Tag: drug
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Drug “several times” stronger than fentanyl linked to California overdose death
Opioid “several times” stronger than fentanyl linked to California overdose death Opioid “several times” stronger than fentanyl linked to California overdose death 01:17 The U.S. Department of Justice’s Los Angeles office filed charges in what could be the nation’s first death-resulting criminal case involving a synthetic opioid that is possibly more dangerous than fentanyl. On…
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Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Canadian drug import plan goes nowhere after FDA approval
Nearly a year after the Biden administration gave Florida the green light to become the first state to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada — a longtime goal of politicians across the political spectrum, including President-elect Donald Trump — the program has yet to begin. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hailed the FDA’s approval of his…
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Boy last seen in kidnap video posted by drug cartel among 11 found dead in pickup truck in Mexico
Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few have been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen family members in the country’s south. In the video, posted by his captors, the skinny, shoeless boy is seen sitting against a…
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Weight loss drug industry injects wealth into Novo Nordisk home country | 60 Minutes
It has the ring of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale—if a supremely ironic one. Tiny Denmark is home to six million of the world’s wealthiest and healthiest people—all those muesli-munching cyclists…. even their letter O sometimes comes slashed in half. But, Denmark is also home to what is suddenly Europe’s largest company—Novo Nordisk…. a pharmaceutical…
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Largest drug “super lab” in Canada’s history busted with record amount of fentanyl, chemicals and guns seized
Canadian police dismantled what they said Thursday is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “super lab” in the country, saying they had seized “a record number of illegal firearms, synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals.” The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production and distribution of fentanyl…