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US Embassy Revokes, Denies Visas Of Indians Linked To Fentanyl Trade

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#USEmbassyNewDelhi #FentanylPrecursors #VisaRevocation #IndianExecutives #DrugTrafficking #ImmigrationAction #SyntheticOpioids #PublicHealthCrisis #USIndiaRelations

US Embassy Revokes, Denies Visas Of Indians Linked To Fentanyl Trade - IndiaWest News

US Embassy Revokes, Denies Visas Of Indians Linked To Fentanyl Trade.

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September 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM

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The FDA aims to ban 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a highly addictive synthetic opioid in kratom products like gummies and drinks. Linked to dependency and overdose, the substance is now under DEA review for regulation. #Kratom #SyntheticOpioids #FDA

August 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM

Consumer Watch (Deb)

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⚠️Warning - DEADLY OPINIOD 40 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN FENTANYL -Smuggled Into Canada ⚠️
Deadly Opioid 40 Times More Powerful Than Fentanyl Smuggled Into Canada🍁

#Opioid #Fentanyl #Smuggled #Canada #PlayStations #Basketball #syntheticopioids #Philippines #USA #UK #India #China #Canada #Station5Pro

Worse than fentanyl: How smugglers get a new, deadly drug into Canada

A CBC News visual investigation tracks how deadly and super-potent synthetic opioids called nitazenes make their way into Canada, where they have killed hundreds of people. With open source support fr...

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June 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM

RichardJR

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2/12 What are nitazenes?

Synthetic opioids up to 43 times more powerful than fentanyl. Never approved for medical use. Schedule 1 controlled substances.

Users often don't know they're taking them - hidden in fake oxycodone pills.
#Nitazenes #SyntheticOpioids

June 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM

Manini AF

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Exciting news: Our team has been awarded a NIDA R01 grant to fund "Fentalog II", a continuation of our groundbreaking collaboration to detect novel fentanyl analogue overdoses in EDs across ten major hospitals over five years. #syntheticopioids
#Medsky 🧵
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Mount Sinai Receives $3.8 Million Grant to Study New Synthetic Drugs and Opioid Overdoses in Emergency Departments to Prevent Deaths

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June 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Thomas MORE

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The EUDA reports a spike in drug-related problems in Europe, citing 7,500 overdose deaths in 2023 due to more cocaine and synthetic opioids. Urgent action is needed for addiction treatment and trafficking.

#EuropeDrugCrisis #SyntheticOpioids #AddictionTreatment

June 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM

Patrick Marques

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[3/3] Depuis 2022 le marché du kush s’est fragmenté, rendant la drogue plus létale. Son dosage en constante évolution a causé des centaines de morts en #SierraLeone. Face à cette crise sanitaire le président a déclaré l’état d’urgence en 2024. #geography #DrugTrafficking #SyntheticOpioids

March 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM

Patrick Marques

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[1/3] Le #kush drogue hautement addictive se répand en Afrique de l’Ouest du #Sénégal à la #SierraLeone. Il contient des opioïdes 25 fois + puissants que le fentanyl ou des cannabinoïdes. En Sierra Leone, épicentre du trafic, le kush est apparu en 2016. #geography #DrugTrafficking #SyntheticOpioids