When Oregon decriminalized drugs, overdoses went up. Will that happen with Australia's recent legislation?
A new bill came into effect in the ACT at the weekend decriminalizing personal possession of common illegal drugs.
Nov 4, 2023
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A new bill came into effect in the ACT at the weekend decriminalizing personal possession of common illegal drugs.
Nov 4, 2023
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As overdose deaths continue at a record pace, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a new government-wide strategy Thursday involving scores of agencies that will target the precursor materials used by traffickers ...
Oct 26, 2023
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When Andria Peterson began working as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric and neonatal intensive care units at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nevada, in 2009, she witnessed the devastating effects the opioid ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Many of the harms people experience from using illegal drugs are a result of unregulated supply. Drugs may be contaminated, or completely substituted with something unexpected. They may also be of variable and unknown dosage ...
Oct 23, 2023
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A large study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) has identified 10 predictors of opioid overdose after prescription for chronic pain, which can help clinicians engage in shared decision-making with patients ...
Oct 23, 2023
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People experiencing homelessness account for an increasing proportion of fatal opioid-related deaths in Ontario, Canada, reaching one in six such deaths by 2021, according to new research from ICES, Western University and ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Although people with opioid use disorder (OUD) are significantly more likely to overdose or have a complication after major surgery than those without the disorder, using medications for the treatment of OUD before surgery ...
Oct 16, 2023
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US pharmacy chain Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy Sunday, the company said, after suffering declining sales and legal threats over its alleged involvement in the opioid crisis.
Oct 16, 2023
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Researchers from King's College London used real-world data of fatal opioid overdoses where a bystander was present to show that commercial-off-the-shelf drones could have reached 78% of cases within seven minutes—the benchmark ...
Oct 13, 2023
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The United States remains tightly in the grasp of an ongoing, and escalating, crisis of deaths caused by opioid overdoses.
Oct 12, 2023
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