The increase in the manufacture and use of highly-addictive synthetic opioids is a global challenge. The EU is taking action to curb this global affliction on society. Opioids are a class of drugs ...

Dr. Rahul Gupta speaks to faculty, students, and community members at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. on Sep.15, 2023. More than 100,000 people died of an opioid overdose nationwide in 2022 ...

The number of Floridians who died from drugs last year decreased across the state, but one synthetic drug was noticeably on the rise and fentanyl is still the deadliest drug of all, according to a ...

The U.S. reached a grim milestone in April 2021: more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in a single year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press release on this ...

In the early hours of September 14, 2021, three men parked in a quiet car park in the southern English market town of Abingdon-on-Thames. The men, returning from a night out, had pulled over to smoke ...

Mexico’s extradition of a chemical broker to the United States marks a significant step against these middlemen, who occupy an essential but often overlooked position in the synthetic drug pipeline.

US court cases and blockchain data reveal an industrial-scale crypto-laundering pipeline moving dirty cash through digital ...

Telangana's crackdown on drugs results in record seizures, over 7,000 arrests, and rising convictions between 2021 and 2025.

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 5 - As Europe warns it is hitting a drug-crime tipping point, the European Commission unveils a tougher ...

The synthetic drug market in East and Southeast Asia continues to expand at “concerning levels,” the United Nations said yesterday, highlighting the emergence of new smuggling routes for ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s common for women to feel blue briefly after giving birth. But a severe mood problem could be postpartum depression, which can lead to suicide in rare cases. Could a synthetic ...

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