Category: Fentanyl

Opiate Overdose

I was watching Morning Joe on MSNBC this morning and saw the interview with Eric Bolling regarding his son’s opiate overdose and death. I’m not fond of Bolling as a political pundit, but I once heard him talking about his son a few years…

Heroin Laced With Fentanyl

While heroin is a commonly known drug, you might’ve heard lately about heroin laced with Fentanyl, yet not know much or anything about Fentanyl. Here is a description: Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, meaning it is made in a laboratory but acts on the same receptors in the…

From Heroin to Fentanyl

You might get confused over terms as you read about opium, opiates and opioids. Heroin, morphine, opium and codeine are opiates produced from the opium poppy plant. The other painkillers you read or hear about or ones prescribed usually by a doctor, such as Percocet, Demerol, Oxycodone, etc., are likely…