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REDDING, Calif. — Employees at a Redding restaurant and bar are staying prepared as they say they’re seeing the dangers of the fentanyl epidemic. At The Shack in Redding, employees keep a ready supply of Narcan. Bartender and server Julie Mason said this is provided by a local health department. Their staff members all know how to use the medication …

KYOTO–Researchers from Kyoto University announced the development of a painkiller that relieves suffering more safely than fentanyl and other conventional alternatives. They said the drug is just as effective as existent narcotic analgesic agents, commonly known as opioids, which are used to treat acute pain associated with disease, especially cancer. The painkiller is expected to replace opioids because it is free of …

Aug 22, 2025Dwayne Page A Liberty man was found with Fentanyl during a probation search at his home on Monday 46-year-old Ricky Allen Ashford, II of East Main Street, Liberty is charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug. His bond is $10,000 and he will be in court September 11. Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on August 18 …

Grey McCallister described her son Lucci with love: a talented tattoo artist, a loving brother, and a great friend with a smile that could light up a room. Lucci’s life was cut short in January when the 22-year-old bought and took what he believed was Xanax. The pill was actually made up entirely of a synthetic opioid called nitazene that …

Two Young Men Die from Street Drug That’s 43 Times Stronger than Fentanyl. It’s Taking Hold in the U.S.  AOL.comView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Trump increases tariff on Canada to 35% from 25%, cites fentanyl  Reuters Five things that are more expensive in Canada due to tariffs  BBC Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Amends Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across our Northern Border  The White House (.gov) Trump says global baseline tariff rates will stay at 10%, Canada goes to 35%  Axios Canada PM …

Stronger Than Fentanyl: A Drug You’ve Never Heard of Is Killing Hundreds Every Year  MSN Lethal drug could cause ‘biggest public health crisis’ since 1980s  The Independent Traces of deadly synthetic opioids found at needle and syringe disposal sites in SA  Scimex Stronger than Fentanyl – a new drug Nitazenes is sweeping Europe  Northlines Lethal opioids ‘more potent than heroin’ found in syringes in …

A synthetic drug considered 100 times more potent than fentanyl was determined to have caused the death of a Riverside man, marking the latest in an increase in overdoses involving the synthetic drug, public health officials said. Carfentanil is a schedule II synthetic drug with a similar chemical as fentanyl and is used in Wildnil, an anesthetic for elephants, according …

Federal researchers in Maryland identified a dangerous new sedative, N-methyl clonazepam, mixed with fentanyl in a recent string of overdoses in Baltimore. Health officials warn that Narcan is ineffective against it. Findings from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Montgomery County, Maryland, indicate a new — and dangerous — component in fentanyl is being sold on the street. …

President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that will permanently ban analogues of fentanyl—though it also contains provisions that would remove barriers to conducting research into the risks and benefits of marijuana, psychedelics and other Schedule I drugs. The president signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act on Wednesday, accompanied by his yet-to-be-confirmed pick for …