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New CVS Rules May Affect Patients Prescribed Opioids

An experimental fentanyl vaccine has cleared its first human trial. Researchers say this development might eventually add a new prevention tool to the fight against opioid overdose. The Opioid Crisis and a New Prevention Approach Fentanyl now accounts for the majority of opioid overdose deaths in the United States, and its potency makes it far …

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$150M Donated to Expand Opioid Addiction Treatment Access

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Baltimore Spends Portion of $427M Opioid Settlement on Treatment

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Augusta University in Georgia Wins $2.5M Overdose Prevention Grant

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DEA Kratom Ban Sparks Pushback Over Opioid Alternative

The Drug Enforcement Administration sent out a notice on July 1 to place 7-hydroxymitragynine, known as 7-OH, and three related substances into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Placing kratom into the strictest legal category effectively bans its manufacture, distribution, sale and possession. But drug policy critics oppose the move. They argue that many …

Delaware Hospitals Adopt Statewide Opioid Treatment Rules

Delaware hospitals have adopted a new statewide framework for treating opioid use disorder in the emergency department. This shift can mean faster access to medication and follow-up care for people who arrive in crisis. The direction reflects how many providers have increased attention toward substance misuse. While The First State offers many inpatient programs and …

Prosecutors Dismantle Four Fentanyl Networks in South Dakota

Federal prosecutors in South Dakota have secured convictions against 54 members of four separate drug trafficking networks that brought methamphetamine and fentanyl into Sioux Falls, Rapid City, the Pine Ridge Reservation, and surrounding communities. Even though The Mount Rushmore State features a wide range of inpatient care and local Narcotics Anonymous programs to assist anyone …

GLP-1 Meds Linked to Lower Repeat Drug Overdose Risk

People who survive an opioid overdose face a steep risk of experiencing another one. A new large-scale study suggests a class of medications already familiar to many people for diabetes and weight loss, GLP-1 receptor agonists, may help change that and lower the risk of repeated overdoses. Researchers studied 683,800 U.S. adults who had a …

Nerve Blocks Cut Opioid Use After Heart Surgery

A large Canadian clinical trial has found that targeted nerve blocks can significantly cut opioid use after cardiac surgery. The team notes that this can reshape how these potentially addictive drugs are used following one of the most opioid-intensive procedures in medicine. For anyone concerned about opioid addiction risk following surgery, the results point to …

Study Finds Heroin and Cocaine More Addictive Than Opioids

New neuroscience research is sharpening what addiction specialists already understood about opioid addiction and drug dependence more broadly. Not all opioids carry the same addiction risk. Heroin and cocaine remain more addictive than other opioids in terms of their grip on the brain’s memory and reward circuitry, even though opioids overall remain the deadliest class …

Urine Tests Show More People Mixing Xylazine and Fentanyl

Nearly 17% of people testing positive for fentanyl also test positive for xylazine, a veterinary sedative with no approved use in humans, according to a national study of urine drug tests. The number is climbing, especially in parts of the country where xylazine barely showed up just two years ago. The Opioid Crisis in Wastewater …

Fentanyl Trafficking Rises Along Wyoming Interstate 25

Federal drug agents say Interstate 25 remains a primary route for cartel-linked fentanyl trafficking through Wyoming, even as the state posts a significant drop in fentanyl overdose deaths compared with last year. Fentanyl Seizures Already Exceed Last Year’s Total Speaking in Cheyenne, U.S. Attorney Darin Smith and Drug Enforcement Administration officials said Wyoming has already …