Phenacetin: A Toxic Adulterant Found in Illicit Street Drugs
Phenacetin, a pain-relieving and fever-reducing drug, was discovered as an analgesic in 1887. It was one of the first synthetic fever reducers on the market and one of the first…
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Opioid Overdoses from the Toxicology Investigators Consortium (ToxIC) Fentalog Study Group: Q1 2021
A partnership between the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) and the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) was established to comprehensively assess the role and prevalence of…
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Xylazine: A Toxic Adulterant Found in Illicit Street Drugs
Xylazine was discovered as an antihypertensive agent in 1962 by Farbenfabriken Bayer in Germany. Due to its hazardous side effects, including sedation, hypotension and bradycardia, it was not approved by…
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Philly overdose drug may have contained toxic designer drug
In July 2018, more than 160 individuals overdosed in one weekend in the city of Philadelphia on a heroin supply marked “Santa Muerte.” This not only impacted hundreds of drug…
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Santa Muerte Mass Overdose Outbreak
The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education at the Fredric Rieders Family Foundation received notification over the weekend from July 20 to 22, 2018, that hospitals in the Greater…
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