[dropcap]F[/dropcap]entanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year, most likely spread because of heroin and prescription pill shortages, and also because it was cheaper for drug wholesalers than heroin, according to a report on illicit US drug markets by researchers at UC San Francisco. First […]
Following a two-year investigation into the death of Rock superstar Prince, investigators announced that no criminal charges will be filed in his Fentanyl overdose death. Carver County Attorney Mark Metz said during a press conference today that neither Prince or those close to him knew that he was taking fake Vicoden laced with the powerful […]
A female inmate at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center was charged with one count of Distribution of a Controlled Substance in Federal Court on Tuesday after a rash of overdoses on the powerful narcotic Fentanyl in that facility in October. The first of five overdoses at the facility occurred the very same day that 36-year-old Dorothy […]
ANCHORAGE — Some heroin-containing drugs recently being distributed in Alaska have significant amounts of fentanyl, increasing the risk of overdose and death. The state medical examiner has confirmed that three individuals who recently died of overdose in Anchorage have tested positive for fentanyl and other substances including heroin and morphine. The Alaska Department of Health […]