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Health leaders, researchers, advocacy groups, companies and the public have saved millions of lives by reducing the consumption of unhealthy products.
B.C. is facing a toxic drug crisis, however, forcing people into involuntary treatment will cause more harm than good.
After their initial visit, 69% of patients returned to the van at least four times for follow-ups.
A fentanyl vaccine is going to human clinical trials after showing promising results in rats – but here’s why it’s no cure-all for the opioid crisis.
Primary prevention is a crucial but underused component of a comprehensive public health approach to ending the opioid crisis — starting with children.
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.
Regulating drugs may seem radical, but taking the production and sale of currently illegal drugs away from organized crime and drug cartels is the most promising way to keep our communities safe.
The company helped spur a public health crisis through its deceptive marketing and aggressive sales of prescription opioids.
Here are some steps you can take to use opioids more safely and effectively at home.
A Philadelphia neighborhood is pushing back against the city’s plan to expand an existing shelter to serve people in active addiction.
Toxic leukoencephalopathy is when the brain’s white matter is damaged. It is often deadly.
Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
The most common complaint among people with chronic pain is low back pain. Here’s what treatments do – and don’t – work.
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.
Pregabalin is prescribed for a number of conditions – including epilepsy, anxiety and nerve pain.
Long-term use of kratom may actually reduce pain tolerance and cause physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms.
An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
The study discovered that nonmedical personnel can provide the naloxone to an overdose victim in about one minute.
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Professor and Deputy Director, Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
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Professor, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Central Lancashire
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Joel Lexchin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Professor, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Bentley University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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Head of Alcohol and other Drug Research, Centre for Population Health; Burnet Principal for Alcohol, other drugs and harm reduction, Burnet Institute
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Professor of Law, Indiana University
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Academic Fellow, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Medical Director of Opioid Policy Research, Brandeis University
