Addiction
Congress passes extension of opioid enforcement tool
Congress has voted to temporarily extend a sweeping tool that has helped federal agents crack down on drugs chemically similar to fentanyl.
Apr 29, 2021
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Medications
HHS issues guidelines expanding access to buprenorphine treatment
(HealthDay)—Eligible practitioners who are licensed and registered to prescribe controlled substances are now exempt from certain statutory certification requirements related to training, counseling, and other ancillary ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Addiction
Kratom use rare, but more common among people with opioid use disorder
Less than one percent of people in the United States use kratom, a plant-based substance commonly used to manage pain and opioid withdrawal, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. However, ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Addiction
Study reveals pharmacy-level barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder in Appalachian Kentucky
A new study led by University of Kentucky researcher April Young and Emory University researcher Hannah Cooper shows that a number of pharmacies in the Appalachian region of Kentucky are limiting the dispensing of buprenorphine, ...
Apr 28, 2020
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Medical research
Could psychedelic drugs be a new treatment option for people with depression?
After being relegated to the fringes of legitimate scientific inquiry for nearly five decades, an increasing number of researchers, including Javier González-Maeso, Ph.D., and Mario de la Fuente Revenga, Ph.D., both in the ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Medications
Watchdog finds DEA was 'slow to respond' to opioid epidemic
The Drug Enforcement Administration was "slow to respond" as America grappled with a rising opioid epidemic, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Tuesday that faulted the agency for cutting back use ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Other
DOJ moves to add more marijuana growers for research
The Justice Department said Monday it would move forward to expand the number of marijuana growers for federally authorized cannabis research.
Aug 26, 2019
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Medications
Judge overseeing opioid lawsuits orders release of some data
A look at how the opioid crisis grew and spread may be much clearer soon after a federal judge overseeing nearly 2,000 lawsuits filed against manufacturers, distributors and retailers of prescription painkillers ordered the ...
Jul 16, 2019
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Medications
Historically 'safer' tramadol more likely than other opioids to result in prolonged use
Surgical patients receiving the opioid tramadol have a somewhat higher risk of prolonged use than those receiving other common opioids, new Mayo Clinic research finds. However, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies ...
May 14, 2019
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Medications
US pharma bosses charged with fueling opioid crisis
Two former executives of a major US pharmaceutical company were charged Tuesday with fulfilling orders they knew to be fraudulent during the opioid epidemic that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Apr 24, 2019
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