The latest release includes updates to ensure up-to-date support, including the addition of over 700 new mass spectra and more than 400 new unique compounds, spanning multiple key NPS categories.
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Among people who misused opioids or other substances and lacked stable housing, those who used the app reported significant reductions in their opioid and non-opioid substance use after a month compared with those who did not engage with the app.
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For the first time, researchers have used real-time wastewater monitoring to track nitazene compounds in municipal wastewater.
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A new synthetic opioid that is 10x stronger than fentanyl has been identified in the fatal overdoes of 25 people in just the last few months.
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Methadone treatment for opioid use—which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half—among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010.
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Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, researchers have found.
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“I don’t think the standards are too high, I think we’re not supporting the handlers in the way they need to be supported,” said DeGreeff, who believes improved allocation of resources would have important real-world impacts.
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Researchers are working collaboratively with local partners to stop drug use in youth before it starts, driving federal grant money to some of the state’s poorest counties and developing approaches tailored to individual communities.
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Researcher Michelle Peace and her team examine nicotine, cannabinoids, ethanol and other ingredients in nearly 1,300 products from K-12 schools in Virginia.
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Deaths due to illicit ketamine use have increased twenty-fold since 2015, but these deaths are increasingly occurring in complex polydrug settings, raising doubts over whether single-substance drug policies can reduce harms.
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