited five major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms to a meeting in mid-December about dealing with online sales of drugs, The Information reported on Sunday. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has invited five major tech companies to a meeting in mid-December. A representative for Jim Carroll, the drug czar during Trump's …

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Northern California’s offshore quake and short-lived tsunami warning left some feeling ‘emergency whiplash’
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Northern California’s offshore quake and short-lived tsunami warning left some feeling ‘emergency whiplash’

LA Times  

People watch the waves come in after an earthquake was felt widely across Northern California at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. The general guidance from the weather service : “Move to high ground or inland.” Thursday morning’s quake was felt throughout the North and Central coasts and as far away as Sacramento, Reno and southern Oregon. …

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Another California fentanyl dealer heads to prison for murder after buyer’s overdose
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Another California fentanyl dealer heads to prison for murder after buyer’s overdose

LA Times  

Carson David Schewe, 23, stands in Placer Superior Court in Auburn on Tuesday after being found guilty of murder for selling fentanyl-laced pills to 20-year-old Kade Kristopher Webb. According to the Placer County district attorney, the case against Schewe is California’s second fentanyl-related murder conviction by jury trial. Rohan Beesla, Schewe’s attorney with the Placer County Public Defender’s Office, is …

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Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl at the border. Will it matter to Trump?
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Newsom touts California efforts on fentanyl at the border. Will it matter to Trump?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the border with Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in San Diego. During the visit he also trumpeted a California National Guard initiative his office said would “enhance border security” by “building on the state’s fight to curb the flow of fentanyl by targeting the guns …

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Urgent CDC warning as new drug carfentanil 100 times more deadly than fentanyl kills hundreds in 37 states
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Urgent CDC warning as new drug carfentanil 100 times more deadly than fentanyl kills hundreds in 37 states

Daily Mail  

Health officials are warning about a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl that has caused deaths in 37 states in recent years. There were 513 overdoses from carfentanil between January 2021 and June 2024, hitting states like Florida and West Virginia the hardest, according to a CDC report published today. The CDC report included data from January 2023 to …

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Amid Trump's tariff threat, Mexico seizes record 20 mn doses of fentanyl
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Amid Trump's tariff threat, Mexico seizes record 20 mn doses of fentanyl

Firstpost  

Amid US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs, Mexico has seized record 20 million doses of fentanyl drug as part of ramped up crackdown on drug production and distribution in the country Mexican authorities have ramped up action against production and distribution of drugs such as fentanyl in the country in recent days. In two instances on Tuesday, Mexican authorities …

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Mexico wants a deal with Trump to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Mexico wants a deal with Trump to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees

CNN  

CNN — Mexico hopes to strike a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to limit the number of third-country deportees it could receive from the US, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday. “We hope to have an agreement with the Trump administration,” Sheinbaum said Thursday during her daily press conference adding that Mexico is “in solidarity with everyone, but main …

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Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure

Al Jazeera  

The Mexican government also revealed it had detained thousands of migrants, as it attempts to appease Trump’s border concerns. In a statement on Wednesday, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection, said the haul came after authorities took “two separate actions” in the coastal state of Sinaloa. Speaking to The Associated Press news agency, security analyst David …

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Santa Clara County hospitals illegally dumped fentanyl, human tissue, patient data, prosecutors say
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Santa Clara County hospitals illegally dumped fentanyl, human tissue, patient data, prosecutors say

LA Times  

Santa Clara county hospitals have illegally dumped tons of biohazardous waste, including prescription drugs, human tissue and vials containing blood, county prosecutors said. “The public needs to know what happened, and the County will not get a free pass when it comes to environmental protection and consumer privacy laws.” The Santa Clara Valley Healthcare system — which is second only …

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Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Mexico announces record fentanyl bust days after Trump threatened tariffs over drugs crossing border

Daily Mail  

The Mexican military seized the largest shipments of fentanyl in history Tuesday, just days after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to levy a 25 percent tax on products from Mexico due in part to the deadly drug crossing the border. Mexican authorities said they recovered more than 2,000 pounds of fentanyl in the largest such seizure in the nation's history The …

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Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country’s history. “It is clear that the Mexican government has been managing the timing of fentanyl seizures,” said security analyst David Saucedo. “But under the pressure …

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I Need My Daughter’s Dad to Stop Calling Her “Smart”
2 weeks, 5 days ago

I Need My Daughter’s Dad to Stop Calling Her “Smart”

Slate  

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. My fiancé, on the other hand, thinks she’s “smart enough” to handle the show, something he’ll say with her present. One thing you don’t go into, really, is how much your daughter wants to watch this show, or in general to push herself with “advanced” material. That she might not yet, for …

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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

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Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

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