Wastewater monitoring has revealed a 75% increase in detections of the synthetic stimulant pentylone across Australia, according to researchers at the University of South Australia.
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One of the three vaccines significantly increased movement in mice given xylazine after 10 minutes, while two of the three vaccines led to an improvement in breathing.
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A group of scientists and experts are calling on the FDA to rescind their approval of a controversial DNA test that claims to predict genetic risk of opioid addiction.
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This year's update introduces over 850 new mass spectra and over 500 new, unique compounds in major categories of interest.
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Nasal-administered naloxone is more cost-effective and could help reduce the number of opioid-related fatalities compared to the current publicly funded intermuscular version, a new study has found.
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The researchers collected and analyzed 122 swabs and successfully identified a variety of drugs.
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Drug experts believe pFF is added to fentanyl to increase total drug volume for distribution, to dilute the drug being cut and to enhance the pharmacological effect.
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An abrupt policy shift removed a unique barrier to prescribing buprenorphine, but didn’t lead to a sharp rise in prescribing by the end of the first year.
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Stakeholders in Brazil are growing increasingly concerned over pollution and waterway contamination caused by cocaine. Researchers discovered in 2017 cocaine and other substances derived from medicines in surface water in the Bay of Santos may be causing biological effects in environmentally relevant concentrations.
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In 2022, an estimated 13.6 million people drove under the influence of illicit drugs during the prior year. Alcohol is not the only concern; the use of illicit drugs, legalized drugs such as cannabis, and the abuse of prescription medications may also impair a driver’s abilities.
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