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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New research highlights the power of computer modeling and community-based intelligence to reveal network connections.
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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced a $250,000 allocation for essential transportation related to opioid deaths across Arkansas.
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This partnership between advanced technology in the field and the certifying laboratory enables the judicial system to act quickly to deliver charges, a critical measure in decreasing unlawful activity in the community and bringing criminals to justice.
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The researchers’ study of 201 patients is the world's first trial of a commercially available and medically approved nasal naloxone spray in real cases of heroin overdose.
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In statehouses across the country, lawmakers have been considering and adopting laws on two fronts: reducing the risk to users and increasing the penalties for dealing fentanyl or mixing it with other drugs.
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Seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased 834% between 2018 to 2021, putting many at risk for unintentional exposure and overdose.
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