chief things seized national supply australia asked oxycontin synthetic force chinese mexican homeless marijuana nyc halfton added children mix press officials president 2021 settlements sacklers getting drugs dominici probe warehouse

Articles for Synthetic Opioids, search results for illicit

How Britain lost its war on drugs
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How Britain lost its war on drugs

Hindustan Times  

As a general practitioner in a deprived inner-city neighbourhood of Birmingham, Judith Yates had a close-up view of the evolution of Britain’s illegal drugs market. In 2010, frustrated by how little ground the government was making in its war on drugs, Dr Yates started visiting the local coroner’s office to collect information on drug deaths. The drug had been found …

Europe Drugs Deaths Drug Britain Yates Opioid
Synthetic opioids like fentanyl could increase in Australia soon. Experts say we need to prepare now
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl could increase in Australia soon. Experts say we need to prepare now

ABC  

Lachlan isn't worried about unintentionally using fentanyl, but he's acutely aware of what could happen if he did. And over the last decade, synthetic opioids like fentanyl have become more common across North American drug markets, including being found present in illicit opioids like heroin. Monash Addiction Research Centre deputy director Suzanne Nielsen says Australia's drug supply routes aren't currently …

China Australia Deaths Supply Drug Sydney Increase
Opioid fight needs new strategy, Cabinet leadership: report
2 years, 10 months ago

Opioid fight needs new strategy, Cabinet leadership: report

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. needs a nimble, multipronged strategy and Cabinet-level leadership to counter its festering overdose epidemic, a bipartisan congressional commission advises. With vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl driving record overdose deaths, the scourge of opioids awaits after the COVID-19 pandemic finally recedes, a shift that public health experts expect in the months ahead. “This is one of …

Law Law Enforcement Treatment Enforcement Cabinet Fentanyl Opioid
Cabinet-level leader and new approach needed to tackle opioid crisis, report says
2 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet-level leader and new approach needed to tackle opioid crisis, report says

LA Times  

Volunteers distribute free doses of naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, in Charleston, W.Va. With vastly powerful synthetic drugs like fentanyl driving record overdose deaths, the scourge of opioids awaits after the COVID-19 pandemic finally recedes, a shift that public health experts expect in the months ahead. “This is one of our most pressing national …

Law Law Enforcement Treatment Report Cabinet Fentanyl Trone