Matthew Perry and the ketamine boom: Expensive, dangerous and very 'en vogue'
When Los Angeles County medical examiners worked last year to determine how Matthew Perry died, they discovered something startling.
Jun 3, 2024
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Heterocyclic Compounds: News and Research on Morphinans
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Almost 1 in 3 Americans know someone who's died from a drug overdose
As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third of U.S. adults now know someone who's died of a drug overdose.
Jun 1, 2024
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Study shows cannabis terpenes may relieve chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain
A University of Arizona Health Sciences study published in the journal Pain found that Cannabis sativa terpenes were as effective as morphine at reducing chronic neuropathic pain and a combination of the two analgesics further ...
May 30, 2024
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Analysis finds racial inequities in naloxone administration during fatal overdoses
Pennsylvania has been disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic, having the fourth highest number of overdose deaths in the country in 2020. Also, the rate of overdose deaths among Black persons is significantly ...
May 29, 2024
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Study shows two neural pathways involved in fentanyl addiction
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Geneva, working with a colleague from the University of Strasbourg, Institute for Advanced Study, and another from Université de Montpellier CNRS, reports that there are two ...
Varying state drug laws create patchwork landscape for efforts to prevent overdose and death
U.S. states vary widely in their laws and legal approaches to managing drug paraphernalia and opioid prevention centers (OPCs), according to new research published by the Center for Public Health Law Research at the Temple ...
May 22, 2024
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Study finds COVID-19 shutdown flipped drug overdose mortality rates among industries
Drug overdose deaths spiked following Kentucky's COVID-19 stay-at-home and business closure orders of March 2020. But the industries that suffered the most overdose deaths were surprising, according to research conducted ...
May 21, 2024
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Philly health officials detect a veterinary sedative more powerful than xylazine in drug samples
The animal tranquilizer xylazine's spread into Philadelphia's illicit opioid supply has introduced new hazards to an already dangerous drug crisis, sending people in addiction into intense blackouts and leaving them with ...
May 20, 2024
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Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications—but few people have heard of them
More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder—the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism—in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.
May 20, 2024
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Study uses machine learning to predict opioid use disorder treatment interruptions
University of Florida researchers have developed a system designed to identify patients at high risk of discontinuing buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder.
May 16, 2024
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