Fentanyl

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fentanyl, college campuses, overdose, thegrio.com
August 12, 2024
Our higher education institutions need to prioritize data collection, student training and advocacy efforts to combat the fentanyl crisis.
June 26, 2023
Xylazine, a powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis, scrambling…
Kids return to school after a fentanyl death brought the opioid crisis to their doors.
June 5, 2023
The opioid crisis is hurting Black communities, and it doesn't look anything like the stereotype you often see of fentanyl…
May 3, 2023
If lawmakers fail to pass a bill, Washington would become the second state — after Oregon — to decriminalize drug possession.
April 7, 2023
In addition to fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, heart disease cardiomyopathy was also a contributing factor.
May 18, 2022
TheGrio has an exclusive clip of the latest "Red Table Talk" in which the Smith women explore drug addiction and…
April 23, 2022
The street value of fentanyl is about $100 per gram, putting the haul’s value at about $4.2 million, according to…
March 6, 2022
A landmark study shows a troubling trend for Black people — they are now dying from drug overdoses at a…
Michael K. Williams thegrio.com
February 2, 2022
Four men were arrested as part of an investigation into the death of Michael K. Williams for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced…
January 25, 2022
Smith-Fields reportedly died of acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine and alcohol.
January 23, 2022
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said that because of the student’s young age, an opioid overdose did not immediately come to…
fentanyl and heroin
October 14, 2021
Fentanyl is a deadly drug that played a role in the deaths of both Prince and Michael K. Williams and…
theGRIO.com
September 5, 2021
Comedian Fuquan Johnson has died at the age of 42 along with two others following an apparent overdose on fentanyl-laced…
May 16, 2021
Fentanyl overdoses, including by people taking pills falsely sold to them as Xanax or Percocet, are spreading across Georgia.
March 24, 2021
After the autopsy report revealed the cause of Bobby Brown Jr.'s death, Bobby Brown is calling for opioid suppliers to…
opioid, fentanyl thegrio.com
January 13, 2019
Authorities in Chico, California are faced with what appears to be a mass overdose from fentanyl leaving one man dead…
Prince thegrio.com
August 25, 2018
The family of Prince has filed a lawsuit against his former doctor for failing to treat the singer’s opiate addiction,…
Prince thegrio.com
April 24, 2018
The family of the late singer Prince is pressing for answers into his sudden death and now, they have filed a lawsuit…
August 22, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some of the pills taken from Prince’s estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs