FDA Tweets About Marketing of Unapproved Addiction TreatmentsScott Gottlieb, the FDA Commissioner, took to Twitter last week to issue a warning about unapproved addiction medications. “FDA believes strongly people addicted to opioids should have access to safe and effective, approved treatments for addiction. ... Read More
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In Brooklyn, the “American Dream” Turns Deadly
Fentanly-laced heroin dashing dreams in BrooklynReflecting a trend seen across the country, dealers in Brooklyn are increasingly cutting heroin with deadly traces of fentanyl, and other instances, simply doing away with the heroin altogether and selling pure fentanyl. Last week, twenty members of Brooklyn drug crews ... Read More
Dayton Overdose Action Team On the Frontlines
Dayton and Montgomery County Officials Develop Collaborative PlatformThe Community Overdose Action Team was established in the fall of 2016 to address the opioid/heroin epidemic in Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio. The goals of the program are clear - stabilize the number of people dying from overdoses, and then ... Read More
Milwaukee Slammed With 8 Overdose Deaths in 24 Hours
Milwaukee Overdoses Pile Up on a Day of InfamyWith 6 autopsies scheduled for Dec 7th alone, the Milwaukee medical examiner's office tallied a total of 8 deaths within 24hrs. "It’s becoming the new norm. Probably a third of the cases this year will be overdoses, and they don’t come through just one at a time. They ... Read More
Pennsylvania Distributing 60,000 Naloxone Kits
State officials distribute naloxone to emergency response agenciesAs the opioid crisis continues to cut lives short across Pennsylvania, officials at the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency are providing 13,752 kits of the overdose reversal drug to 59 counties through a $5 million appropriation included in ... Read More
Carfentanil Explodes Outside Washington, Killing 3
Deadly Drug Arrives Just Outside the Capital, Spurring OverdosesCarfentanil is 4000x more powerful than heroin, and is used by veterinarians to tranquilize elephants. Unfortunately, this plutonium-like opioid is now circulating on the streets just outside the capital. This week 3 victims who died from overdose in a ... Read More
Raid Nets Enough Fentanyl To Wipe Out All of Ohio
Police Raid In Columbus, OH Finds Massive Cache of Pure Fentanyl It's difficult to overstate how deadly fentanyl can be - just a few grains will kill an unsuspecting user. So when police in a Columbus, Ohio raid found 4.5 pounds of the illegal opioid, it literally had the potential to kill the entire city. However, ... Read More
Fentanyl Raid in the Heart of Baltimore
Corner store was epicenter for sprawling drug networkThis week, police in Baltimore had to spend hours in hazmat suits removing all the fentanyl and morphine from a corner store in the Old Goucher neighborhood of Baltimore. The raid netted more than 16 pounds of suspected fentanyl and 13 pounds of suspected ... Read More