Scientists from the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education (CFSRE) identified the adulterant quinine in up to 57% of seized drug cases in the U.S., however, positivity varied greatly by state and rapidly declined in early 2022.
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Test strips to help drug users identify fentanyl and other potentially deadly chemicals would no longer be classified as illegal paraphernalia under a bill passed unanimously by the Pennsylvania House.
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Researchers say the model presents the most detailed model to date of the crisis by capturing how the interconnections between stages of prescription and illicit opioid use, from initiation and addiction treatment to relapse and overdose mortality, have evolved over time.
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To keep pace with the current recreational drug landscape, laboratories in the United States should consider investing in practices that are able to detect new and emerging synthetic drugs.
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Gov. Phil Scott has vetoed a bill aimed in part at creating one or more safe injection sites, also called overdose prevention sites, in Vermont where people could legally use drugs under supervision as a way to reduce overdoses.
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New research points to a novel treatment for respiratory depression associated with opioid use that administers electrical pulses to the back of the neck, helping patients regain respiratory control following high dosage opioid use.
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Thanks to a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Feng Guo is developing a wearable device that can not only detect an opioid overdose in real-time, but also treat/reverse it.
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When it comes to disposing of unused drugs, we make doing the right thing unnecessarily hard. So instead, patients tuck pills away and promise to get around to it soon. That increases the risk of misuse and overdose.
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Researchers at two state universities are joining forces to battle the opioid epidemic with help from decades of chemistry research conducted by Purdue Pharma.
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Researchers have been working to identify the best and safest methods to decontaminate bases, stations and vessels should they be affected by a large-scale contamination from a pathogen like the anthrax-causing bacterium.
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