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Articles on Drug overdose
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Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
Calls to destigmatize language around drug addiction must be combined with action to change policies that stigmatize people in early recovery.
An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
Taking MDMA can raise our body temperature higher than it should be. Extreme heat may compound this effect.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
Higher levels of income inequality in youth are associated with increased ‘deaths of despair’ in young Canadians.
The flesh-eating drug Xylazine is causing havoc in the US. Now it’s in the UK.
Xylazine, or tranq, is increasingly being mixed with drugs like fentanyl or heroin and can be difficult to detect. Most people who use drugs are unable to tell if they have been exposed to it.
There are around 200 supervised injection facilities around the world but the UK government remains opposed to their introduction
The UK could learn from the kind of action Scotland is taking on drug deaths.
Drugs can interact with one another in ways that are harmful. A study finds that taking oxycodone with certain SSRIs can make an opioid overdose more likely.
Fentanyl’s wide availability in the drug supply has led to an increase in unintentional overdoses. While prevention strategies are available, limited availability stymies their use.
A scholar conducted over 70 hours of interviews with people involved in the medical and funerary professions to understand the impact of changes in death rituals during the pandemic.
Restricting drug access can make the overdose crisis worse, not better. A bioethicist explains what that means for an ethical drug policy.
The number of fatal drug overdoses in the US over a 12-month period has surpassed 100,000 for the first time. Fentanyl is the main driver of the spike in deaths.
False narratives about drug addiction and policies that are not supported by research are deepening the overdose epidemic in the US.
In an effort to reduce costs, drugmakers and dealers often cut, or adulterate, recreational drugs with substances that have been banned by the FDA.
Young people often swallow any drugs they have on them when they encounter police, risking overdose to avoid a drug possession charge.
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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