AMLO Claims Fentanyl Production is Nonexistent in Mexico; Claims Importation from Asia to the US and Canada

AMLO Claims Fentanyl Production is Nonexistent in Mexico; Claims Importation from Asia to the US and Canada

During the morning, the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) stated that fentanyl is not produced in the countryarrives more directly to the United States and Canada. “He fentanyl it comes from Asia”, he stated, “and it not only enters through Mexico, it also enters directly to the United States”, alluding to drug … Read more

“Zombie drug”: xylazine, this substance that worries the United States – Sciences et Avenir

“Zombie drug”: xylazine, this substance that worries the United States – Sciences et Avenir

Cocaine, heroin, fentanyl… The opioid crisis which has killed more than 500,000 people over the past 20 years continues to worsen in the United States. These drugs particularly affect young people and modest backgrounds, because they are easily accessible and highly addictive. Fentanyl in particular, which has wreaked havoc in the United States and Canada … Read more

Addictions: 2 million deaths from drugs in the United States by 2030 | Global UNAM

Addictions: 2 million deaths from drugs in the United States by 2030 |  Global UNAM

Enrique Cifuentes García warns about the increase in deaths from drug overdose in the United States, reaching a total of 107,622 deaths in 2021, which represented an increase of 15% compared to the previous year. Fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine are the main substances responsible for these deaths. Cifuentes García, from the Mount Sinai Hospital in … Read more

Student rescued by nurses after school overdose – NBC New York (47)

Student rescued by nurses after school overdose – NBC New York (47)

NEW YORK – There were some terrifying moments inside a Westchester County high school when a teenage student suddenly collapsed in the middle of an overdose after smoking a weed vaporizer that may have been laced with fentanyl . The big scare happened inside New Rochelle High School earlier in the week after a student … Read more

Authorities seize record number of fentanyl pills in New York City in 2022 – NBC New York (47)

Authorities seize record number of fentanyl pills in New York City in 2022 – NBC New York (47)

What to know The New York Division of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the New York City Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (NPS) announced Thursday that record quantities of counterfeit pills mixed with fentanyl and fentanyl powder have been seized in New York during 2022. The New York division of the DEA, … Read more

Horror of Fentanyl epidemic sweeps US, residents die on the streets

Horror of Fentanyl epidemic sweeps US, residents die on the streets

Jakarta – Over the past year, more than 100,000 U.S. citizens have died from drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is called the fentanyl horror epidemic because many US citizens have been found lifeless after consuming this synthetic opioid. The United States is the first to record the highest annual drug-related death toll. According … Read more

Young people die in the United States for consuming adulterated drugs that they bought on Snapchat

Young people die in the United States for consuming adulterated drugs that they bought on Snapchat

Relatives of the youths who have died in recent weeks from adulterated drugs that they bought through the social network Snapchatdemanded that the platform and the other social networks take measures to prevent more adolescents from falling into this situation. “I am here to warn about the dangers of social networks where drugs and other … Read more

“There is no safe way to get high”: Florida rejects New York Department of Health campaign

“There is no safe way to get high”: Florida rejects New York Department of Health campaign

Controversial advertising campaign in NYC. Photo: NYC Health/Courtesy – “It is inconceivable that the mayor of New York and the (NYC) Department of Health are empowering people to abuse drugs” during a “national opioid crisis,” criticized Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody. Since the recent launch of a controversial campaign on public transportation in NYC with … Read more

375,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills Seized in Phoenix – NBC Phoenix/Tucson

375,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills Seized in Phoenix – NBC Phoenix/Tucson

PHOENIX- Four people were arrested for Possession of Drugs for Sale and Weapons in West Phoenix as part of an operation by Phoenix Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). According to Phoenix police, investigators served three search warrants in Phoenix and seized approximately 375,000 M30 pills, which authorities say may contain fentanyl, more than … Read more

Experts Call for New Approach in Fighting Opioid Epidemic | The World | DW

Experts Call for New Approach in Fighting Opioid Epidemic |  The World |  DW

Mexican drug cartels play a leading role in the expansion of the opioid epidemic in the neighboring country, with the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel (CJNG) at the head of a list of various criminal organizations, according to the National Drug Threat Assessment 2020 (NDTA). A few weeks ago, the Drug Control … Read more