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fentanyl

A fire medic holds a box containing naloxone hydrochloride which is carried in all their department's emergency response vehicles, in Akron, Ohio
Health & Medicine
With rising overdoses, British Columbia expands experimental prescription initiative
Chemicals seized during Asia’s largest-ever drug bust in Myanmar. 
Global Politics
A massive Asian drug bust has stirred a fentanyl mystery
Bags of white powdery fentanyl on a table.
Health
How the deadly drug fentanyl is making its way to the US
an overdose naloxone kit in a woman's hands
Health & Medicine
In Vancouver, people who use drugs are supervising injections and reversing overdoses
Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg speaks during a news conference on the dangers law enforcement and first responders face when encountering fentanyl at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., June 6, 2017.
Health
Trump wants to stop the ‘flood of cheap and deadly’ fentanyl from China. The dark web will make that harder.
Amy Wright used to shoot up in alleys like this in downtown Toronto. Now she's helping the city design its safe injection sites.
Health
What’s one way to prevent opioid overdoses? Toronto plans three supervised injection sites.