(Bloomberg) With its harsh anti-narcotics laws and painful history with debilitating opium epidemics in the 19th-century, China wouldn’t spring to mind as a promising market for OxyContin, a painkiller that has been at the center of an opioid addiction outbreak in the U.S. Yet in China, powered by soaring cancer rates and an aging population, OxyContin is turning into a hit. And the drug company behind the brand is giving sales an added boost through an outreach push to physicians and by working with the most powerful of allies—the Chinese government.
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US applauds China's action on opioid - USA →
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(China Daily) US drug enforcement officials are praising China's ban of the opioid carfentanil, which is 10,000 times as potent as morphine and is sometimes used as a tranquilizer for elephants, and three related synthetic opioids. Yu Haibin, director of the Office of the National Narcotics Control Committee, told The Associated Press that China's ban showed its "attitude as a responsible big country" and that "it will be a strong deterrent".
Read MoreMeth use in Aghanistan "has potential" to become more severe | United Nations Radio→
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(UN) Methamphetamine, or "crystal meth", isn't as widely used as heroin in Afghanistan, where much of the world's opium crop is grown, but it has the "potential" to become more severe.
Read MoreHistory of Psychosis May Not Exclude Ketamine for Depression→
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(Medscape) Preliminary evidence from two case reports suggests that a history of psychosis should not exclude a patient with severe depression from receiving ketamine in a clinical setting, researchers say.
Read MoreNear death from a novel synthetic opioid labeled U-47700: emergence of a new opioid class →
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(Clin Toxicol via Erowid) In the last decade there has been a worldwide surge in the recreational abuse of novel psychoactive substances, particularly amphetamine derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids. Synthetic opioids such as AH-7921, MT-45, and U-47700, with structures distinct from those ever used therapeutically or described recreationally, have also recently emerged.
Read MoreRubio helps introduce legislation to stop import of fentanyl, carfentanil via the mail→
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(Bradenton News) U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and other lawmakers Tuesday introduced the newest version of the Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention, or STOP, Act as part of effort to restrict the flow of powerful synthetic opioids into the country via the U.S. Postal Service.
Read MoreOhio a top destination for fentanyl from China→
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(Dispatch.com) - China and India have been been identified as primary sources of the fentanyl and carfentanil being trafficked in the United States, according to news release from Rubio’s office. Companies in China and India take advantage of the U.S. Postal Service,
Read MoreCounterfeit Chinese and Indian drugs invade Africa→
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(EurActiv.com) Over the course of just two weeks, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) seized 113 million antimalarial, anti-inflammatory and antibiotic tablets bound for Africa. The true extent of the problem remains unknown.
Read More22 arrested, 550 kgs of drugs seized in China →
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(Hindustan Times) Police have arrested 22 suspects in connection with producing illegal drugs and seized 550 kilogrammes of ketamine in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, authorities said on Monday.
Read MoreTop China police drugs buster ‘dies from overwork’→
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(The Star Online) CHINA: A veteran anti-narcotics officer in southwest China died suddenly after working overtime for many days without a break, according to Chinese media reports.
Read More10 million lethal doses of carfentanil seized at Mirabel Airport→
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(Global News Canada) - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced Wednesday two packages seized at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport contained carfentanil. CBSA officers intercepted two packages coming from China on Dec. 22, 2016. After a laboratory analysis, the substance was confirmed to be 209 grams of carfentanil.
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