June 6, 2022 Drug overdose deaths up again in Virginia in 2021, fentanyl the leading cause Drug overdoses in Virginia saw an overall uptick in 2021, with fentanyl contributing to the highest number of deaths in the state amid the nationwide opioid crisis.
June 1, 2022 Canada allows British Columbia to decriminalize low-level drug possession in three-year experiment Canadians in British Columbia will be able to possess up to 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA under a new drug decriminalization experiment.
May 16, 2022 Fentanyl awareness group asks Biden admin to track poisoning, overdose deaths like COVID-19 deaths Families Against Fentanyl, an organization raising awareness about the dangers of the deadly synthetic opioid, are asking the Biden administration to count fentanyl poisoning and overdose deaths the same way it counted COVID-19 deaths.
May 11, 2022 California authorities seize 15 pounds of fentanyl, 2 pounds of heroin from car outside high school The Alameda County Sheriff's Office seized 15 pounds of fentanyl, 2.2 pounds of heroin, and $139,000 from a drug dealer's car outside a high school in Oakland on Tuesday.
May 11, 2022 US drug overdoses topped 100k in 2021, reaching all-time high: CDC Over 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021, reaching an all-time high.
May 10, 2022 DEA launches ‘National Fentanyl Awareness Day’ to highlight overdoses, drug overtaking US The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is marking May 10 as “National Fentanyl Awareness Day” to bring more people’s attention to overdose deaths across the U.S.
May 10, 2022 Ohio AG issues warning about 'Frankenstein opioids,' more powerful than fentanyl In Ohio, forensic experts are sounding the alarm after tracking a year-over-year increase of a dangerous, new group of synthetic opioids called "nitazenes."
May 4, 2022 Virginia police seize 5,000 counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills, arrest four Police in northern Virginia seized 5,000 pills laced with fentanyl on Wednesday, just days after two teens suspected of taking counterfeit percocets died of fatal overdoses.
May 4, 2022 DOJ charges 12 medical professionals in illegal opioid distribution bust The Justice Department charged 14 defendants, including 12 medical professionals, in illegal opioid distribution crimes. Defendants include a dentist whose 24-year-old patient died of an overdose, a nurse who used fraudulent hospice patient prescriptions for personal use, and a doctor who preyed on low income and elderly patients to bill medically unnecessary procedures.
May 2, 2022 Florida man faces 1st-degree murder charge in woman's overdose death after allegedly quitting CPR A Florida man who allegedly watched a woman die from a fentanyl overdose, then loaded up his van with electronics from her apartment is facing first-degree murder and other charges, according to prosecutors.
