Tag: fentanyl
DEA’s “Innovative” Strategy in New Orleans Encourages Ever-Harsher Prosecutions
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response ...
Now the CDC Seems to Be Pushing Fentanyl Myths in Its New Video
On March 27, the Centers for Disease Control, in collaboration with the Fredericksburg, Virginia Police ...
“Patently False” Fentanyl Myth Peddled by Vermont Police Chief
On March 15, Brett Flansburg, a Vermont state trooper, collapsed in the parking lot ...
“Yellow Peril”—How Blaming China for Fentanyl Continues a Racist Legacy
As the overdose crisis roars on, various stakeholders seek to assign blame for these ...
How a Paraplegic Drug User Became a Victim of Involuntary Commitment
Barely a day passes on my beat without my meeting someone with a harrowing ...
Heroin Buyers Clubs Proposed by Researchers to Reduce Overdose
The crisis of opioid-related deaths extends throughout North America. Similar to cities across the ...
Rate of Opioid-Related Deaths Will “Substantially Worsen” Under Current Conditions, Study Projects
Current drug and health policy is clearly not doing enough to end the crisis ...
Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible
When it landed three years ago, some six guys died here in one week,” ...
Struggling to Compete with Fentanyl, Mexico’s Poppy Farmers Ask for Legalization
Gonzalo Hernandez* first heard the word “fentanyl” about two years ago. Hernandez, who lives ...
Why Crystal Meth Has Made a Big Comeback in Philadelphia
Meth! Meth, crystal. Who wants meth?” shouted a middle-aged man in a parka earlier ...
