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Baltimore Marks Overdose Awareness Day With Free Resource Fair
For years, the working assumption in overdose prevention was that injecting carried the highest risk and that moving away from it lowered that risk. A new analysis of people affected by heroin addiction in Baltimore complicates the picture. It found no evidence that any one route of use was riskier than another. In this case, …
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Florence, Alabama Directs $300,000 Opioid Settlement to Schools
Opioid settlement dollars have now reached schools and classrooms in northwest Alabama. Florence’s city council voted unanimously to approve Mayor Ron Tyler’s resolution directing a portion of the city’s opioid settlement funds toward a school-based prevention program. The vote gives Florence City Schools $300,000 over three years to address opioid addiction before students encounter it. …
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Army Kratom Ban Requires Substance Use Evaluation for Soldiers
A substance sold legally in gas stations across much of the country is now explicitly prohibited for every soldier in the U.S. Army. The policy does something notable for anyone tracking opioid addiction in the military. The kratom ban now routes soldiers toward clinical evaluation rather than treating the matter as a disciplinary question alone. …
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Utah Detects Medetomidine in Street Drugs but Urges Naloxone
Utah has confirmed that medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, is present in its illicit drug supply. The state’s task forces for opioids and fentanyl zeroed in and identified the substance that can complicate treatment and recovery efforts via naloxone. While this news is alarming, Utah residents do have options. The Beehive State offers a wide range …
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New Opioid Additive Can Be 10 Times More Potent Than Fentanyl
A synthetic opioid additive that can be considerably more potent than fentanyl has turned up in the illicit drug supply in Maryland and other states. It belongs to a class first identified internationally in 2019. Marylanders have good reason for concern. Even though The Free State boasts a wealth of treatment programs and grassroots organizations …
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LA County Fentanyl Deaths Fall for a Third Straight Year
Drug overdose deaths in Los Angeles County fell for a third consecutive year in 2025, with fentanyl playing a smaller role than it did just two years ago, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. The drop reflects the abundance of treatment programs for opioid use disorders in The Golden State, from inpatient care …
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Drugmakers to Pay Maryland 13M in Opioid Settlement
Seven generic drug manufacturers will pay Maryland more than $13 million to help fund treatment and recovery services for opioid addiction. Attorney General Anthony Brown made the announcement as the opioid crisis continued to take its toll on Marylanders. To be sure, The Chesapeake State offers an abundance of programs to fight substance misuse. Inpatient …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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