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synthetic drugs
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Fentanyl Overdoses See Dramatic Spike in U.S., According to Report
Nearly 70,000 Americans died of fentanyl overdoses in 2021.
May 4, 2023
Spice, K2 Use Falls in States With Legal Weed, Study Shows
Nothing beats the real thing as nature knows best.
August 10, 2022
Cartels Ditch Pot and Opium Fields for Synthetic Drugs, Mexico Defense Secretary Says
The governments of both Mexico and the U.S. admit that legal cannabis is hurting cartel crops.
December 21, 2021
China Bans More Synthetic Opioids Blamed for U.S. Drug Deaths
BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it would ban a designer drug called U-47700 and three others, following…
June 20, 2017
Dutch Police Discover 176 Pounds of Synthetic Drugs
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police searching a barn in the southern Netherlands have discovered a large quantity…
May 10, 2017
When Heroin Is Safer…
Until 2007, the most common way to die accidentally in Ohio was in a car crash. That was…
April 19, 2017
Changes Mulled as Synthetic Drug Sentences Cause Confusion
BY ERIC TUCKER AND SADIE GURMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The men who sold it called it…
January 23, 2017
Utah Teen Deaths Probed Amid National Synthetic Drug Wave
BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are investigating the deaths of two 13-year-old…
October 10, 2016
China: Synthetic Drug Use Is Rising at an Alarming Rate
Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported Tuesday that Chinese authorities are warning of a rapid rise in abuse of…
May 13, 2015