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Scientists Are Making a Fentanyl Vaccine. It Won’t Solve the Overdose Crisis.
The vaccine would block people from feeling high from fentanyl.
How to Reverse an Overdose From Tranq, the Lethal Drug Spreading in the US
Narcan still works for tranq, a cocktail of fentanyl and the animal tranquilizer xylazine. Oxygen tanks can help, too.
Cities Are Teaching Drug Users How to Shoot Up Properly
Injecting drugs properly has only become more important as overdoses reach record highs and drugs like tranq continue to spread across the U.S.
People Are Dying of Overdoses in Mexico Because They Can’t Get Naloxone
Opioid overdoses are surging in Mexico, but naloxone, cheap and readily available just over the border, costs $25 a dose and requires a prescription.
4 Men Charged in Fentanyl Overdose That Killed Michael K. Williams
Irvin Cartagena, Hector Robles, Luis Cruz, and Carlos Macci were charged in New York on Tuesday.
Mac Miller’s Drug Supplier Admits to Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills
The man who provided Mac Miller with counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl has agreed to plead guilty.
Michael K. Williams’ Death Shows Opioids Have Never Been More Dangerous
New York City's chief medical examiner said Williams died of an accidental overdose and had fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in his system.
Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Is a Problem in New York, But Not for Most Users
Social media panic about opioid-tainted coke is unfounded, says one drug expert, but certain groups are still at risk.
This Is What Happens When You Take 550 Doses of LSD At Once
Accidental LSD overdoses are not fun. But for some, they can have a bizarrely beneficial effect.
Ed Buck's Alleged Violence Has Been an Open Secret for Years
Multiple people assert that Buck was savvy enough to know whose victimhood would stay out of the headlines.
Why Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Won't Save the Sacklers, the Billionaire Family Behind OxyContin
Several states have already sued — or vowed to sue — the family directly.
How I Lost Myself to India's Chemsex Scene and Overdosed, But Survived to Tell the Story
In the chemsex scene, drug abuse is more than just a health hazard.