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  2. California opioid crisis - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic opioids, most notably fentanyl and drugs laced with it have seen increasing usage in the American city of San Francisco, California since 2019. [4] In 2023, 810 people died from accidental drug overdoses, a majority containing fentanyl, in San Francisco, [5] with overdoses per 100,000 people being more than double the national average ...

  3. Opioid epidemic - Wikipedia

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    In British Columbia, police discovered a lab making 100,000 fentanyl pills each month, which they were shipping to Calgary, Alberta. 90 people in Calgary overdosed on the drug in 2015. [89] In Southern California , a home-operated drug lab with six pill presses was uncovered by federal agents; each machine was capable of producing thousands of ...

  4. United States drug overdose death rates and totals over time

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    Drug overdose deaths in the US per 100,000 people by state. [1] [2] A two milligram dose of fentanyl powder (on pencil tip) is a lethal amount for most people. [3] The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 ...

  5. California’s theft epidemic needs sentencing reforms to ...

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    Last year, more than 800 people died from drug overdoses in San Francisco. Fentanyl dealers have been emboldened to “peddle their poison” to our communities without fear of consequences. Since ...

  6. Data Sheet–Drug Discovery Shifting From Treatment to Cure - AOL

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  7. California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a ...

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    California has set aside $100 million for that project, with $50 million to develop the drugs and the rest set aside to invest in a manufacturing facility. Newsom said a 10 milliliter vial of ...

  8. List of drugs by year of discovery - Wikipedia

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    Year of discovery Name of the drug Year when the synthesis mechanism was developed Year that was Patented Governmental approval Patented expired 1901: Adrenaline: Jōkichi Takamine, 1901: 1901: 1901: N/A (Natural Hormone) 1906: Oxytocin: Discovered by Henry Hallett Dale, synthesized by Vincent du Vigneaud in 1952: 1925: 1926: N/A (Natural ...

  9. Where Do New Drugs Come From? U.S. Biotechs Lead the Way - AOL

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    While total sales for pharmaceutical-discovered drugs during 1999–2008 were more than double those discovered by biotechs, when it comes to sales per drug, the story revealed in the study is ...