Less than a month after announcing $3 million in funding for 44 local law enforcement agencies to help their drug task forces, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is seeking even more for narcotics intelligence.
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People in the U.S. are dying at higher rates than in other similar high-income countries, and that difference is only growing.
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The findings suggest that many people who inject drugs are unknowingly using fentanyl, which may increase their risk for overdose and potentially their tolerance to fentanyl if it is used over time.
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In May 2022, a 43-year-old UK man known to be an illicit drug user died of an overdose associated with xylazine. The death is the first due to xylazine in the UK.
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The widely available drug fentanyl, already the number one killer of Americans under 50, could be weaponized and used for terroristic mass poisoning, according to health experts.
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Researchers have developed a rapid method for measuring the effect of new NPS and provide scientific basis for narcotics classification.
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The goal of this study was to begin developing a protocol that yields reproducible results—a necessary step toward a reliable, validated field-based method.
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Methamphetamine, nicotine, caffeine and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) were detected in downtown Auckland air in the first study of its type in New Zealand and Australia.
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Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $276,803 in grant funds to help the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences purchase equipment and supplies to increase its capacity to assist with criminal investigations statewide.
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The DEA says they have seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states. In fact, 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA in 2022 contained xylazine.
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