“Fentanyl right now is the largest killer of individuals between the age of 18 and 45. It exceeds all other causes of death. Every 8.57 seconds, somebody dies of a fentanyl overdose.” Siyamak sits down with California Sen. Tom Umberg to discuss the impacts of fentanyl and what our state is doing about it. …
Lawmaker: Why It’s so Hard to Stop Fentanyl in California | Tom Umberg
Texas Bill Enables Prosecutors to Hand Down Murder Charges for Producing, Selling Fentanyl
The Texas Senate voted unanimously on March 15 to pass a bill that would increase the penalties for the manufacturing or distribution of fentanyl, including tougher penalties when an individual overdoses and dies. Senate Bill 645 was introduced by state Sen. Joan Huffman, a Republican, as part of the state’s tough-on-drugs approach amid the opioid epidemic. Under the bill,…
Report: Toddler Overdosing on Fentanyl Revived by Officers
PORTLAND, Ore.—Police officers in Oregon revived a 2-year-old girl suspected of overdosing on fentanyl this week, news outlets reported. The officers gave the girl CPR Monday and two rounds of naloxone, the life-saving nasal spray that reverses overdoses, Beaverton police spokesman Matt Henderson told The Oregonian/OregonLive. The girl regained consciousness a few minutes later and…
The Southern Border Is a Hybrid War Zone
Commentary The March 12 incident on the Paso Del Norte Bridge confirms the U.S.-Mexico border is once again a war zone. The March 12 Incident is an outrage that demonstrates the United States is currently under continuous hybrid war assault. The hybrid war’s current weapons: deadly drugs (fentanyl), human trafficking (to include child sex and…
Poilievre Says a Tory Gov’t Would Sue Big Pharma for Role in Opioid Crisis
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on March 14 that if elected, his government would launch a “massive” series of lawsuits amounting to $44 billion against large pharmaceutical multinationals for their role in Canada’s opioid and addiction crisis. “The people who profited from this misery should be the ones to pay the bill. It’s about bringing…
Destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels
Commentary The tragic killing of two U.S. citizens this week in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico, should, in a just world, refocus American attention on the glaring problem of transnational drug cartels’ de facto control of large swaths of our perilously porous southern border. That the two Americans killed may have been mistaken by…
Death, Disease, and Despair: Tragedy in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
SAN FRANCISCO—As JJ Smith stands in the infamous Tenderloin district on a cold, windy day in late February, he recounts the last time he saw his older brother, Rodney, alive. That day, in early October, Rodney rode up on his bicycle and asked him for $20, he said. “I didn’t ask him what it was…
LIVE 12 PM ET: Sen. Graham Speaks About Fighting Against Fentanyl and Mexican Drug Cartels
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …
LIVE NOW: Sen. Graham Speaks About Fighting Against Fentanyl and Mexican Drug Cartels
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …
Sen. Graham Speaks About Fighting Against Fentanyl and Mexican Drug Cartels
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …
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