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There were more than 100,000 opioid-related deaths in North America in 2022. How the crisis grew to such proportions, and three potential paths to ending it.
Nitazenes were developed as a powerful class of painkiller in the 1950s, but they were abandoned – until now.
The US has seen a huge rise in drug deaths in the past decade involving a stimulant and a depressant.
The US and China are talking again, but security issues between the two countries linger.
Most consumables in Canada have quality controls that inform purchasing and consumption decisions. People who use illicit drugs deserve the same. Drug checking provides that harm-reduction service.
Xylazine, or tranq, is increasingly being mixed with drugs like fentanyl or heroin and can be difficult to detect. Most people who use drugs are unable to tell if they have been exposed to it.
Pennsylvania has long had one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the US. But new studies suggest counties throughout the state have different rates of opioid deaths.
As British Columbia begins a new era in drug policy, the drug poisoning crisis continues without an end in sight.
Like clockwork, September crime news is often cast as an ominous sign of what could happen on Halloween.
People in Nigeria are creating new drugs either because they can’t afford more traditional narcotics, because they’re not controlled or because they’re strong.
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.
People are dying from using a toxic drug supply. Safer supply and other approaches that listen to the needs of people who use drugs are critical to saving lives and addressing the opioid crisis.
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.
Fentanyl adulteration led to the replacement of heroin in the unregulated drug supply of British Columbia. Now that benzodiazepines are present in many opioids, are we headed towards a ‘new normal?’
While the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, the opioid epidemic got worse as drug overdose deaths soared. New research proposes a way to chemically modify opioids to reduce the risk of addiction.
Across the country, overdose deaths have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social media makes it easy to spread ‘fake news’.
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
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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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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychiatry and Social Work, Columbia University
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Professor of Forensic Science, Anglia Ruskin University
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Bloomberg Fellow, Penn Medicine Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy, University of Pennsylvania
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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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PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, 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, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University
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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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Research Scientist in Epidemiology and Health Services, Columbia University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Drexel University
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Professor of Economic Development & Peacebuilding, University of San Diego