Under Trump, Future Of Harm Reduction Policies To Curb Drug Overdoses Is Unclear
U.S. needs to pursue evidence-based interventions for substance use disorders. It’s unclear to what degree the Trump ...
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FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate addiction associated with opioids
Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...
5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalized Australians are still paying the highest price
January 25 marked five years since the first COVID case was recorded in Australia. Many of us have tried to move on quickly ...
New Pain Drug Gets FDA Nod as Safer Alternative to Addictive Opioids
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. gained US approval for the first new type of painkiller in more than two decades, paving the way ...
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
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Grading the Progress of National Initiatives on the Opioid Crisis
Two leading drug experts set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. This is how we've progressed since then.
History Exposes the Flaw in RFK Jr.'s Drug Treatment Plan
Kennedy wants to create "wellness drug rehabilitation farms." But the U.S. tried it before, and it didn't work.
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Safer Solutions: What happens when we overestimate the risk of unlikely outcomes?
Today, seatbelt use in the United States tops 90 percent. In 1983, only 14 percent of Americans wore seatbelts, due in part ...
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West Baltimore methadone clinic opening soon despite lawsuit, owner says
Dr. Devesh Kanjarpane has been trying for years to convert a former auto parts warehouse in West Baltimore into a health ...
Doctors test a new way to help people quit fentanyl
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fentanyl overdoses surged, doctors were desperate to find ways of helping their patients.
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Wandsworth jail needs to look into its methadone policy after prisoner’s death, watchdog says
HMP Wandsworth has been told to review its management of methadone after a prisoner who was prescribed a ‘rapid increase’ in dosage of the opiate was found dead in his cell. Brandon Johnson, 40, died ...