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Tributes pour in for pregnant woman who was stabbed to death in Northern Ireland

Natalie McNally was 15 weeks pregnant when she was murdered at her home in Armagh

Irish Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

Enough fentanyl was seized in the US this year by drug cops to kill EVERY American

More than 397 million fatal fentanyl doses have been intercepted this year with just two milligrams enough to be deadly, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

Enough fentanyl to kill every American was seized this year, DEA says

DEA says it seized more than 379 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl in 2022

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Mob boss Daniel Kinahan reeling after mafioso pal turns State witness

Raffaele Imperiale, a notorious member of the infamous Camorra, who was at Kinahan’s 2017 wedding in Dubai, is now telling the authorities all he knows

Dublin Live · Dec 8, 2022

A Law That Facilitates Cannabis Research Exemplifies the Modesty of the Reforms We Can Expect From Congress

Making it easier for scientists to study marijuana is a far cry from the liberalization that most Americans want.

Reason · Dec 7, 2022

Robin Abcarian: The end of ‘harmless’ recreational drug experimentation

This is shocking: Poisoning by illicit fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for adults aged 18 to 45 in the U.S., says the federal government, surpassing suicide, gun violence and car accidents.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022

After a Crackdown on a Pain Clinic, a Tragic Double Suicide

After losing access to opioids, many patients can’t live with constant pain.

Reason · Dec 5, 2022

Couple dies by suicide after DEA shuts down office of their chronic pain doctor in fentanyl panic

Authorities have struggled to combat drug abuse while protecting pain patients who need opioids to manage their conditions

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Fentanyl in high school: A Texas community grapples with the reach of the deadly opioid

KYLE, Texas — The hallways of Lehman High School looked like any other on a recent fall day. Its 2,100 students talked and laughed as they hurried to their next classes, moving past walls covered with flyers that advertised homecoming events, clubs and football games. Next to those flyers, though,…

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

Growing fentanyl crisis is leaving 'trail of death' in its wake, federal officials warn

LOS ANGELES — In the last two months, agents with Homeland Security Investigations have seized as much fentanyl as they did in all of 2019, federal officials said, warning that the amount of the drug hitting the streets is increasing every year with deadly consequences.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 22, 2022