opioid epidemic

California boasts confiscating almost 6 million fentanyl pills while experts call for more preventative measures

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California boasts confiscating almost 6 million fentanyl pills while experts call for more preventative measures

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that 5.8 million fentanyl-laced pills were confiscated throughout California by the state’s Counterdrug Task Force in collaboration with local and federal law enforcement agencies. As the state government celebrates consistently increasing confiscations of the synthetic opioid, though, experts say that the seizures will not affect the illicit drug market … Read more

Baltimore as US overdose capital: Almost 6,ooo dead in 6 years

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Baltimore as US overdose capital: Almost 6,ooo dead in 6 years

BALTIMORE: Across the city, the death toll has mounted. Fatal drug overdoses have occurred on one-third of the city’s blocks. Bodies have been found in motels and vacant houses, at parks and the football stadium, around the corner from City Hall and outside the health department. In one grim month alone, 114 people succumbed. People … Read more

Country Singer Jelly Roll Testifies On Capitol Hill About Fentanyl Crisis ‘Crippling Our Nation’

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Country Singer Jelly Roll Testifies On Capitol Hill About Fentanyl Crisis ‘Crippling Our Nation’

Jelly Roll has come a long way since dealing drugs, but isn’t staying quiet about them. The Grammy-nominated singer appeared Thursday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs to raise the alarm about America’s fentanyl crisis — and to open up about his own past. “I was part of the problem,” he … Read more

New Hampshire Democrat Cinde Warmington Got Big Donations From Opioid Clinic And Its Owner

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New Hampshire Democrat Cinde Warmington Got Big Donations From Opioid Clinic And Its Owner

Cinde Warmington, a leading Democratic contender for governor of New Hampshire and the only Democrat on the state’s Executive Council, served for years as a lawyer to a pain management clinic network implicated in the Granite State’s opioid crisis. As Warmington has made combating the state’s fentanyl crisis a central part of her campaign, the … Read more