Califf promised to conduct a full review of FDA’s approach to opioids, including their prescribing instructions, to clinch Senate confirmation early this year.
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Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy.
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The Michigan State Police crime lab has stopped screening blood samples for THC, the compound that gives marijuana users a high, after problems with testing, a spokeswoman said.
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Methamphetamine remains a stubbornly prevalent illicit substance in large swaths of rural America, according to a new study.
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The researchers sought to develop a suite of tools to analyze complex DART-MS spectra rapidly and reliably, easily create or amend spectral databases, identify unknown substances, and generate reports using their Data Interpretation Tool software.
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The coming wave will not discriminate between rural and urban areas, the study findings suggest.
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States that legalized recreational marijuana saw a subsequent increase in traffic crashes and fatalities, according to a new study.
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The money will be used for testing equipment to increase the ability of police to find fentanyl. It will also be used for a media campaign to alert Idaho residents to the dangers of fentanyl.
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The toxic chemical methanol has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month.
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The Narcan van made its debut last week as Zoe Freedom Center volunteers met in Fredericksburg and canvassed the downtown area, passing out goodie bags and materials about the center’s free services, including counseling and peer support groups.
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