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“Rhino Tranq” Hits US Streets as Drug Traffickers Up the Ante
A fentanyl adulterant 10 to 20 times stronger than xylazine is sweeping the US. As medetomidine surges, users face unseen dangers with every hit.
DRUGS
$28 Billion and 68 Dead: The Real Cost of Vaping
Despite glossy ads and social media hype, vaping is fueling a new health crisis among youth—marked by cancer, coma and addiction.
DRUGS
Ecstasy Deaths Surge as Child-Friendly Pills Target Teens
From emojis to “LEGO” logos, Ecstasy tablets are designed to lure children. As deaths mount, experts call for urgent action.
DRUGS
US Coast Guard Seizes Over $500 Million in Marijuana and Cocaine
A billion dollars’ worth of cartel drugs seized in recent months shows law enforcement’s reach—but demand remains the root of the crisis.
DRUGS
Global Experts Advocate Prevention at Annual UN Drug Policy Summit
From cancer risks to crime waves, experts detailed the real costs of cannabis, calling on governments to act before a generation is lost.
DRUGS
Study: Hallucinogen Users Face a 160% Higher Risk of Death
A Canadian study finds those who seek medical care at a hospital after using hallucinogens nearly three times more likely to die within five years than the general population.
DRUGS
Nitazenes Up to 40 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl Found in Wastewater in Both Hemispheres
Since their broader appearance on Europe’s illicit drug scene six years ago, nitazenes have been detected across nearly every continent, but they remain under-researched and rarely discussed.
DRUGS
Fentanyl Poisoning of Kids Leaps Nearly 1,000 Percent, New Study Says
“An infinitesimally small amount of this poison can come in contact with a child and result in that child’s death,” says the Suffolk County DA. Authorities are outraged, but kids are dying anyway.
DRUGS
UN Report Details Global Killing Power of New Synthetic Opioids
As much as 2,000 times stronger than heroin, synthetics are fueling an epidemic of death.
DRUGS
Drugs and Murder Go Hand in Hand, New UK Stats Reveal
Some 56 percent of all 570 homicides in England and Wales were related to drugs—highlighting the ineffectiveness of the “harm reduction” model.
DRUGS
Olympic Snowboarder Turned Drug Lord Is Now Wanted Internationally
Ryan Wedding’s story starts as an Olympian, but ends as a wanted fugitive. When found, he faces life in prison—the price of a wasted life.
DRUGS
Forty-Five-Year Sentence For Day Care Operator Who Killed One-Year-Old With Fentanyl
“Day care” was just a front for a fentanyl operation. Three other children required Narcan to survive.
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DRUGS
The Opioid Dossier
“The Opioid Dossier” chronicles a yearlong investigation by Associate Editor Michael Brennan into a deadly drug epidemic—spawned by America’s pharmaceutical industry. His in-depth report follows.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Almost Heaven, Almost Hell
In West Virginia’s natural paradise pain pills paved a road to perdition.
THE OPIOID DOSSIER
Lawyer
A Southern lawyer tells how we got here, and how he hopes to use a forgotten state law to rescue the country from the opioid epidemic.
