Tag: fentanyl
Unknown synthetic street drugs increase overdoses in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Health (Georgia DPH) has issued a statement warning citizens about a potentially deadly substance distributed by way of street...
Fear of fentanyl: a hidden killer
A new study reveals that over 50 percent of all drug overdose fatalities might be because of fentanyl — a synthetic opioid that can be...
Synthetic opioid-related deaths soar 80 percent in one-year span
There were 28,647 drug poisoning deaths attributed to opioids in 2014.
The rates of opioid abuse in the United States continue to be on...
Pennsylvania takes ‘all hands on deck’ approach to opioid crisis
On Wednesday, Pennsylvania’s Governor, Tom Wolf, invited House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis) to visit a drug treatment center in his state where many patients...
Minnesota responds to opioid crisis with strategies focused on inclusion and...
Opioid-related deaths in Minnesota increased fivefold between 1999 and 2014. And in 2015, there were 216 deaths related to opioid pain relievers, according to...
Pharma execs arrested for alleged kickback scheme
Six former executives and managers of pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics, Inc. were arrested on allegations including conspiracy to commit racketeering, bribing doctors, and fraud...
Fentanyl-related deaths in Delaware soar 180 percent over three years
Deaths linked to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose 180 percent between 2012 and 2015, and fentanyl-related deaths this year are up 114 percent over...
Rash of overdoses continue across the US
More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the past year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“This...
Seven suspects face charges after spike in fentanyl overdoses in Tennessee
More than a dozen overdoses were reported within a 24-hour window in July in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, of which two people died and at last...
Pharma sales rep busted for kickbacks requests medical marijuana during defense
A former pharmaceuticals sales manager who is accused by federal authorities of paying kickbacks to get doctors to write prescriptions for an opioid drug...
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