opiates

A toxic drug, more powerful than fentanyl, hits Alberta

How an Alberta professor’s good research was used to create an ultra-toxic drug, decades after he shelved it

Fentanyl: The king of all opiates, and a killer drug crisis

It’s stronger than heroin and more potent than OxyContin. It’s also cheap, ubiquitous, and incredibly deadly. Inside the rise of fentanyl.