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Largest ever seizure of synthetic opioids made in raid on suspected drug factory

UK law enforcement want to stop any rise in use of the drugs amid a fall in opium production in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Police seize UK’s largest ever stash of synthetic opioids in Waltham Forest

Eleven members of a criminal gang have been arrested and charged by detectives who have seized the UK’s largest ever stash of synthetic opioids.

Evening Standard

Mind-altering ketamine becomes new pain treatment, despite little research or regulation

The decades-old surgical drug ketamine has found a new use — as an alternative to opioids for patients with chronic pain

The Independent UK

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FDA calls for new meds for stimulant use

The FDA called for treatments for stimulant use disorder. Doctors say current options are limited

Salon

What is naloxone and how is it used in the US?

Tens of thousands die from opioid overdoses in the United States yearly — but medicines like Narcan can reverse overdoses and help reduce the toll.

USAFacts

Inmates and visitors allegedly smuggled contraband into jail

Police allegedly found opioids being smuggled in a pair of shoes.

The Canberra Times

The Shady Statistics Behind the War on Painkillers

The government has doubled down on failed policies, citing deeply flawed studies and misrepresenting data.

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Animal tranquiliser added to opioids causing ‘steep increase’ in deaths

Authors of new study say there is not enough awareness of effects of xylazine, which is being mixed in with heroin and fentanyl

The Guardian - US

Synthetic opioids and sedative may be behind rise of fatal overdoses in West Midlands

Exclusive: About 30 deaths in two months being examined for involvement of heroin substitute nitazenes and tranquilliser xylazine

The Guardian - UK

What’s fentanyl, and why have deaths due to drug overdose spiked in the US?

In 2021, two-thirds of drug-related overdose deaths in the US were linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

Al Jazeera

What are nitazenes? Powerful drug '500 times stronger than heroin' behind London clubland panic

Some nitazenes are thought to be 500 times stronger than heroin and have caused more than 100 deaths in the UK

Evening Standard

London on drug alert after seizure of ‘super strength’ opioid

Fears that new super-strength lab-made heroin could sweep the capital increased on Wednesday after police said they had seized a batch of the drug in east London.

Evening Standard

US takes aim at China companies, executives over fentanyl supply chain

US sanctions, indicts Chinese firms, executives said to supply chemicals used to produce highly addictive opioids.

Al Jazeera

Nitazenes: synthetic opioids more deadly than fentanyl are starting to turn up in overdose cases

The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed – mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting to crop up in overdose cases, on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Salon

Study maps overdose crisis' fourth wave

New research found cocaine or methamphetamine paired with fentanyl was responsible for one-third of overdose deaths

WEKU

Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis

A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.

The Independent UK

Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows

New data shows that the number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the U.S. continued to fall through the late 2010s even as the nation's overdose crisis deepened

Fortune

Kroger just agreed to pay up to $1.2 billion to states and Native American tribes who sued it for distributing opioids

The settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or liability, the company said, adding that it would “continue to vigorously defend against any other claims and lawsuits relating to opioids.”

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Reason

If You Need Pain Pills, Politicians Want To Monitor Your Body Chemistry

Our political leaders envision a future in which high-tech implants snitch about our use of painkillers.

Evening Standard

Is fentanyl coming to London?

It kills tens of thousands of Americans every year, but the toll from fentanyl and other lab-made opioids could be about to get much worse. Gavin Haynes explains why a global heroin shortage could spark a US-style drugs crisis on British shores

WEKU

UK study helps counties most impacted by substance use disorder with access to treatment and educat

Thursday marked International Overdose Awareness Day. The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says more than 2,100 Kentuckians died last year because of an overdose – a five percent decrease from the year prior. 90 percent of those deaths were from opioids.

The Guardian - US

‘Please ask for my help!’: a Chicago taskforce tries to save lives from deadly fentanyl

The West Side heroin/opioid taskforce is confronting the growing overdose crisis among the city’s Black population

Chicago Sun-Times

Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ doesn’t tell the full story of prescription opioids

The six-part miniseries vividly portrays Purdue Pharma’s reckless marketing of OxyContin. But it dismisses the caveat: that there are legitimate medical uses for this drug and other prescription opioids.

WEKU

Caring for people with fentanyl addiction often means treating terrible wounds

The fentanyl-additive Xylazine causes open wounds, making the illegal drug supply even more dangerous and treatment more complicated

Kiplinger

Cannabis Linked to Decreased Use of Opioids: This Week in Cannabis Investing

A federally funded study found that cannabis can help reduce opioid cravings and abuse.

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