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mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news…

New deadly synthetic opioid, more powerful than fentanyl, found in Florida

ISO is approximately 20 to 100 times stronger than fentanyl.

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cnn.com/2022/03/16/health/ov…

US drug overdose deaths reach another record high as deaths from fentanyl surge | CNN

Annual drug overdose deaths have reached another record high in the United States as deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surge to unprecedented levels.

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Authorities raid cocaine pipeline that funneled $13 million in profits from Cleveland to Mexico cleveland.com/crime/2022/03/…

Authorities raid cocaine pipeline that funneled $13 million in profits from Cleveland to Mexico

Authorities dismantled a drug pipeline that poured about 1,100 pounds of cocaine into Cleveland and sent $13 million in proceeds back to Mexico in a span of a few years, according to an indictment...

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Feds seize $1.1 million in meth at Texas crossing wsbtv.com/news/trending/feds…

Feds seize $1.1 million in meth at Texas crossing

The Sunday seizure netted 79 pounds of the stimulant.

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pbs.org/newshour/show/belgiu…

Belgium authorities are intercepting cocaine, but most makes it into Europe anyway

Antwerp, Belgium, is one of the largest entry points into Europe and home to what Europol believes to be one of the most active cocaine trafficking networks. Local police raided dozens of locations...

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How drug runners use ‘narco submarines’ to traffic cocaine, money & more nypost.com/2022/03/12/how-dr…

How drug runners use 'narco submarines' to traffic cocaine, money & more

Inside the weird world of narco submarines and the dealers who run money and drugs underwater.

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US fentanyl sales fueling Mexican cartel war; more guns, drugs seized at border foxnews.com/us/fentanyl-sale…

US fentanyl sales fueling Mexican cartel war; more guns, drugs seized at border

More Americans than ever before are dying because of fentanyl, and agents with Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations say the Mexican cartel could be partly to blame.

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capegazette.com/article/larg…

Largest heroin bust in state history

Law enforcement across two states announced the largest seizure of heroin in Delaware history March 9. “We believe that the defendants comprise Sussex County’s largest heroin supply network, a...

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clickondetroit.com/news/loca…

21 Metro Detroiters from 14 cities named in doctor-run opioid scheme tied to painful back injections

Twenty-one people from at least 14 different cities in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties have been named in a doctor-run scheme that involved addicted patients and drug dealers agreeing to painful,...

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nypost.com/2022/03/11/six-fl…

Six West Point spring breakers OD on fentanyl-laced cocaine in Florida

Paramedics responded to a short-term Airbnb rental home Thursday in Wilton Manors and found six people in cardiac arrest from a drug overdose, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Chief Stephen Gollan told...

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patriotledger.com/story/news…

State health officials: Fentanyl, cocaine fuel 'concerning trends' in opioid epidemic

State public health Commissioner Margret Cooke told lawmakers this week that worrying signs remain amid significant efforts to blunt the damage.

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CDC: Fentanyl deaths triple among teens over the last two years fox28media.com/news/nation-w…
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reuters.com/world/us/us-lawm…

U.S. lawmakers seek permanent ban on illicit types of fentanyl

A bipartisan trio of U.S. congressmen on Monday unveiled new legislation that would permanently ban illicit versions of fentanyl, the powerful synthetic painkiller that has helped fuel the nation's...

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vice.com/en/article/z3n8zy/b…

A Huge Cocaine Lab Was Found Inside a World Heritage Site in Bolivia

The authorities have found drug labs in the Noel Kempff Mercado National Park before, and many more could still be operating.

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businessinsider.com/cocaine-…

The cocaine trade is booming, and smugglers have their eyes on a new market

According to a Sinaloa Cartel operator, a kilo of cocaine in Europe is worth double what it goes for in the US.

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kdvr.com/news/data/fentanyl-…

Fentanyl presence is rising because it is easy to make, smuggle, sell

The yearly demand for illegal heroin in the U.S. is about 125 metric tons. It takes only 5 metric tons of fentanyl to satisfy the same demand.

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Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia find soup cans, cakes filled with drugs 6abc.com/customs-and-border-…
Feds seize 150K counterfeit pills made with fentanyl, 20 pounds of fentanyl powder in record Oregon seizure oregonlive.com/crime/2022/03…

Feds seize 150K counterfeit pills made with fentanyl, 20 pounds of fentanyl powder in record Oregon...

The street value of the drugs is estimated at $3.9 million, according to federal prosecutors.

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COMMUNITYDEA New England issues warning after pills found with fentanyl fallriverreporter.com/dea-ne…
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Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement Thursday over its role in the #opioidcrisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion. nj.com/healthfit/2022/03/pur…

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new opioid settlement

Sackler family members have not unequivocally offered an apology, though they issued a new statement of regret about the toll of OxyContin.

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