Children poisoned by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, has risen in the U.S. – eight years of national data shows
Incidents of children in the U.S. being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl “increased and became more severe”, a new study reveals.
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
In their 2016 New England Journal of Medicine article on opioids, Dr. Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., who served as ...
This Popular Drug Can Be a 'Gateway' to More Serious Addictions, Experts Say
Researchers believe that alcohol can alter the brain's chemistry and allow people to more easily become addicted to harder ...
Who carries and uses Naloxone in the U.S.?
A new USC-led study provides the first nationwide picture of who knows about, carries, and uses naloxone to reverse deadly opioid overdoses. Mireille Jacobson, professor of gerontology at the USC ...
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There is no evidence RFK Jr.'s plan for “healing” farms somehow helps people quit drugs
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse that control billions of federal dollars to address drug use and addiction. In his new role ...