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"The agency has been getting a bit more creative with its approach to placing fentanyl analogs under the Controlled Subs...
18/09/2025

"The agency has been getting a bit more creative with its approach to placing fentanyl analogs under the Controlled Substances Act."

On September 18, the Drug Enforcement Administration permanently added seven fentanyl-related substances (FRS) to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances ...

“If you’re detained or arrested, ask for a lawyer and remain silent.” Memphis harm reductionists are preparing for Trump...
18/09/2025

“If you’re detained or arrested, ask for a lawyer and remain silent.” Memphis harm reductionists are preparing for Trump's troop deployment:

On September 15, President Donald Trump announced he’s deploying the National Guard and other federal agencies to Memphis, Tennessee. “Today, ...

“There are people who light up rooms, but Louise set them on fire.”
17/09/2025

“There are people who light up rooms, but Louise set them on fire.”

The dictionary definition of “force of nature” should consist of two words: Louise Vincent. With an extraordinary, almost uncontrollable energy, ...

Massachusetts is considering disability benefits and workers' comp for corrections officers who claim they were harmed b...
16/09/2025

Massachusetts is considering disability benefits and workers' comp for corrections officers who claim they were harmed by secondhand synthetic cannabinoid exposure:

In 2021, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department published body-cam footage of a deputy who collapsed after coming into contact ...

“The Texas Supreme Court refused to hear this case, siding with Greg Abbott’s handpicked judges and telling 82 percent o...
16/09/2025

“The Texas Supreme Court refused to hear this case, siding with Greg Abbott’s handpicked judges and telling 82 percent of San Marcos voters their voices do not matter.”

The Texas Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal of a case concerning the state’s overturning of a ...

An NIH-funded study found jail access to methadone and buprenorphine was linked to lower risk of death from any cause, n...
15/09/2025

An NIH-funded study found jail access to methadone and buprenorphine was linked to lower risk of death from any cause, not just overdose:

A large-scale study backed by the National Institutes of Health found that access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) ...

"At pivotal times, medical providers could have helped my son." Instead, "we found doctors and nurses chastising Alex fo...
15/09/2025

"At pivotal times, medical providers could have helped my son." Instead, "we found doctors and nurses chastising Alex for his 'bad choices' and 'lack of will power.'"

This year’s hit medical TV drama, The Pitt, is a worthy successor to those previous fan favorites, ER and Grey’s ...

“This is murder on the high seas, extrajudicial killing," one expert tells Filter. "They posed no danger. They chose to ...
11/09/2025

“This is murder on the high seas, extrajudicial killing," one expert tells Filter. "They posed no danger. They chose to execute these people.”

The history of the global drug war is rife with murder and mayhem caused by United States military interventions. Relentless ...

“The way we get to the dealers is by arresting the users. There’s no way around it.” Baltimore's hearing had been billed...
11/09/2025

“The way we get to the dealers is by arresting the users. There’s no way around it.” Baltimore's hearing had been billed as a discussion of “public health-centered solutions” to the overdose crisis:

At a hearing billed as a discussion of “public health-centered solutions” to the overdose crisis, the Baltimore Police Department’s top ...

"One day in detox I met the love of my life. We were flirting, and I had to be real with her and show her my leg. She la...
10/09/2025

"One day in detox I met the love of my life. We were flirting, and I had to be real with her and show her my leg. She laughed and said, 'What, do you think I never saw a track mark before?'"

[This article contains images of injection wounds.] When you have been injecting drugs for a long time, it tends to ...

"On average, participants drank about 25 percent fewer alcoholic beverages after using cannabis compared to when alcohol...
10/09/2025

"On average, participants drank about 25 percent fewer alcoholic beverages after using cannabis compared to when alcohol was consumed alone."

Ma*****na use is linked to lower alcohol intake and diminished cravings in heavy drinkers, according to a new federally funded ...

Just 17 percent of the discarded cigarette packs the researchers collected had the NYC tax stamp.  Meanwhile New York is...
09/09/2025

Just 17 percent of the discarded cigarette packs the researchers collected had the NYC tax stamp. Meanwhile New York is arresting people over vapes:

Welcome to New York City, the cigarette tax evasion capital of the East Coast. A new study of littered cigarette ...

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