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The Lack of Longitudinal Evidence

A lot of new data is coming out about a drug taking the recreational scene by storm. It’s being called “Tusi” or “Pink Cocaine,” but the drug mixture itself couldn't be farther from cocaine.

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How Could Fentanyl Get Worse?

Why is the opioid epidemic continuing to get worse year after year, and what is causing this to get worse despite the efforts of government agency’s.

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Xylazine – the Drug that Is Changing Everything

There is a new drug making headlines and yet again, worsening the war on drugs. Many are becoming addicted and are either losing limb’s or dying because of it. What was once only known as an animal tranquilizer is now causing destruction, and it’s...

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Fentanyl Overdoses

Fentanyl is an ongoing and growing issue. Overdoses have skyrocketed and because Fentanyl is laced in everything and disguised to look like different drugs, it is currently a never ending battle of overdoses.

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Purdue and Johnson & Johnson Cases

Purdue and Johnson & Johnson have reached settlements in their cases due to the ever growing opioid epidemic. Now is the time to get help for our loved ones and try to end this epidemic.

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Meth Water and Addicted Trout

Methamphetamine is popping up in the wastewater and the environment is being impacted because of it. There was a study done to test if brown trout could show signs of addiction and what they would do if they were exposed to meth polluted water, and the...

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Kratom Overdose Sparks a Lawsuit

Kratom has been making headlines recently especially after the parents of a young adult found their son dead of an overdose and they have filed a lawsuit. Even though Kratom may be legal, does that actually make it safer?

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Overdoses at an All Time High

It has become more common to hear about drug overdoses and drug-related deaths in the news. From 2020-2021 there was an increase of almost 15% in drug overdose deaths. Why suddenly is there such a spike in this occurring? The answer is simple, because...

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Meth and Fentanyl... The New Speedball

Recently in the news, you hear more about Methamphetamine overdoses. So, why all of a sudden is there a rise in them? The reason is speedballs involving deadly Fentanyl.

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The New Synthetic Opiate Hitting the Market: Nitazenes

Most recently, all over the news we’ve heard about the dangers of Fentanyl. Now there are new synthetic opioids that have hit the market and are known as Nitazenes.

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Addiction and COVID

COVID-19 has been an issue for more than two years at this point. Addiction has been an ongoing issue for centuries. There is more media highlighting COVID while much is not being said about addiction.

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Purdue and Their Opioids

Purdue has fueled the opioid epidemic and is now being taken down. They tried defrauding the United States and now are paying the price. It is important to know the signs and symptoms of opioid use before it's too late.

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Hard Drugs Decriminalized in Oregon

Oregon’s Measure 110 has passed and decriminalized all drugs including heavier narcotics such as methamphetamines and heroin. How will this affect Oregon’s public health?

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Synthetic Spice Sold in Vape Cartridges

Knockoff CBD cartridges have hit the market, some of which contain spice or K2. These chemicals are highly psychoactive and can have severe health consequences.

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Cocaine Cut with Fentanyl

In 2017 alone, 14,000 Americans died due to a cocaine-related overdose—a substantial increase of 34% over the previous year. Federal organizations expect these numbers to continue to climb as cocaine use shows signs of growing popularity.

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Strange Side Effects of Covid-19

The impact of stay at home orders around the world seems to have had an unintended effect, according to a recent study by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime or UNODC.

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How Does Covid-19 Effect Treatment

Many families have been instructed to stay home over the next several weeks as a safeguard for themselves and their families. Subsequently, we have been receiving calls from families that, upon self-imposed quarantine, they discovered a loved one struggling...

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Vaping Linked to Serious Health Problems

Vaping has helped many quit smoking cigarettes and some to quit using tobacco altogether. With this said, a recent lawsuit brought something to my attention, something that may change the way many view vaping.

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Suboxone Manufacturer Pays 1.4 Billion-dollar Settlement

In the largest settlement related to the opioid epidemic in US history, the British company Reckitt Benckiser Group (creators of suboxone) are paying $1.4 billion to end investigations into their company.

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Drug Company Executive Is Facing Prison

For the first time since our nation’s opioid crisis began in 2013, criminal charges have been filed on big pharma executives. The former executives of Rochester Drug Co-Operative (RDC), which is one of the top-10 largest drug distributors in the US,...