Memory loss hitting some fentanyl abusers (HealthDay)—Using fentanyl or other opioids alongside other illicit drugs could trigger possibly permanent amnesia caused by brain damage, doctors warn.  Over a dozen cases have emerged in whi...

USA. Fentanyl Overdose. Reduction Checking Analysis Study - FORECAST (...) To explore the viability of a public health response to the fentanyl crisis, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative awarded funding to support the Fentanyl Overdose Redu...

Fentanyls continue to replace heroin in the drug arena: the cases of ocfentanil and carfentanil. Misailidi N, Papoutsis I, Nikolaou P, Dona A, Spiliopoulou C, Athanaselis S. Forensic Toxicol. 2018;36(1):12-32. doi: 10.1007/s11419-017-0379-4. ht...

Multiple fatalities in the North of England associated with synthetic fentanyl analogue exposure: Detection and quantitation a case series from early 2017. Hikin L, Smith PR, Ringland E, Hudson S, Morley SR. Forensic Sci Int. 2018 Jan;282:179-18...

The Value of Early-Warning Carfentanil Deaths in Europe Helgie Danielsson, Lisbon Addictions 2017, Second European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Lissabon, 24.-26.10.2017 http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/attachments...

USA. Fentanyl is so potent doctors don’t know how to fight it In 2002, Chechen terrorists took 800 people hostage in Moscow Theater, and Russian special forces devised a peculiar way to subdue them. The tactical team gassed the theater with...