There’s a Drug That Can Prevent Nearly Every Opioid Overdose Death. How Easy Is It to Get in Your State?
Pacific Standard looks at naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws nationwide.
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Fentanyl
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America’s Heroin Supply Is Changing — and Becoming Deadlier
Fentantyl, the synthetic opioid nearly 50 times more potent than heroin, continues to spread across America. A powerful…
Five Things You Need to Know About America’s Fentanyl Epidemic
Fentanyl, the painkiller that’s more powerful than morphine, oxycodone, and heroin, has become an especially worrisome chapter in…
Street Hustle: The Truth Behind the ‘New’ Police Tool for Fighting Fentanyl
A drug test manufacturer has repackaged an old, error-prone chemical formula and is marketing it as a new,…
The Instant Test That Can Tell Whether Users’ Drugs Are Cut With a Deadly Chemical
Vancouver has begun offering users instant test strips to verify whether their illegal drugs contain fentanyl.
