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Kanada. ‘I Want Them to Break Up with Their Drug Dealer’ A new Vancouver program provides prescribed fentanyl with few barriers. (The Tyee, Kanada, 11.04.2022) https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/04/11/I-Want-Them-To-Break-Up-Drug-Dealer/

USA. ‘We’re done with dead kids’: U.S. bars are handing out free fentanyl tests (…) Strips to test drugs for the presence of the deadly synthetic opioid are becoming more commonplace in bars, restaurants and venues as the country grapples with the…

USA. Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021  NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use. (NIH – National Institute on Drug Abuse…

Modelling buprenorphine reduction of fentanyl-induced respiratory depression.  Olofsen E, Algera MH, Moss L, Dobbins RL, Groeneveld GJ, van Velzen M, Niesters M, Dahan A, Laffont CM.  JCI Insight. 2022 Mar 22:e156973. doi: 10.1172/jci.in…