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RFK Jr. urges Americans to dispose of medicine safely — and to not flush them
26 Apr 2025 16:17 GMT
… to dispose of their prescription medications properly. He addressed the issue … to a bottle of pills made by drug manufacturers. (iStock/Getty … Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet. However, the FDA warns that drugs that do not …
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'It's become gas station heroin': Doctors warn of powerful botanical extracts made from kratom
25 Apr 2025 11:11 GMT
… a more natural alternative to medications like methadone, buprenorphine, or … new patients in need of treatment for what are called … of kratom as "a Percocet with a cup of coffee … seizure while overseas in Kuwait. Doctors never gave him closure as …
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RFK Jr. addresses national addiction crisis amid protests at drug summit in Nashville
25 Apr 2025 00:58 GMT
… the annual Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, covering topics from clinical … mission: raising awareness and preventing drug misuse.
One of the most … a six-month prescription for Percocet—that’s how it started … followed was a path through drug dealing, jail, and a …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 2025
24 Apr 2025 22:54 GMT
… against prescription drug misuse.
“When people misuse these prescription medications in cabinets … prescription pain pills.
The most commonly misused prescription pain medications are …
Dixon also named Adderall, Xanax, Percocet and Vicodin as having high …
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Leader of drug operation that yielded one of R.I.’s largest ever seizures of fentanyl sentenced to federal prison
23 Apr 2025 19:52 GMT
… to operating an illicit drug lab in Pawtucket where … investigators found 53,000 pills containing fentanyl and nearly … grade pill press worth more than $10,000, pills … fentanyl pills, which were made to resemble pharmaceutical grade Percocet pills, prosecutors …
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'Large-scale fentanyl trafficker' sentenced for running Pawtucket drug lab, stash house
23 Apr 2025 14:22 GMT
… 19,315 fentanyl-laced pills from Pimental’s drug lab/stash … 2023 operation.
The pills were produced to resemble pharmaceutical-grade Percocet pills.
Also seized … -laced pills and fentanyl powder, an industrial grade high-speed pill press …
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‘It’s Like a War Zone’: What Happened When Portland Legalized Fentanyl
27 Apr 2025 14:16 GMT
… be getting a fentanyl pill that has nothing in … a troubled crowd. A Percocet prescription after a dental operation … multiple times. As the trial neared and it was obvious … to naloxone and medically assisted treatment with proven drugs like methadone and …
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Rhode Island man gets 20 years in one of the state's largest fentanyl busts
25 Apr 2025 03:00 GMT
… manufacturer of the fake pill seized in September 2023, … lengths to make them resemble Percocet.
"Defendant produced his … who is an internal medicine doctor and addiction specialist at Henry … in counterfeit pain pills, and even in drugs like cocaine and …
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day
26 Apr 2025 01:00 GMT
… in fake pills that look like prescription medications, such as oxycodone (Percocet), alprazolam … mixing fentanyl powder into other drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine … fentanyl, visit DEA’s One Pill Can Kill Campaign at www …
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What is kratom? Learn about the addictive energy boosting supplement being sold in California
25 Apr 2025 06:04 GMT
… BILLION INDUSTRY. THERE IS NO FDA REGULATION. SOME PEOPLE USE IT … the start of the decade. Doctors refer to an extract of … capsules, drinks, vapes and pressed pills, making it far more potent … of kratom as "a Percocet with a cup of coffee …