Category: opioid deaths

Death Warning as Potent Opioid Spreads to Four Australian States

July 15, 2023
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A dangerous synthetic opioid recently detected in at least four states has been linked to one death and possibly two more as authorities warn of its toxic consequences. Protonitazene has been found in South Australia (SA), Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia with health officials confirming it is being mixed with other illicit drugs. Two young…

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‘Excess Deaths’ From Canada’s COVID Response: Justice Centre Challenges Narrative of ‘Success’

September 17, 2022
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A Canadian legal advocacy organization is challenging the narrative by governments, media, and medical associations that Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been “successful.” In a report published on Sept. 13, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) argues that the “prevailing consensus” that the Canadian response to COVID has been successful is biased…

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Orange County Officials Pledge to Fight ‘Fentanyl Epidemic’ Amid Rising Death

January 25, 2022
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As the fentanyl epidemic leads hundreds to an early death each year in Orange County, the county’s Board of Supervisors vowed to stand with law enforcement to combat the threat of fentanyl during a Jan. 25 meeting. “In our community, we lost a young man and his girlfriend. … They thought they were taking Xanax,”…

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