Fentanyl

At first glance, drug law enforcement and drug resistance seem to have nothing whatsoever in common. One involves microbes evolving in hospitals and laboratories; the other involves law enforcement trying to disrupt the illicit drug trade.

A new article that appeared on the Wired website notes that we'll soon know whether a vaccine designed to prevent fentanyl overdoses in people will

For years, we’ve been told a simple story about the “opioid epidemic”: first, doctors prescribed too many pills, then reformulated OxyContin “drove” people to heroin, then fentanyl arrived, and now a wave of ultra-potent synthetics is killing “naï

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 131 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Purdue Pharma recently reached a $7.4 billion settlement with all 50 states and the Di

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Last month I wrote about the possibility that naloxone – the only opioid overdose antidote – may no longer work because of carfentanil-laced street drugs.

A recent New York Times article described how Mexican drug cartels were recruiting college students (actually posing as real recruiters) to make fentanyl. Why?