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Series of suspected drug overdoses prompts police warning

A warning has been issued about the circulation of potentially lethal illicit…
Teen Overdoses After Taking Fake Percocet That Was Actually ‘100% Fentanyl’

Teen Overdoses After Taking Fake Percocet That Was Actually ‘100% Fentanyl’

A New York man who allegedly sold fentanyl to a woman in…

'Hundreds of times stronger than heroin': Severe overdoses trigger warnings in NSW

A warning has been issued after a series of severe opioid overdoses…
Hospitals are seeing more fentanyl-caused drug overdoses among children. (© FlaglerLive)

More Kids Are Dying of Drug Overdoses from Counterfeit Pills Laced with Fentanyl

Hospitals are seeing more fentanyl-caused drug overdoses among children. (© FlaglerLive) A…
Calls for federal regulation of kratom mount as natural remedy linked to rising overdoses

Calls for federal regulation of kratom mount as natural remedy linked to rising overdoses

As the U.S. weathers its fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crisis, more…
San Francisco is on track for its deadliest year ever for drug overdoses, with 692 people dying before November and the total predicted to hit over 800

San Francisco on track for deadliest year on record for drug overdoses with 692 people dying in the first nine months of the year – more than all of 2022 – with 80% of fatalities caused by fentanyl

San Francisco is facing its deadliest year ever for drug overdose deaths…
Grandma arrested after infant allegedly overdoses on prescription cough syrup

Grandma arrested after infant allegedly overdoses on prescription cough syrup

Tibina Louissant (BSO) and Josiah Fenelus (WTVJ screenshot) A 53-year-old grandmother in…
Health bosses in the US who re-imposed a drugs ban in Portland after overdoses, deaths and crime soared urged Scottish officials not to follow their original path. Above: Drug users in Portland, Oregon

US drugs bosses warn Scotland against decriminalising drugs: Liberal city of Portland brought back ban as overdoses, drug deaths and crime soared

Health bosses in the US who re-imposed a drugs ban in Portland…
Biden wants to lift Chinese sanctions to stop fentanyl — instead of just closing the border

Biden wants to lift Chinese sanctions to stop fentanyl — instead of just closing the border

Team Biden is thinking of lifting some sanctions against China to get…
Rikers inmate dies of overdose, DOC staffers facing suspension

Rikers inmate dies of overdose, DOC staffers facing suspension

A Rikers Island inmate locked up on burglary charges died of an…