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... medication. But perhaps a bigger factor are the drugs themselves: COVID-19 caused supply problems for dealers, so they are increasingly mixing cheap and deadly fentanyl into heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, experts said. “I don't suspect there are a bunch of new people who suddenly started using drugs because ...
... said Davis, rather than failing someone because of one missed test or positive result. Case workers intervene immediately if someone tests positive for heroin or fentanyl due to the risk of overdose, he said. “What we discovered is that, if clients are not showing up for drug tests, it’s ...
... you just gave it to a state agency,” said Cichowicz, whose twin brother, Scott Zebrowski, fatally overdosed in 2017 on a counterfeit OxyContin pill containing fentanyl. The former gym manager was 38. Cichowicz, who lives in Richmond, Virginia, said her brother became addicted after being prescribed OxyContin for back pain ...
... Defense attorneys said Floyd’s drug use was a factor in his death, with Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, saying Floyd most likely died of “fentanyl or a combination of fentanyl and methamphetamine in concert with his underlying health conditions.” The county medical examiner classified Floyd’s death as a ...
... Well, of course it has. He focused initially on economic security. He said he was going to increase the number of American jobs, cut back fentanyl imports. He had quite a long agenda for China that came out of the campaign. And I think he just delivered on those campaign ...
... said. Despite the commission's 56 policy recommendations, the Trump administration has focused most of its efforts on law enforcement to stop the flow of fentanyl, produced mostly in Mexico and China and smuggled into the U.S. Seizures have increased during Trump’s presidency, and experts cite the drug ...
... of more OxyContin to fund programs to mitigate the toll of an opioid crisis wrought by prescription drugs as well as heroin and illicitly produced fentanyl. With the terms of the Justice Department deal, the federal government gives a strong endorsement to the idea of a version of Purdue continuing ...
... us more fairness and reciprocity and address issues like protecting intellectual property rights and preventing the involuntary taking of technology. We have also addressed the fentanyl issue, in which China has made all of fentanyl and its derivatives controlled substances. And I believe that is saving lives in America, and ...
... according to a statement from Preckwinkle’s office. U.S. border closings have disrupted illegal drug trafficking, doctors say, leading to higher concentrations of synthetic fentanyl to make up for heroin “shortages” and potentially causing inconsistencies in what is sold and used on U.S. streets. Some drug users might ...
... have opioid addiction can find those. And this is one of the reasons that the increased mortality rates that many states have reported due to fentanyl are so concerning. William Brangham: Alexander says, in normal times, a disruption in the illegal drug market would likely help funnel more people into ...
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