Fentanyl

Medical experts, during a Facebook Live forum on Wednesday, issued warnings about synthetic fentanyl and its alarming contribution to a surge in overdose ...

Florida is also planning to distribute Narcan nasal sprays to all 67 counties and allow them to be used without oversight of a health provider. Education and treatment is the only way.” “There is a percentage of the population that believes it’s OK to take medication that is not prescribed to you,” said Ian Henyon, executive director of the Birmingham Recovery Center. “For the heroin user, it takes time for the effect (to occur). Drug Enforcement Agency and a consultant with the Drug Education Consulting Group, said recently in St. If your college roommate purchases something that appears to be a legitimate (pill) and offers to share it with you, it might be the last decision you ever make.” You have the resources. They want speed and efficiency, and that is what they want in fentanyl.” Fentanyl is used legally by doctors to treat severe pain and other advanced-stage cancers. “This stuff is so strong and hits the (brain) receptors so fast,” said Tucker. Of those, Traffanstedt said, 230 are related to fentanyl, or 81%. Henyon joined other professionals as part of a Facebook Live discussion about deadly synthetic fentanyl.

A deadly drug that looks like candy is now in Upstate New York, police say. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office told WHAM-TV that “rainbow fentanyl” has been ...

“All it takes is one pill and it will likely lead to death.” “Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. The DEA said trafficker-quantities of rainbow fentanyl were seized in New York City recently. The drugs were previously colored blue to appear as legitimate prescription drugs, but have been given “pretty” colors to attract more users. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid and there is no way to know how much is concentrated in a pill or powder; just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is equal to 10-15 grains of table salt, is considered a lethal dose. Drug Enforcement Administration](https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans), the colorful rainbow fentanyl, also known as M30, may be used by traffickers to target kids and young adults to get them hooked on the drug.

DEA officials say the dangerous opioid fentanyl is being distributed in pills that look like candy to encourage young people to try the street drug.

A [photo](https://twitter.com/USAO_CT/status/1573304043040022529/photo/1) showed they didn’t resemble candy, but one of the most popular forms of the drug — replicas of pale blue oxycodone pills known as M30s. The bill specifies tougher sentences for those convicted of selling fentanyl if it resembles a consumer food product or a cereal, candy, vitamin or gummy. The agency alleged they had been smuggled in a box filled with LEGO blocks. “That’s our ongoing message across the board. America has a long record of unwarranted drug scares, from “reefer madness” to the hippies who supposedly plotted to spike Chicago’s drinking water with LSD. “(Courting children) brings a lot more unwanted attention to illicit distribution networks. He said traffickers might be trying to differentiate their products, much as dealers stamp different logos on baggies of heroin or indicate that certain colors equate to stronger or weaker doses. “It’s just scaremongering at its best.” The DEA said rainbow fentanyl has been found in Illinois but declined to give details. That would bring down a lot more law enforcement scrutiny than they want.” “It didn’t seem that our statutory language was strong enough to specifically target these bad activities,” she said. It’s really just done for marketing on the distribution side.”

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dealers are using bright colors to make a deadly drug look like candy. On Thursday, the troubling nationwide trend of rainbow fentanyl will ...

Sessions will also be held all day Friday and Saturday featuring speakers like N.C. Activists say the dangers of rainbow fentanyl are urgent, encouraging everyone who can to watch the summit, which will be available on YouTube. According to the event website, the summit will "feature crucial information and inspiring stories relating to addiction.

“Using happy colors to make a deadly drug seem fun and harmless is a new low, even for the Mexican cartels,” NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan ...

Rainbow fentanyl has been receiving attention due to the bright colors of the products, but the illicit fentanyl that the products contain represents a continuation of the ongoing opioid epidemic. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid intended to help people such as cancer patients manage severe pain. “The reason it’s colored is just to differentiate products. Investigators believe the pills originated in Mexico. Brennan said in the release. Latesha Bush, 48, pleaded not guilty last week at an arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court, a spokesperson for the prosecutor said.

Court records show that 49-year-old Bud Hembree was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Tuesday. He was arrested on drug charges in 2020. Investigators say ...

[WTVQ](https://www.wtvq.com/)) — A Richmond man has been sentenced for his involvement in a large fentanyl trafficking case. Court records show that 49-year-old Bud Hembree was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Tuesday. Richmond man to serve nearly 20 years for fentanyl trafficking

“Using happy colors to make a deadly drug seem fun and harmless is a new low, even for the Mexican cartels,” NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan ...

Rainbow fentanyl has been receiving attention due to the bright colors of the products, but the illicit fentanyl that the products contain represents a continuation of the ongoing opioid epidemic. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid intended to help people such as cancer patients manage severe pain. “The reason it’s colored is just to differentiate products. Investigators believe the pills originated in Mexico. Brennan said in the release. Latesha Bush, 48, pleaded not guilty last week at an arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court, a spokesperson for the prosecutor said.

BOSTON – A Methuen man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for selling a fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl mixture to an undercover agent on five ...

5, 2022, Guerrero-Lara pleaded guilty to a seven count superseding indictment charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of acetyl fentanyl; three counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 10 grams or more of acetyl fentanyl; two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl; and one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of acetyl fentanyl and 40 grams or more of fentanyl. “Massachusetts is in the midst of a devastating opioid crisis as deaths from fentanyl soar. This sentence should serve as a warning to drug traffickers: you will be identified, prosecuted and held accountable.” Ultimately, Guerrero-Lara stopped his vehicle at an apartment complex in Lawrence and was arrested. He was subsequently charged in a superseding indictment on Sept. The defendants were members of a drug trafficking organization operating in the Merrimack Valley area of Massachusetts that regularly sold large quantities of fentanyl.

Even though no one's trying to give your kid rainbow fentanyl this Halloween, it hasn't stopped journalists from repeating the myth.

[dubious](https://reason.com/2022/09/28/rainbow-fentanyl-kids-dea-candy-drugs/). [Fox News](https://www.thewrap.com/rnc-chair-scared-fentanyl-halloween-baskets/) to [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/rainbow-fentanyl-targeted-children-lego-box-halloween-1749492) have picked up the rainbow fentanyl story. The [segment](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1577618701490290688?s=20&t=NvpGThjeWk-zShFtdGLK3g) was presented as "a warning, certainly one, here, that parents need to hear with Halloween coming up. On Wednesday, [Good Morning America](https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1577618701490290688?s=20&t=NvpGThjeWk-zShFtdGLK3g) connected the myth to a recent seizure of 15,000 fentanyl pills, which were smuggled in a Lego box. [bunk](https://reason.com/2022/09/28/rainbow-fentanyl-kids-dea-candy-drugs/), journalists [just](https://mynbc15.com/news/local/foley-parents-concerned-of-candy-resembling-fentanyl-ahead-of-halloween) [won't](https://healthnewshub.org/this-halloween-be-on-the-lookout-for-rainbow-fentanyl-masquerading-as-candy/) [stop](https://www.abc27.com/news/mommy-minute-halloween-warning-about-rainbow-fentanyl/) peddling the story. [razor blade–filled apples](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pins-and-needles/) or [poisoned Pixy Stix](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/26220/trick-or-treat-there-poison-your-pixy-stix) have gripped parents before. Observing the period from 1958–2012, he [found](https://www.joelbest.net/halloween-sadism) no reported cases where a child was killed or seriously injured by poisoned or manipulated candy picked up during trick-or-treating. It warned about the colorful fentanyl pills, writing that "this trend appears to be a new method used by drug cartels to sell highly addictive and potentially deadly fentanyl made to look like candy to children and young people." The media also reported deaths among children who had died from unrelated medical conditions shortly after eating normal candy. [Best](https://www.joelbest.net/halloween-sadism), the few cases where children have been killed on Halloween after eating candy have been more complex than media first reported. But that segment is not children." [wrote](https://reason.com/2022/09/28/rainbow-fentanyl-kids-dea-candy-drugs/) Lenore Skenazy, president of the childhood independence nonprofit Let Grow, for Reason.

A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging a Kansas man with drug trafficking-related offenses.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is investigating the case. Attorney Alan Metzger is prosecuting the case. According to court documents, Grant Lubbers, 36, of Wichita was indicted on one count of possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance (fentanyl) and one count of possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense.

NEW YORK -- Thousands of potentially deadly pills were seized in Midtown last week in the largest rainbow fentanyl drug bust in the city.

A hundred times more potent than morphine, which is what we give for cancer patients, for those who are on the front lines in battlefields," family medicine physician Dr. This is calculated. "This is deliberate. This is treacherous deception to market rainbow fentanyl like candy. Fifty times more potent than heroin. "This is just the tip of the iceberg," Tarentino said.

Last year, a record number of fentanyl poisonings were recorded in the U.S. The DEA said those rainbow colored pills, that may look like candy to children, ...

The drug known as 'Rainbow Fentanyl' is now making its way towards Onondaga County. The most recent discovery was made in Monroe County, less than an hour ...

A Wichita man has been federally charged with an alleged attempt to traffick around 40 grams of a mixture that contained fentanyl.

He was also convicted in 2006 of two counts of possession of opiates and one count of possession of depressants, stimulants, hallucinogenic, or anabolic steroids. District Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks) says that on Thursday, Oct. 6, a federal grand jury in Wichita indicted and charged Grant Lubbers, 36, of Wichita, related to alleged drug trafficking.

Davidson County Sheriff's office arrested a Lexington man for selling counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.

He was placed in the Davidson County Jail under a $2 million bond and is scheduled to appear in Davidson County court on Nov. Smith was charged with felony Level III Trafficking Opium / Heroin of more than 28 grams; felony maintaining a dwelling to keep a controlled substance; felony possession of a firearm by a felon, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. “That is what is so bad, you never know what is in these pills and we have even found marijuana that has been laced with fentanyl. “We are seeing a lot more overdoses in the pill form, and if someone took even a half of one of these pills it could kill them. It is 50 times stronger than heroin and only two salt-sized grains of fentanyl can kill someone, according to the CDC. During the investigation, it was determined that Tony Benard Smith of Lexington was allegedly selling fentanyl in pills disguised as oxycodone.

"These pills could easily be mistaken for candy by a child," Sheriff James Pohlmann said. "And ingesting just a single piece could be deadly."

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The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office is warning parents to be cautious this Halloween amid reports of colorful fentanyl pills that look like candy. 

Over the past decade, drug overdoses, both fatal and nonfatal, have become an epidemic in Missouri. The synthetic opioid fentanyl, which is up to 50 times ...

This work led Kreiger to her current role as the founder of The organization's goal is to raise awareness and to keep sharing Cooper's story. According to the Centers for Disease Control, fentanyl overdose deaths rose 350% between 2019 and 2021.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among a dozen Senators who today released pre-Halloween Public Service Announcements (PSAs) ...

[One Pill Can Kill Public Awareness Campaign](https://www.dea.gov/onepill) to educate Americans about the dangers of fake pills. (R-Wyo.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), James Risch (Idaho), and John Cornyn (R-Texas). [joint PSA](https://youtu.be/RHzv5T-R6lM) led by U.S. (R-La.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Barrasso, M.D. If you are in need of assistance, visit [https://www.findtreatment.gov/](https://www.findtreatment.gov/). This epidemic is exploding, which is why this Halloween, let’s join forces and look out for one another,” Hyde-Smith said. [fentanyl and opioid crisis](https://www.wlbt.com/2022/10/05/fentanyl-trafficker-hid-drugs-among-toy-blocks-authorities-say/) afflicting cities and states, including Mississippi. “Most people don’t know that just one pill can kill. [March 2022 Mississippi State Department of Health report](https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/resources/18349.pdf) showed a sharp escalation of overall deaths in Mississippi involving fentanyl, including a 125 percent increase in overdose fatalities due to synthetic opioids from 2019 to 2020. [PSA: Senator Hyde-Smith Warns Parents of Trick-or-Treaters about Rainbow Fentanyl Pills.](https://youtu.be/WcBMPj6GoOc) [](https://youtu.be/WcBMPj6GoOc) (R-Kan.) that also includes Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy, M.D. [According to the Drug Enforcement Administration](https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americans) (DEA), these pills are a “deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults.”

Efforts focus on getting opioid antidotes in police departments and schools.

“Fentanyl is probably, if not the, one of the most dangerous drugs that we face in this area. It leads to a lot of our accidental overdoses because people are ...

“Fentanyl is probably, if not the, one of the most dangerous drugs that we face in this area. So the concern would be the patient would be sleepy, comatose and the biggest concern is they would stop breathing,” said Dr. Webb.

The DEA arrested a New Jersey woman after finding 15000 "rainbow" fentanyl pills in a LEGO box in New York City.

"The criminal complaint unsealed today is another example of the NYPD’s relentless commitment to never stop working to rid New York City of illegal drugs." "Disguising fentanyl as candy – and concealing it in children’s toys – will never hide the fact that fentanyl is a deadly poison that harms our communities, our families, and our city," as NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant L. "My office and our partners are committed to intercepting lethal fentanyl and ensuring that these rainbow-colored pills don’t lead more people down a sad path of substance use and overdose death." Imprinted with the "M" and "30" usually found on Oxycodones, New York City special narcotics prosecutor Bridget G. The suspect has since been charged by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor with first- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. The drugs were found on September 28 after investigators looking into a fentanyl trafficking ring stopped a car on the Manhattan side of the Lincoln Tunnel.