Tag: fentanyl
Georgia Enacts New Fentanyl Penalties, Naloxone Access (Sort of) in Schools
More than 100 new laws took effect in Georgia on July 1. Though only ...
FEND Act Against Fentanyl Trafficking Could Worsen Overdose Crisis
As harm reduction efforts around the United States face intense backlash, politicians are doubling ...
A Mother’s Day Dream, After Losing My Daughter to Fentanyl Overdose
Ordinarily, my wish for Mother’s Day would be to spend a bit of time ...
The Campaign to Call Fentanyl Deaths “Poisoning” Is Working as Intended
A basic concept of toxicology is that “the dose makes the poison.” Any substance ...
CBP Launches Operation Plaza Spike, “Next Phase” in War on Fentanyl
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun the latest iteration of its synthetic drug ...
FL Isn’t Really Criminalizing Fentanyl “Exposure.” It’s Punishing Possession.
Beginning October 1, Florida will consider it a second-degree felony to expose a first ...
New Hampshire Is Weighing Harsher Fentanyl Punishments
New Hampshire is weighing a series of bills that would increase punishments for fentanyl-related ...
CDC: Overdose Deaths Leveled Off in 2022, Still Setting New Record
The United States recorded 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to final data ...
Biden’s Border Security Deal Is Collapsing. What Now?
President Biden’s $118 billion anti-immigration deal is collapsing on the eve of its procedural ...
WA Advances Fentanyl-Detecting K-9s—and Police Immunity From Damages
Washington State has advanced a bill to train drug-sniffing dogs to detect fentanyl—and limit ...
