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prescription opioid painkillers > Fentanyl

Steve Breen

political cartoon

GocComics

April 03, 2023

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2023/04/03

How Opioid Addiction in the U.S.

Fuels a Crisis for Farmers in Mexico

Intercept    6 December 2020

How Opioid Addiction in the U.S. Fuels a Crisis for Farmers in Mexico

Video    The Intercept    6 December 2020

As Americans turn to fentanyl,

poppy growers in Mexico turn to migrant work and organized crime.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KPpuPadomY

Addicted and left behind:

the opioid epidemic killing African Americans

WP    18 December 2018

Addicted and left behind:

the opioid epidemic killing African Americans

Video        Washington Post        18 December 2018

Washington, D.C. residents Sam Rogers and Renee Howell

live in fear of their next drug overdose

as fentanyl has sent the rate of deaths

among African Americans skyrocketing.

This is the opioid epidemic

no one is talking about.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ujj3-QaDc

opioids > Synthetic opioid > Fentanyl

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid,

prescribed to help patients

deal with severe pain.

Opioids help to reduce patients’

perception of their suffering

and can induce a state

of extreme relaxation and euphoria.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/
health/what-is-fentanyl.html

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid

30-50 times more potent than heroin

and 50-100 times more potent than morphine,

according to

the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Two milligrams is enough

to be a lethal dose for most people,

the agency says.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/25/
614311531/nebraska-police-seize-record-amount-of-fentanyl

2024

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
drugs-fentanyl-china/ - Filed Nov. 26, 2024, noon GMT

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/
us/elections/san-francisco-daniel-lurie-fentanyl.html

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
drugs-fentanyl-supplychain/ - July 202, 2024

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/01/
2100-deaths-in-10-years-
how-fentanyl-is-devastating-los-angeles-unhoused-community

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/
nyregion/overdose-deaths-fentanyl-buffalo-erie-county.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/
briefing/has-fentanyl-peaked.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/
health/drug-overdose-deaths.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/
1250791924/fentanyl-opioid-counterfeit-pills-law-enforcement-seizures-study

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/
world/americas/guatemala-fentanyl-opium-poppy.html

https://www.gocomics.com/pedroxmolina/2024/02/13

2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/
1220881380/overdose-fentanyl-drugs-addiction

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/
health/polysubstance-opioids-addiction.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/14/
1199396794/fentanyl-mixed-with-cocaine-or-meth-
is-driving-the-4th-wave-of-the-overdose-cris

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/
1196343448/fentanyl-deaths-teens-schools-overdose

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/13/
1191389152/xylazine-fentanyl-wounds-treatment

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/17/
1178822364/tranq-xylazine-fentanyl-street-drug-heroin-overdose

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/
opinion/chronic-pain-america-working-class.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/
1173350172/record-number-of-people-arrested-
in-an-international-fentanyl-operation-
doj-says

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/
1169345832/biden-says-fentanyl-xylazine-deadly-national-threat

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/07/
1168605721/coolio-death-fentanyl-overdose-coroners-report

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2023/04/03

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/
1165006744/xylazine-tranq-dea-warning-drug-overdose-deaths

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/19/
1163694076/fentanyl-addiction-opioid-native-american-cherokee-nation

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/25/
all-the-beauty-and-the-bloodshed-review-
nan-goldin-takes-on-big-pharma

2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/
sports/football/ravens-jaylon-ferguson-fatal-overdose.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/apr/04/
how-fentanyl-flooded-the-us-and-sent-opioid-deaths-soaring-
podcast - Guardian podcast

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/
1089844469/fentanyls-lethal-toll-continues-
police-seized-nearly-10-million-pills-last-year

2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/
books/review/sam-quinones-least-of-us.html

https://theintercept.com/2020/12/06/
opioid-fentanyl-poppy-mexico-farmers/

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/04/
757089868/fentanyl-as-a-dark-web-profit-center-
from-chinese-labs-to-u-s-streets

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/05/
664369522/mac-miller-died-from-overdose-involving-fentanyl

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/25/
614311531/nebraska-police-seize-record-amount-of-fentanyl

2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/03/
537683319/that-fentanyl-thats-death-a-story-of-recovery-in-baltimore

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/06/
521248448/fentanyl-adds-a-new-terror-for-people-abusing-opioids

2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/nyregion/
fentanyl-epidemic-long-island.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/18/
502355406/deaths-linked-to-fentanyl-rise-as-curbing-illicit-supply-proves-tough

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/
arts/music/prince-death-overdose-fentanyl.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/
health/what-is-fentanyl.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/us/
heroin-fentanyl.html

Fentanyl-laced drugs

https://www.gocomics.com/pedroxmolina/2024/02/13

fentanyl-tainted pills

bought by teenagers and young adults

on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok

and other social media apps

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/
health/pills-fentanyl-social-media.html

fentanyl patch

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/
opinion/chronic-pain-america-working-class.html

counterfeit fentanyl pills

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/
1250791924/fentanyl-opioid-counterfeit-pills-law-enforcement-seizures-study

people with fentanyl addiction

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/13/
1191389152/xylazine-fentanyl-wounds-treatment

overdose crisis

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/14/
1199396794/fentanyl-mixed-with-cocaine-or-meth-
is-driving-the-4th-wave-of-the-overdose-cris

USA > prescription opioid painkillers

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