A research team has used computer modeling to create a database of predicted chemical structures for improved detection of designer drugs.
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A new study found that youth as young as 15 are using multiple substances combined with opioids, and by age 21, youth opioid overdoses more commonly involve other substances—primarily stimulants—rather than opioids alone.
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Sales of the overdose reversal medication naloxone increased after it was made available to the public without a prescription but then dipped quickly in the period following debut of over-the-counter sales, according to a new study.
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Deaths due to illicit ketamine use have increased twenty-fold since 2015, but these deaths are increasingly occurring in complex polydrug settings, raising doubts over whether single-substance drug policies can reduce harms.
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Researcher Michelle Peace and her team examine nicotine, cannabinoids, ethanol and other ingredients in nearly 1,300 products from K-12 schools in Virginia.
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Researchers are working collaboratively with local partners to stop drug use in youth before it starts, driving federal grant money to some of the state’s poorest counties and developing approaches tailored to individual communities.
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“I don’t think the standards are too high, I think we’re not supporting the handlers in the way they need to be supported,” said DeGreeff, who believes improved allocation of resources would have important real-world impacts.
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Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, researchers have found.
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A new synthetic opioid that is 10x stronger than fentanyl has been identified in the fatal overdoes of 25 people in just the last few months.
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Methadone treatment for opioid use—which cuts the risk of death by overdose in half—among individuals insured by Medicaid-insured increased substantially after 2010.
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