[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 […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]roopers out of Wasilla responded to Riverside Drive on Tuesday after receiving a call reporting a man slumped over and not waking up in a running SUV, AST reports. When they arrived at the scene, troopers managed to gain entry into the vehicle and found the driver, identified as 44-year-old Nicholas Johnson, unconscious and unresponsive. […]
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 […]
November 7, 2017 (Anchorage, AK) — In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic, Alaska is one of several states seeing a surge in methamphetamine use and methamphetamine-related deaths. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ Section of Epidemiology released a report today on the health impacts of methamphetamine use in Alaska. Alaska experienced a fourfold increase […]