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Xi Jinping and Donald Trump are at the opposite ends of the fentanyl crisis in the US.

How drug labs in China fuel Trump’s global trade war

The Wuhan company didn’t bother with the dark web. It spruiked its goods right in the open, showing mounds of white powder that were available in a “Mexico hot sale″⁣.

  • Lisa Visentin

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A ban on over-the-counter codeine products has been attributed to fewer deaths of despair in Australia.

Codeine bans helped avoid a COVID spike in ‘deaths of despair’

Deaths of despair have surged in parts of the world as people use drugs or alcohol. But a new study shows Australia has not followed that trend.

  • Shane Wright
Metonitazene, a type of nitazene, intercepted by law enforcement officers in a parcel bound for the Northern Territory.

‘Terrifying potency’: The overdose-inducing drug invading suburbia

The number of unintentional opioid overdose deaths in Australia has continued to grow, the latest data shows.

  • Amber Schultz
Michael Keaton in Dopesick.

Michael Keaton stars in a corrosive view of America’s opioid crisis

Dopesick, now streaming for free on SBS On Demand, is sad but essential viewing.

  • Ben Pobjie
If the judge approves the deal, the Sacklers, owners of Purdue Pharma, would pay as much as $US6 billion to help address the opioid damage.

US Supreme Court may push Sackler opioid case to Congress

How much of a fresh start does the Sackler family deserve – without having to declare bankruptcy themselves?

  • Noah Feldman
Xanax and Valium are common benzodiazepines used to treat anxiety.

Common anti-anxiety meds turning Australians into accidental addicts

Patients aren’t being properly told about the long-term risk of everyday medications, with Australians developing dependencies on the drugs.

  • Amber Schultz
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Nyxoid, a brand of Naloxone, is a nasal spray that blocks or reverses the effects of opioid drugs.

The free life-saving opioid antidote that remains unused

With a growing proportion of opioid overdoses caused by prescription painkillers, experts are calling for an expansion of the Take Home Naloxone program.

  • Amber Schultz
The benzodiazepine medication known as Xanax.

The common medication involved in killing more Australians than alcohol

Xanax, Valium and other benzodiazepines are contributing to more than a third of all accidental overdose deaths, making them the second most deadly drug after opioids.

  • Amber Schultz

Legalising cocaine would give ganglords what they fear most: Centrelink

Our communities are vulnerable and our streets are unsafe because the war on drugs policy empowers drug gangs rather than stopping them.

  • Cate Faehrmann
Dr Simon Holliday, seen here in a photo from 2017.

‘Man-made disaster’: Doctors, pharmacists sound alarm on ‘rushed’ new opioid program

Doctors and pharmacists warn historic reforms, which will make it cheaper for Australians to buy life-saving medicines for opioid addiction, are being threatened by a rushed and “disastrous” roll-out.

  • Melissa Cunningham and Lachlan Abbott

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