Roy Gerona – The Conversation

Seized counterfeit hydrocodone tablets. Drug Enforcement Administration/Handout via Reuters

August 26, 2016

Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids sold as counterfeits in deadly new trend

Samuel Banister, Stanford University; Axel Adams, University of California, San Francisco, and Roy Gerona, University of California, San Francisco

Counterfeit drugs and heroin laced with illicitly made fentanyl have been linked to overdoses across the country. So what can be done?

Packets of synthetic cannabinoids illegally sold in New York City. Sebastien Malo/Reuters

November 5, 2015

Labs make new, dangerous synthetic cannabinoid drugs faster than we can ban them

Samuel Banister, Stanford University; Iain S McGregor, University of Sydney, and Roy Gerona, University of California, San Francisco

Synthetic cannabinoids – drugs that mimic the psychoactive effect of cannabis – have been linked to injuries and deaths. And when one is banned, another rises to take its place.

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