Philly's street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that's an ingredient in plastic
As much as half of the fentanyl sold on Philly's streets contains an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacturing. That ...
Tariffs could deal a blow to Chinatowns that have no choice but to import cultural goods, locals say
In Chinatowns across the country, people worry about the potential damage to business, loss of cultural traditions and the ...
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Philly’s street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that’s an ingredient in plastic
That’s according to our November 2024 testing of fentanyl samples collected in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, regarded as the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast.
Trump says tariffs were enacted to curb fentanyl, but U.S. overdose deaths are already declining
President Donald Trump says a primary reason for his new tariffs against the United States’ three largest trading partners is what he calls a “national emergency” brought on by fentanyl flowing across ...
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Toxic plastic additive found in Philadelphia’s fentanyl supply
As much as half of the fentanyl sold on Philly’s streets contains an industrial chemical used in plastics manufacturing. That ...
Millions of dollars in drugs seized by police, homicides down in Kensington, Philadelphia leaders say
Philadelphia leaders on Monday shared an update on their efforts to clean up Kensington and make the neighborhood safer.
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
After nearly a decade of annual upticks in overdose deaths, the city saw a drop in 2023, the latest data available. Something ...
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Trump says tariffs were enacted to curb fentanyl, but U.S. overdose deaths are already declining
Americans were 80% of all people caught with fentanyl during border crossings at ports of entry from 2019 to 2024, according to CBP data obtained by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
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Millions of dollars in drugs seized by police, homicides down in Kensington, Philadelphia leaders say
Philadelphia police also sent an entire police ... police seized $10,011,252 worth of narcotics in the neighborhood. The major target: fentanyl. "We've taken off the street 845,000 doses of ...