The UK could learn from the kind of action Scotland is taking on drug deaths.
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Drugs can interact with one another in ways that are harmful. A study finds that taking oxycodone with certain SSRIs can make an opioid overdose more likely.
Fentanyl’s wide availability in the drug supply has led to an increase in unintentional overdoses. While prevention strategies are available, limited availability stymies their use.
A scholar conducted over 70 hours of interviews with people involved in the medical and funerary professions to understand the impact of changes in death rituals during the pandemic.
Restricting drug access can make the overdose crisis worse, not better. A bioethicist explains what that means for an ethical drug policy.
The number of fatal drug overdoses in the US over a 12-month period has surpassed 100,000 for the first time. Fentanyl is the main driver of the spike in deaths.
False narratives about drug addiction and policies that are not supported by research are deepening the overdose epidemic in the US.
In an effort to reduce costs, drugmakers and dealers often cut, or adulterate, recreational drugs with substances that have been banned by the FDA.
Young people often swallow any drugs they have on them when they encounter police, risking overdose to avoid a drug possession charge.
The U.S. suicide rate has been increasing for decades. According to a sociologist who studies suicide, depression is just one factor among many implicated social conditions.
Fentanyl has been a prime culprit in the opioid crisis in the United States. It’s now turning up in cocaine and methamphetamine in New South Wales.
Many rural communities have experienced economic decline in recent years and have poorer access to drug treatment services. This increases the risk of drug use and overdoses.
How much more suffering and death will people who use drugs have to endure?
Students looking to gain an academic edge by taking stimulants such as Adderall fail to do better on tests and also mess up their sleep. A neuroscientist explains why.
OxyContin maker Purdue has reportedly been mulling a bankruptcy filling, just as the first of around 2,000 lawsuits against it prepares to go to trial.
There are arguments against pill testing. But none are as compelling or evidence-based as the arguments for it.
Media-driven panic about drugs can create a perception more people are using the drug than they actually are, and when teens think ‘everyone’ is doing it, they are more likely to want to do it too.
Quetiapine is an antipsychotic drug to treat severe mental illness, but it makes people feel sleepy, so has also been used as a sleeping pill – by prescription and illicitly.
The recent death of ‘Storm Chaser’ star Joel Taylor, reportedly because of his use of the GHB, is a tragic reminder of the drug’s dangerous impact.
President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency. But we need to do a lot more to prevent this crisis from escalating even further.
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Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor at the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Johns Hopkins University
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Population Health, New York University
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Research Fellow, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW