2020: The Deadliest Year In Drug History
2020 is the deadliest year in drug history, with declining mental health due to COVID-19 encouraging more substance abuse to occur.
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2020 is the deadliest year in drug history, with declining mental health due to COVID-19 encouraging more substance abuse to occur.
The development of Dsuvia may be considered essential by those who believe it has the potential to save lives, despite opposition through the years.
A routine traffic stop in Berks County, PA turned into a drug bust. Eliesel Gutierrez was found with 10kg of fentanyl to deliver for distribution.
A 2020 study found that expanding Medicaid coverage resulted in less opioid overdose deaths from heroin and synthetic opioids.
Recent overdoses in Asia have sparked authorities to examine the drugs involved. Many believe deaths were caused by fentanyl mixed with heroin.
The U.S. Senate has voted to extend the DEA's temporary classification of fentanyl analogues as Schedule I controlled substances.
New research shows that the use of meth and fentanyl has increased substantially from 2013 to 2019, often as co-occurring substance use disorders.
The first joint U.S.-China narcotics investigation has resulted in prison sentences for nine Chinese smugglers who mailed the opioid fentanyl to Americans.
A new CDC report shows that meth caused more fatal overdoses in the United States west of the Mississippi River than fentanyl in 2017.