Quit Meth, Get Paid in Innovative California Recovery Program
A new California program incentivizes people using meth or cocaine with money if they can prove they are clean in an evidence-based […]
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Fentanyl Dealer on Snapchat Who Caused Deadly Overdoses Gets 20 Years in Federal Prison
A man who used Snapchat to sell fake oxycodone pills that actually contained fentanyl—leading to the death of a teenage girl as […]
Study: Higher Dose of Naloxone Didn’t Save More Lives
A higher dose version of naloxone, the nasal spray used to reverse opioid-induced overdoses, did not lead to more saved lives, according […]
Smoking Surpasses Injection as Leading Ingestion Method in Overdose Deaths
More Americans are overdosing and dying by smoking illegal drugs as opposed to injecting them. Of the 109,000 recorded overdose deaths which […]
Drug Testing Access at Australian Festivals May Have Prevented Past Deaths
It’s already fairly well known that music festivals tend to come with plenty of illicit drug use. The activity is so common […]
Drug Maker Unveils Experimental Drug as Opioid Alternative
A pharmaceutical company unveiled an experimental new drug that is being touted as a less dangerous alternative to opioids. To date, few […]
Gallup Poll Reveals Record High American Pessimism Over U.S. Handling of Illegal Drug Crisis
According to a recent Gallup poll, there’s a significant change in Americans’ sentiment toward the nation’s handling of the illegal drug problem […]
Drug Dealer Connected to Michael K. Williams Death Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
A convicted fentanyl dealer and member of a New York City drug ring blamed for the overdose death of actor Michael K […]
Over-The-Counter Overdoses Largely Affect Women, the Young
The Japan Times reported this week on data published by the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, an agency under the national […]
Half a Million Fentanyl Pills Disguised as Oxycodone Confiscated by San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office in One Week
Last week was busy for the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, who reported Monday that they confiscated over 500,000 fentanyl tablets that were […]