FAAX ☠

An episode of the #rtbth podcast, hosted by Real Talk: Beyond the Headlines, titled "FAAX ☠" was published on May 4, 2023 and runs 78 minutes.

May 4, 2023 ·78m · #rtbth

Summary

FAAX is the new acronym signifying an emerging public health concern - fentanyl adulterated or associated with xylazine.   The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy declared fentanyl adulterated with xylazine an emerging threat on April 12, 2023.   I mean, just look at some of the damage it can do - https://www.nejm.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/mms/journals/content/nejm/0/nejm.ahead-of-print/nejmp2303120/20230426/images/img_medium/nejmp2303120_f2.jpeg    One of our co-hosts, Herschel Skywalker, works at the CDC and has been researching this emerging threat for a few years. Herschel and Tune to the Moon discuss this and whether fentanyl should be considered a matter of biochemical warfare. Sounds farfetched but there have been talks in congress about designating fentanyl a WMD 😬😬   The pandemic is waning but overdose deaths are still a massive public health crisis. Xylazine is ramping it up in ways we couldn't have predicted.   Also debuting new intro music produced by Blackmon Sound Productions.    #rtbth   Show Links Healey: Purdue Settlement Will Unlock Sackler 'Secrets' Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military Opioids Feel Like Love. That’s Why They’re Deadly in Tough Times. How Cam’ron Turned ‘Paid in Full’ Into a Cult Legend Hidden Fentanyl Is Driving a Fatal New Phase in US Opioid Epidemic Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich Xylazine: A Toxic Adulterant Found in Illicit Street Drugs. Xylazine Spreads Faster Than Officials Can Act Biden-⁠Harris Administration Designates Fentanyl Combined with Xylazine as an Emerging Threat to the United States Xylazine — Medical and Public Health Imperatives Fentanyl as a WMD? The War on Opioids Reaches a New Level of Misinformation ILLICITLY MANUFACTURED FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION: RHETORIC AND REALITY Chemical industry in China - statistics & facts Xylazine — Medical and Public Health Imperatives | NEJM

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