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The impact of Trump’s tariffs on cars will be massive
The US has imposed 25% tariffs on items from Mexico, Canada and China. “This was done through the International Economic Powers Act because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our citizens, including fentanyl,” US President Donald Trump said. He added that the tariffs are being imposed to stop the flood…
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The first round of tariffs are almost here
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and Australia if they don’t stop the flow of fentanyl into the country. Trump said that he will impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico if they fail to stop the “rampant” smuggling of fentanyl into the US. He has also threatened…
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The Biden administration thinks that the cocktail is a deadly national threat
The US government on Wednesday said that it is “urgent” to declare xylazine, an animal sedative, as an emerging threat to public health and safety. It said the drug has “moderate to low potential for dependence” and should be on a list of drugs that have moderate or low potential for dependence. “This drug is…
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Fentanyl is so deadly that people can prevent overdoses
A US committee has said that the overdose-reversal drug Narcan can be used to detect fentanyl in drug supplies. The panel added that Narcan could also be used to test for other potentially dangerous substances. The panel further said that the spray would be as easily available as ibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID).
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Advisers to the F.D.A. Conclude are recommended to sell Narcan over the counter
The death toll from fentanyl overdoses in the US is likely due to increased risks to the drugs themselves and not teenagers using them, a study said. “What we’re seeing now is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. She added that the…
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Philadelphia’s street drugs are a bigger part of the US’s addiction crisis
A Philadelphia-based harm-reduction group said that people who used street fentanyl to get heroin started to have major wounds that were different from typical injection drug use. Sarah Laurel, the harm-reduction group’s founder, said that people were coming to Kensington to buy heroin, but they were also coming to get heroin with fentanyl added to…
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New York City has the largest seizure of the Fentanyl in history
The US President Joe Biden said he wants to launch a “major surge” to stop fentanyl production and sale that’s driving over 70,000 fatal overdoses in the US every year. “This is a major problem that we’re going to have to address,” he added. DEA administrator Anne Milgram said she’s working with other countries to…
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He was the head of Mexico’s FBI
The US can’t go after fentanyl, Mexico’s former ambassador to the US Anatoly Sarukhan has said. Drug interdiction partnerships with the country haven’t improved much since Mexico backed away from them during Donald Trump’s administration. Sarukhan said only a few law enforcement agencies in Mexico are willing or able to engage with the powerful drug…
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The opinion is that you should save your teens from the drug
The effects of synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, were involved in more than two-thirds of overdose deaths in the US in 2020, according to the latest provisional CDC data. Drug overdose deaths, largely caused by the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl, reached record highs in the US in 2021.
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Experts say ‘rainbow Fentanyl’ isn’t a threat to your kids.
Fentanil, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine, is a new threat for teens, according to a US official. “We’re foregoing good…basic public health and safety information that could be used to Reverse overdoses, link people to treatment and save lives,” he added. DEA has seized…
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The US work culture is so broken that there are hotel rooms for it.
Elon Musk responded to San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s tweet criticising “hardcore” work culture by writing, “So city of San Francisco attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl.” “When you arrive to work in jeans and a company sweatshirt you will stop by the cafeteria for…