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By LA Thoms Medinat Australia
2 years ago
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Whilst it’s not all bad, the news that Australia is leading the worldwide ice and methamphetamine epidemic is certainly not a celebratory milestone. The national wastewater program to monitor drug use has been in effect since 2016.
By LA Thoms Medinat Australia
2 years ago
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Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid and is prescribed by medical practitioners as a powerful medication for pain management. There are two types of fentanyl - pharmaceutical fentanyl and illicitly manufactured fentanyl. The fentanyl crisis in the US began back in 2012 in Dayton Ohio with a series of unexplained deaths, which were in actuality accidental drug overdoses. By 2015 the crisis had taken hold with over 250 people in the same region dying each year from fentanyl drug overdoses. In the US experts are referring to it as mass poisoning rather than a drug epidemic. Highlighting the lethal and insidious nature of fentanyl.
