Fentanyl didn’t kill George Floyd. The toxicology report from Floyd’s autopsy revealed that when he stepped into a Minneapolis Cup Foods store on May 25 to buy a pack of cigarettes, he had the synthetic opioid in his system, along with caffeine, a metabolite of nicotine, and THC from marijuana. He also had coronavirus. But
Fentanyl didn’t kill George Floyd. The toxicology report from Floyd’s autopsy revealed that when he stepped into a Minneapolis Cup Foods store on May 25 to buy a pack of cigarettes, he had the synthetic opioid in his system, along with caffeine, a metabolite of nicotine, and THC from marijuana. He also had coronavirus. But
Floating in a small fishing boat along Mexico’s Pacific Coast, their faces obscured by t-shirts and ski masks, the four Sinaloa Cartel members looked like pirates. This was months before the pandemic, when tourists were still sunbathing on the beach a few miles away. The masks were to disguise themselves as they smuggled ashore the
Australian Doctors and GPs in the northern state of Queensland can now prescribe medicinal cannabis to any patient with any condition, following new legislation that was passed last week. The state’s Department of Health announced in a statement last Tuesday that “any registered medical practitioner” could write a prescription for a medical cannabis product—be it
In response to British Columbia’s record-high 170 fatal overdoses last month, a group of drug reform activists handed out free doses of fentanyl-free cocaine and opium Tuesday afternoon in Vancouver. The newly-formed Drug User Liberation Front marched in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—considered Canada’s poorest neighbourhood—as it issued a list of demands to the province and gave
In response to British Columbia’s record-high 170 fatal overdoses last month, a group of drug reform activists handed out free doses of fentanyl-free cocaine and opium Tuesday afternoon in Vancouver. The newly-formed Drug User Liberation Front marched in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside—considered Canada’s poorest neighbourhood—as it issued a list of demands to the province and gave
The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl causes more fatal overdoses than any other drug. It’s also a medical miracle, used for everything from surgery to cancer pain. Over the past year, I traveled around the world and across the U.S. making Painkiller, a new VICE News podcast series about fentanyl with the team behind our show
The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl causes more fatal overdoses than any other drug. It’s also a medical miracle, used for everything from surgery to cancer pain. Over the past year, I traveled around the world and across the U.S. making Painkiller, a new VICE News podcast series about fentanyl with the team behind our show
The Australian Government wants to ban the importation of almost all vape products and refills into the country from July 1st. In a joint statement issued on Friday, June 19th, the Department of Health and Australian Border Force declared that the Government “intends to ask the Governor-General in Council to make regulations from 1 July
On Friday, June 19, fishermen in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu spotted a floating drum off the coast of Mamallapuram. They alerted police, who found 78 kilograms of crystal meth inside when the drum was brought onshore. The shipment of methamphetamine in its crystallised form was concealed under Chinese tea brand labels, presumably