Sep 14, 2023 · One way people who use drugs can protect themselves is by using test strips to check for the presence of fentanyl in other drugs. The mixture of stimulants like cocaine and …

Jan 20, 2025 · If you or someone you care about are taking fentanyl and cocaine, it’s important to understand the associated risks and know how to seek help for polysubstance misuse.

Jul 21, 2023 · A new CDC report finds that stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamines are being laced with opioids driving an increase in fatal overdoses.

Sep 14, 2023 · One way people who use drugs can protect themselves is by using test strips to check for the presence of fentanyl in other drugs. The mixture of stimulants like cocaine and meth with highly...

Mar 8, 2024 · About a quarter of fentanyl-positive specimens contained cocaine, 17 percent included heroin, and just 7 percent showed prescription opioids.

Mar 29, 2018 · The powerful opioid fentanyl is showing up in batches of cocaine, threatening a new wave of opioid overdoses. Some doctors, drug users and law enforcement wonder if the contamination...

Sep 14, 2023 · Overdoses from people taking both fentanyl and a stimulant, mainly cocaine or meth, have skyrocketed, ushering in what researchers are calling a fourth wave of the overdose epidemic.

Jan 3, 2025 · The mix of stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times as powerful as heroin — is driving what experts call the opioid epidemic’s “ fourth wave.”

Apr 2, 2024 · It is commonly mixed with drugs like heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine and made into pills that are made to resemble other prescription opioids. Drugs mixed with fentanyl are extremely dangerous, and many people may be unaware that their drugs contain it.

Jul 9, 2024 · Nationwide, illicit stimulants mixed with fentanyl were the most common drugs found in fentanyl-related overdoses, according to a study published in 2023 in the scientific journal Addiction....