Tag: synthetic drugs
China to Target Fentanyl Precursors, Deepening the Synthetic Drug War
China has reportedly agreed to crack down on companies that manufacture and export fentanyl ...
DEA Targets Precursors, Pill Presses in Fentanyl Supply Chain Crackdown
In the aftermath of the temporary class-wide fentanyl ban the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ...
Prison “K2”: The Hidden Center of a Chaotic New Drug War
Back when I was running with biker gangs, we used to play a game ...
Oregon to Regulate Synthetic Cannabis Products, Setting National Precedent
Beginning on July 1, 2022, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) will ban ...
One Drug Dominates Our Prison’s Supply. We Don’t Know What It Is.
During the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Corrections suspended all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “substance ...
Revealing Trends in Russia’s Dark-Web Drug Markets
Heroin use became widespread in Russia in the late 1990s, amid the opening of ...
Why Isotonitazene Is Not Yet the “New Fentanyl”
In the span of about a year, isotonitazene, a novel psychoactive substance (NPS), went ...
Florida Prison Neglect Contributes to Synthetic Cannabinoid Deaths
The violent and inhumane conditions pervading Florida state prisons are graphically detailed in a ...
New Drugs, Bad Policies Leave Philly Harm Reduction Groping in the Dark
The “Walmart of Heroin” is how the New York Times described Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood—in ...
The Study of “Synthetic Cannabinoids” Condemns Punitive Marijuana Laws
On April 2, at the invitation of Alex J. Krotulski, a research scientist with ...
