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Fentanyl on the Front Lines: A Supply and Demand Issue

Fentanyl is a problem. Not just close to home, where 5,622 Floridians died of fentanyl-related overdose in a single 12-month period, but across America. Every day, fentanyl and related synthetic drugs take the lives of 150 people. About 55,000 Americans die each year. On the part of government enforcement agencies, there is an all-out attack to stop fentanyl supply chains into the country.

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West Virginia Sees a 122 Percent Increase in Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses

Fentanyl is one of those drugs that a lot of addicts have taken but didn’t mean to. The boom in fentanyl on city streets started around 2001 and it seemed to grow out of control from there.

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‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip Artist Loses Stepson to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

It’s beyond words when a parent loses a child to a drug overdose. It’s so unnecessary and it’s unnatural. Children are supposed to outlive their parents; parents are never supposed to bury their children and when they do, it’s one of the most traumatic,...

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Narcan-Resistant Fentanyl Now Found in Alabama

It was only a little over a year ago when Narcan-resistant fentanyl was reported to have been found in Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh area went wild, with no one actually believing that such a thing existed.

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Amount of Fentanyl Found in Prince’s System Was ‘Exceedingly High’

Just like most of us remember where we were and what we were doing when Michael Jackson died, a lot of us seem to remember the same details when we heard that Prince had died of a fatal overdose. He was a musical and cultural gift to our world but unfortunately,...

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Fentanyl’s Latest Victim: An 8-Year-Old in Detroit

A few months ago, I wrote a blog about a 13-year-old who died from an overdose of fentanyl and heroin. It’s awful news that young children are now being laid to rest after taking a toxic combination of these drugs.

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Forget Heroin, Dealers Now Sell Pure Fentanyl

Donald Trump has just declared the opiate crisis a public health emergency and for good reason. The problem with opiates is getting worse each day and the fight against drugs seems to be a never-ending battle.

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Authorities Seize 5 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl in New Jersey

Why is the Fentanyl problem so bad in this country? First of all, opiate addicts want it.…

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Fake Xanax Kills 9 People in Florida…What else was in it?

Back in the day, although dangerous in and of itself, drug addicts didn’t have to worry about buying fake pharmaceutical drugs on the street. Of course, they could get tricked by street dealers looking to make a quick profit, who said they were selling...