[Link] 2 Drug Companies Can Legally Start Selling Cocaine, Heroin, and MDMA

Read: 3/3/2023 www.vice.com

But it’s not clear under what circumstances the companies will be able to sell the drugs, and B.C. Premier David Eby said he was “astonished” to hear the announcement. 

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[Link] A 13-Year-Old Died of a Fentanyl Overdose. Experts Say the Response was ‘Theater.’

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

Last Thursday, a 13-year-old student from the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford, Connecticut, overdosed on fentanyl at the school and died two days later.

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[Link] Why So Much Fentanyl Is Being Seized at the Border

Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Fentanyl seizures at the United States-Mexico border more than doubled in 2021 to surpass heroin for the first time ever. But experts say the COVID-19 border shutdown may explain the record numbers because it gave agents more time to inspect fewer vehicles.  U.S.

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[Link] Police presence at music festivals can lead to ‘panic overdoses’ of drugs

Read: 19/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police presence at music festivals leads some people to “panic overdose” in their attempt to avoid getting caught, an Australian study has found, with experts calling for a change in policing culture at festivals.

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[Link] Mac Miller’s Drug Supplier Admits to Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Stephen Andrew Walter—one of three men charged in connection with Miller’s death—agreed to a plea deal Monday, according to court documents filed in federal court in the Central District of California.

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