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A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respond

PHILADELPHIA -- Dominic Cipriano couldn’t stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was fentanyl. But whatever Cipriano had taken didn’t produce ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Philly police commissioner talks stopping drug gangs after major Kensington bust

A massive federal takedown of 33 alleged members of the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization in October was one of the biggest in years. With the dozens arrested and this violent drug market ...
The New York Times

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities. Joseph is newly in ...