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Queensland opens first permanent pill testing service as experts warn drugs are becoming 'more and more risky'
8 months ago

Queensland opens first permanent pill testing service as experts warn drugs are becoming 'more and more risky'

ABC  

Urgent public health alerts about the presence of deadly substances in illicit drugs will be sent out within hours of a sample being tested at Queensland's first fixed-site drug checking service. "We're seeing a lot more contaminants turning up in unexpected places," said Cameron Francis, CEO of The Loop Australia, a not-for-profit organisation set up six years ago to deliver …

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Revealed: New super-strength opioids have already claimed lives behind bars, as prisons ‘not ready’ for influx
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: New super-strength opioids have already claimed lives behind bars, as prisons ‘not ready’ for influx

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lethal synthetic opioids have been detected in the UK in …

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Synthetic opioids like fentanyl could increase in Australia soon. Experts say we need to prepare now
10 months, 3 weeks 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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CDC updates opioid prescribing guidelines with new recommendations on tapering or continuing prescriptions
2 years, 1 month ago

CDC updates opioid prescribing guidelines with new recommendations on tapering or continuing prescriptions

CNN  

CNN — For the first time since 2016, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidelines for clinicians and patients on the use of prescription opioids to treat short-term and long-term pain. Advice for doctors and patients The guidelines recommend that when starting opioid therapy for any pain patient – acute, subacute or chronic – “clinicians …

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
2 years, 3 months ago

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I wouldn’t minimize fentanyl as …

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New opioids - ten times the strength of fentanyl - create battleground for US medics
3 years ago

New opioids - ten times the strength of fentanyl - create battleground for US medics

The Telegraph  

Nitazenes were created over half a century ago as pain medication but they were never approved for use in the US. According to Alex Krotulski, associate director at the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education in Pennsylvania, nitazenes have become the “most popular subclass of new synthetic opioids,” and are “way more potent than fentanyl, which is really scary.” …

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