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Why are some individuals at greater risk for developing opioid dependence and addiction? Two neuroscientists at Rowan University discuss their latest findings.
Cocaine and other illicit drugs have been found to be contain nitazenes, a dangerous class of synthetic opioids.
Civil forfeiture laws and unexplained wealth orders seem to be less about crime control than an exercise in public funding.
Toxic leukoencephalopathy is when the brain’s white matter is damaged. It is often deadly.
Nitazenes can be up to 50 times stronger than fentanyl. They’re not yet common in Australia so now is the time to implement policies to reduce their harm and limit their uptake.
Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
The modern Mexico–US drug trade is rooted in the unintended consequences of government policy on both sides of the border.
No parent wants to see their child suffer and untreated pain can have health consequences. But parents may have concerns about use of opioids for their child’s acute pain. Here are tips for safer use.
An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
A new polydrug is destroying lives in west Africa.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
Despite a positive meeting, the contest between the world’s two biggest economies remains heated, largely without guardrails and of immense risk.
There were more than 100,000 opioid-related deaths in North America in 2022. How the crisis grew to such proportions, and three potential paths to ending it.
Nitazenes were developed as a powerful class of painkiller in the 1950s, but they were abandoned – until now.
The US has seen a huge rise in drug deaths in the past decade involving a stimulant and a depressant.
The US and China are talking again, but security issues between the two countries linger.
Most consumables in Canada have quality controls that inform purchasing and consumption decisions. People who use illicit drugs deserve the same. Drug checking provides that harm-reduction service.
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.
Pennsylvania has long had one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the US. But new studies suggest counties throughout the state have different rates of opioid deaths.
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Central Lancashire
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Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor in the Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use, University of British Columbia
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PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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PhD student in Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University
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General Internal Medicine Physician, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director of Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME), Queen's University, Ontario
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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