Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.
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As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?
Tariffs may sound tough, but America’s fentanyl crisis stems from a decades-long addiction problem that trade policy can’t fix.
While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.
Deaths from drug overdoses in the US are down – but not overdoses from carfentanil, which have seen a 720% increase.
The combination of fentanyl and xylazine that dominates Philadelphia’s illegal dope supply creates agonizing withdrawal symptoms. This presents new challenges for doctors and nurses.
Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks. But no effective medicine is free from risks.
B.C. is facing a toxic drug crisis, however, forcing people into involuntary treatment will cause more harm than good.
The wounds contain black and yellow dead tissue and tunnel deep into the skin. Deep stigma around them can make getting treatment difficult.
Why are some individuals at greater risk for developing opioid dependence and addiction? Two neuroscientists at Rowan University discuss their latest findings.
Cocaine and other illicit drugs have been found to be contain nitazenes, a dangerous class of synthetic opioids.
Civil forfeiture laws and unexplained wealth orders seem to be less about crime control than an exercise in public funding.
Toxic leukoencephalopathy is when the brain’s white matter is damaged. It is often deadly.
Nitazenes can be up to 50 times stronger than fentanyl. They’re not yet common in Australia so now is the time to implement policies to reduce their harm and limit their uptake.
Initially developed in the 1950s, nitazenes are a type of synthetic opioid that has reappeared in Philadelphia’s street drug supply.
The modern Mexico–US drug trade is rooted in the unintended consequences of government policy on both sides of the border.
No parent wants to see their child suffer and untreated pain can have health consequences. But parents may have concerns about use of opioids for their child’s acute pain. Here are tips for safer use.
An overdose death in Boulder County, Colorado, was linked to a powerful new formulation of a designer drug never approved for use in humans.
A new polydrug is destroying lives in west Africa.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
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Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Lancashire
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Professor of Forensic Science, Anglia Ruskin University
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Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor in the Division of AIDS, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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