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... missteps in the agency’s oversight of painkillers like OxyContin, which is widely blamed for sparking the ongoing opioid epidemic, now driven by heroin and fentanyl. “If addiction to opioids and misuse of opioids is an enemy then we at the FDA — like every other part of society — underestimated the ...
State statistics show that from 2007 to 2017, more than 4,600 people in Oklahoma died from overdoses from opioids of all kinds, including prescription painkillers and illicit versions such as heroin and illegally made fentanyl. Nationally, opioids have been linked to more than 500,000 deaths since 2000. The ...
... found darknet vendors were running fake laboratories in their homes to create fake pills — designed to look like prescription pain pills — that are laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine and other illegal drugs. The operation was specifically designed to target "licit drug distributors who use the darknet to traffic these illicit drugs ...
... in a statement. Prince, whose hits include "Little Red Corvette," "Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," died April 21, 2016, of an accidental fentanyl overdose at age 57 at his Paisley Park estate in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The resolution for Prince is led by Klobuchar and U.S. Rep ...
... think part of the drug issue, though, is that it comes through our ports of entry. The drugs that kill people in this country, methamphetamine, fentanyl, et cetera, come through the ports of entry. They aren't being carried by a number of people trying to cross the border illegally ...
The governments committed to targeting importers of chemical precursors for fentanyl and methamphetamine, their financial networks and secret labs. They also said they would work together to reduce the trafficking of guns, a high priority for violence-wracked Mexico, and to provide more opportunities to youth to make it harder ...
NEW YORK — Actor Michael K. Williams died of acute drug intoxication in what New York City's medical examiner said Friday was an accidental death. Williams, known for playing Omar Little on “The Wire” and an Emmy Award nominee this year, had fentanyl, parafluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine in his system ...
... became a U.S. citizen. Monica Villamizar: Foley concedes, more drug mules get around him than the Recon can stop, but given the deadliness of fentanyl and other drugs, he's still dedicated to the pursuit.Tim Foley: The way I look at it, every little bit helps. That load ...
... United Kingdom to curb Beijing's ambitions. Then, U.S. gymnasts testify before Congress about the FBI's botched investigation of sexually abusive doctor, Larry Nassar. And, the U.S. struggles to contain the flow of the high-powered opioid fentanyl across the southern border amid a raging addiction crisis.
... added 37. Still to come on the "NewsHour": what President Trump's continuing grip on the Republican Party means for elections; why the U.S. struggles to contain the flow of illegal fentanyl across the Southern border; a new parenting book draws criticism for its counterintuitive advice; plus much more.
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