Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the United States attributed to a powerful class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Most healthcare systems cannot detect these substances, so the exact number of overdoses is unknown, but they are known to be involved in more than 200 deaths in Europe and … Read more
Two deaths in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2023 are the latest in the United States attributed to a powerful class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Most healthcare systems cannot detect these substances, so the exact number of overdoses is unknown, but they are known to be involved in more than 200 deaths in Europe and … Read more
2023-12-13 05:59:38 With the Democratic Party’s victory in the recent General Assembly elections, Virginians can expect much of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s legislative agenda to be blocked by a now Democratic-controlled General Assembly. This shift also represents a chance to address a critical issue that the commonwealth has struggled to redress so far: the youth opioid … Read more
2023-12-08 04:00:07 This drug thirty times more powerful than heroin kills one person every seven minutes in the United States. In this podcast, Bertrand Monnet, professor at Edhec and specialist in the economics of crime, recounts his dive into trafficking that brings billions to Mexican cartels. 1702175729 #Fentanyl #lucrative #business #deadly #drug
2023-11-03 14:30:03 Death The minor received medical attention at the Sinaloa Pediatric Hospital but did not survive By: Geovanny Elizalde November 3, 2023 – 7:30 am Culiacán Pediatric Hospital | Photo: Geovanny Elizalde Culiacán, Sin.– By alleged ingestion of fentanyland one-year-old boy died the morning of this Friday, November 3 at emergency room of the … Read more
2023-09-13 09:04:00 A vaccine should help fentanyl addicts with treatment in the future and prevent at least some of the deaths. The vaccine is scheduled to go into clinical trials early next year, as is another that works against heroin. “If the two vaccines prove safe and effective in these clinical trials, we hope to … Read more
2023-09-09 22:51:37 According to the DEA, 200 people die every day in the United States from fentanyl use. Foto: Getty Images/Science Photo… – WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY At the invitation of President Gustavo Petro, the Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Drugs was held this week in Cali. The summit, at a high political level, … Read more
2023-09-09 19:34:08 LOOK: The US rules out classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction The Trump administration focused on the problem, but COVID-19 and the electoral crisis diverted concerns. Since this year, Joe Biden’s government has made it one of its priorities. However, their concern is not only internal but, as part of Washington’s … Read more