Medical Marijuana Zone

In the latest chapter of an ongoing pattern, a fentanyl-laced cannabis scare in Vermont turned out to be a false alarm. Two cases of cannabis suspected of being laced with fentanyl in the state were cleared of the drug by a lab weeks later, after first causing a false-positive for the drug. “Fentanyl-laced marijuana blamed […]

A local television news station in Utah reported on Tuesday that a bulletin has been issued to law enforcement agencies warning officers of the dangers of fentanyl “disguised to look like marijuana.” Citing an “internal law enforcement bulletin” of unidentified origin, KUTV in Salt Lake City reported in an online written story that instances of […]

Study: Crackdowns on Heroin, Pain Pills Gave Rise to Fentanyl Overdose Epidemic | Phillip Smith A new report on illicit US drug markets from researchers at the University of San Francisco has found that that the spread of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths last year alone, is tied to enforcement-driven shortages […]

Despite warnings of potential abuse, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new opioid drug last week that is 10 times stronger than fentanyl. The drug, Dsuvia, is a new formulation of sufentanil, a powerful painkiller that has been used in hospitals intravenously for decades. The new version is a tablet that is administered under […]