Over the past decade, the illicit drug trade primarily developed and used fentanyl analogs.
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New research suggests that in Oregon and Washington, two states that implemented drug decriminalization policies in early 2021, there is no evidence of an association between decriminalization and fatal drug overdose rates.
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At issue are post-overdose outreach programs, which are designed to reach out to people who have recently survived an overdose.
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New research out of UCLA shows the proportion of overdose deaths in the U.S. involving both fentanyl and stimulants has increased more than 50-fold since 2010—from 0.6% (235 deaths) in 2010 to 32.3% (34,429 deaths) in 2021.
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Emanuele Alves is developing a device that could offer results within minutes and reduce false positives.
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Recently acquired in vitro pharmacological data shows this emergent novel synthetic opioid—called N-pyrrolidino protonitazene (also protonitazepyne)—is 25x more potent than fentanyl.
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Annual rates of emergency department visits for cannabis-involved traffic injury increased by 475 percent over 13 years, according to a new study from The Ottawa Hospital.
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In January, the CFSRE will move into a new state of the art facility in suburban Philadelphia that will
accommodate the growing scope and scale of its mission to educate, train and conduct research.
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Scientists gave an experimental insomnia treatment to rats experiencing oxycodone withdrawal. The researchers found that the animals were far less likely to seek out drugs again in the future—even after ending the treatment.
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Alabama State University’s world-renowned expert on forensic-death studies, Gulnaz Javan, has received a $375,000 grant from the National Institute of Health to help fight the scourge of drug-related deaths by studying microbiomes in deaths caused by cocaine overdose.
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