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Opioids
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Missouri Would Allocate $10 Million from Opioid Settlement to Psilocybin Research in New Budget Bill
And here's why Missouri swapped out ibogaine from the plan.
April 8, 2024
Study Explores the Positive Effects of Free Cannabis Donations
Researchers closely examined Michigan’s harm reduction program, which allows staff to provide free cannabis to those in need.
March 12, 2024
DEA Cracks Down on Internet Pill Press Sales
For years now it has been incredibly easy to purchase tools online to use in the production of fake pills, designed to look like their pharmaceutical counterparts but typically containing fentanyl. The DEA is now attempting to curb the sale of such tools.
March 1, 2024
Can Cannabinoids Help People Wean Off Opioids?
A study provided a clinical framework designed to help people wean off and eventually replace opioids.
February 27, 2024
Study: Higher Dose of Naloxone Didn’t Save More Lives
Four-milligram naloxone works just fine, compared to the eight-milligram version.
February 23, 2024
DEA Allows Big Pharma Giant that Helped Fuel Opioid Crisis To Continue Operating
A Big Pharma company which had their license revoked for distributing suspicious shipments of opioids has been given their license back thanks to a little help from the Drug Enforcement Administration.
February 9, 2024
Drug Maker Unveils Experimental Drug as Opioid Alternative
Vertex Pharmaceuticals unveiled VX-548, which showed positive results in three trials as developers continue to demonstrate its efficacy.
February 5, 2024
Cannabis Still the World’s Most Used Substance, UN Report Says
According to the United Nations, there are an estimated 219 million cannabis users worldwide, with that number trending upward.
January 3, 2024
Majority of Los Angeles Overdose Deaths Caused by Fentanyl
A recent report from Los Angeles County health officials shows that fentanyl caused nearly 60% of the region’s overdose deaths in 2022.
December 15, 2023
New Study Suggests Cannabis Does Not Help Opioid Use Disorder
A 20-year-long Australian research project which followed heroin addicts who also used cannabis has found that anecdotal evidence supporting cannabis as a harm reduction tool may not be reliable or safe to recommend to recovering addicts.
December 1, 2023