Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
The study discovered that nonmedical personnel can provide the naloxone to an overdose victim in about one minute.
Among adolescents, boys are more likely to die of an overdose than girls, and using combinations of drugs substantially raises the risk of an overdose.
Analysis finds COVID-19 and “deaths of despair” behind trend that has been growing since 2010.
A group of academics look at the global evidence to examine the potential impact of safe injection sites in Philadelphia and the US.
A group of academics look at the global evidence to examine the potential impact of safe injection sites in Philadelphia and the US.
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