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Fentanyl vs Dilaudid: Which Is Better?
It depends. A pharmacist explains. Fentanyl and Dilaudid (hydromorphone) are two potent opioid pain relievers. Opioids are a ...
In the past two years, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have seized enough fentanyl to kill 2 million Americans, a top border official said. The acting head of CBP visited San Diego on ...
Los Angeles police made a major drug bust this week, seizing enough fentanyl to potentially kill every resident of the city. The bust resulted during a narcotics investigation near downtown Los ...
A Suffolk County drug peddler was just busted with enough fentanyl in his home to kill everyone on Long Island, prosecutors said Friday. Remon Gibson, 43, of Bellport was arrested Sept.
In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris has touted to voters the Biden-Harris administration’s actions to stop fentanyl from entering the U.S. Fentanyl ...
It’s become a ubiquitous sign of the fentanyl crisis unfolding on San Francisco’s streets: scores of seemingly comatose drug ...
Daquan Booker, 34, is accused of selling 17-year-old Grace Wrightington pills laced with fentanyl in 2023. He has been charged with criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance ...
On October 31, the US Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against four individuals and two companies associated with the criminal group the Línea, holding them responsible for smuggling ...
HOUSTON — A Houston man has been charged for allegedly distributing fentanyl that resulted in two deaths, according to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, meaning that it has none of the natural opium made from harvested poppies. Examples of natural opioids are morphine and codeine. Instead, fentanyl is a combination ...
CBS News Los Angeles Live More than 50 pounds of powdered fentanyl and nine pounds of black tar heroin was seized in South Los Angeles — drugs worth an estimated street value of over $4 million ...
The mother and grandfather of a 17-month-old Lancaster toddler who died of a fentanyl overdose have been charged with his murder. The grandfather, Jessie Darthard, told sheriff’s deputies that ...