The DEA says they have seized xylazine and fentanyl mixtures in 48 of 50 states. In fact, 23% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills seized by the DEA in 2022 contained xylazine.
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As novel psychoactive substances get more potent, it’s becoming more and more common to administer multiple doses of naloxone.
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The initiative was created to find scientific solutions to stem the national opioid and pain public health crises.
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Study findings reveal that a sophisticated AI algorithm was able to predict opioid death rates—going back from previous years 2011 to 2107—much more accurately than using traditional information researchers and clinicians often use.
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The monthly opioid overdose death (ODD) rate fell by 30% in Pennsylvania counties that implemented a novel community-focused strategy .
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A new paper in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse shows a 9% increase in substance use numbers when hair analysis results are added to self-reporting results.
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The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.
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Cuyahoga County’s Medical Examiner’s Office developed the Heroin Involved Death Investigation (HIDI) Protocol to support a safe, coordinated, and rapid response to active drug overdose death scenes.
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A new nitazene analog that is up to 20x more potent than fentanyl has quickly made its way from Pennsylvania to Florida.
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The remaining 1,778 samples had drug levels reported by Synlab as above the prescribed limit, and these results have now been rescinded, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Forensic Science Regulator have concluded.
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In a chilling sign that producers may be moving to manufacture fentanyl on American soil, U.S. agents in southern Arizona seized up to 440 pounds of what they suspect is a precursor chemical often used to make the dangerous drug.
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Civil rights advocates have filed a lawsuit against the New Mexico Corrections Department seeking to ensure access for prison inmates to medication that reduces opioid withdrawal symptoms or cravings.
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“Would it be ideal if everyone wanted to simply stop using drugs altogether? Yes, but that's not reflective of reality."
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Recent research by scientists at the University of Southern California and the National University of Singapore seeks to address at least some of today’s challenges in forensic toxicology.
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The researchers developed a new method to analyze and confirm the presence of fentanyl and a related analog called acetyl fentanyl in blood and urine at low levels that can still cause overdoses in people.
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