Fentanyl
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US-China fentanyl case just ‘the tip of the iceberg’
Here is a look at the opioid crisis and the tensions it has caused between China and the United States
China’s vow to curb fentanyl won’t end US opioid crisis — experts
The US-China trade war truce includes a pledge by Beijing to tackle another lucrative — and deadly — export: fentanyl
Nebraska carries out first US execution using opioid fentanyl
Three of the four substances used in Carey Dean Moore’s execution had never been used in lethal injections in the state
US state poised for first execution with fentanyl
Fentanyl killed more than 20 000 people in the US in 2016. It is 50 times more powerful than heroin and up to 100 times stronger than morphine
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Nevada postpones execution using controversial opioid
Nevada’s plan to use fentanyl has drawn criticism from medics and activists who call the move a dangerous human experiment