Posted: 10:32 AM, Sep 26, 2019 Updated: 1:44 PM, Sep 26, 2019 By: Valerie Cavazos TUCSON, Ariz. — Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfellas, Jackpot, Murder 8, and Tango & Cash — all street names of illegal fentanyl. The CDC reports fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that’s 50 times more potent than heroin — 100 times more…
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Is the DEA Branching Out Into Regulating Medicine?
September 23, 2019 10:22AM By Jeffrey A. Singer The Drug Enforcement Administration, having virtually eliminated the diversion of prescription pain relievers into the underground market for nonmedical users, appears to be setting its sights on regulating the medical management of pain, a mission not suited for law enforcement. Acting under the authority of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention…