The Mexican drug cartels and China have joined forces on a lethal campaign to poison thousands of people each year with potent narcotics and experts are hailing a recent Justice Department conviction as a small step in combatting the vast and lucrative operation. This week, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) revealed a small part of that […]
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A cute stuffed animal toy for their daughter turned out to be an unsuspecting parents’ worst nightmare after they discovered 5,000 fentanyl pills hidden inside the toy. The Phoenix Police Department posted a photo of the deadly narcotics on Twitter over the weekend. According to the tweet, the toy was purchased at a thrift story […]
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Oprah Winfrey Network host Dr. Laura Berman opened up to her public following on Instagram to share that her son, 16, had recently died of a fentanyl overdose. Fentanyl is a highly-potent synthetic opioid and, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. It […]
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Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday before a federal court in Newark, New Jersey for promoting opioid prescriptions and lying to customers about the dangers of the highly addictive drugs, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. “The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition […]
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Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona discovered and intercepted enough fentanyl, a highly-potent synthetic opioid, to kill 200,000 people, according to a recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release. The seizure was made last Thursday at the Wellton Station, which makes up 65 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico, when agents were inspecting […]
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