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Synthetic opioids like fentanyl could increase in Australia soon. Experts say we need to prepare now
11 months, 1 week ago

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl could increase in Australia soon. Experts say we need to prepare now

ABC  

Lachlan isn't worried about unintentionally using fentanyl, but he's acutely aware of what could happen if he did. And over the last decade, synthetic opioids like fentanyl have become more common across North American drug markets, including being found present in illicit opioids like heroin. Monash Addiction Research Centre deputy director Suzanne Nielsen says Australia's drug supply routes aren't currently …

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Is the UK sleepwalking into a lethal US-style opioid drugs crisis?
1 year ago

Is the UK sleepwalking into a lethal US-style opioid drugs crisis?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Independent has found that: The lethal new drugs …

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Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

Raw Story  

Joy Alonzo, a respected opioid expert, was in a panic. shud be finished by end of week.” The text message was signed “jsharp.” For free speech advocates, health experts and students, Texas A&M’s investigation of Alonzo was a shocking demonstration of how quickly university leaders allow politicians to interfere in classroom discussions on topics in which they are not experts …

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Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing GOP Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing GOP Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

Salon  

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune's daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In an email obtained by The Texas Tribune through a public records request, Alonzo told Self the investigation had been kicked off by a student "who has ties to Texas A&M Leadership." A few hours after Texas A&M …

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‘No child should be dying’: Fentanyl-related deaths among kids rising, Yale study says
1 year, 7 months ago

‘No child should be dying’: Fentanyl-related deaths among kids rising, Yale study says

LA Times  

Fentanyl-related deaths among children increased more than 30-fold between 2013 and 2021, illustrating the opioid crisis’ unrelenting impact across the United States, according to a study by the Yale School of Medicine. The study tracked data for more than two decades of opioid deaths among people under 20 and found that 5,194 children and teens have died from fentanyl. “The …

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Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds
1 year, 10 months ago

Young children are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds

CNN  

CNN — The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger. “It truly is striking to see, looking at this data, how different the proportions were between 2005 and 2018,” said study co-author Dr. Christopher Gaw, an associate fellow …

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California advances bid to create legal drug injection sites
2 years, 6 months ago

California advances bid to create legal drug injection sites

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly on Thursday approved a controversial bill allowing Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco to set up places where opioid users could legally inject drugs in supervised settings. New York City in December opened the first two publicly recognized overdose prevention sites in the United States, intervening in more than 150 overdoses, although its operation …

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US opioid crisis: Native American tribes reach $590m settlement
2 years, 11 months ago

US opioid crisis: Native American tribes reach $590m settlement

Al Jazeera  

Three US drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson agree to deal resolving tribal claims over opioid epidemic. The three largest United States drug distributors and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay $590m to resolve claims by Native American tribes that the companies fuelled an opioid epidemic in their communities, according to court filings. The tribal settlements are …

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Opioid epidemic: Eastern United States most affected
5 years, 10 months ago

Opioid epidemic: Eastern United States most affected

CNN  

CNN — While there’s early evidence that the explosive rate of opioid deaths has started to slow, opioids killed more than 49,000 people in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data. In a study of opioid deaths from 1999 to 2016, “we found that, in general, opioid mortality is skyrocketing,” said Mathew Kiang, a postdoctoral research fellow at …

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