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Ketamine-Assisted Mindfulness Cut Drug Use 44% in Opioid Trial
A new class of synthetic opioids is spreading through the US illicit drug supply as the fentanyl era shifts, and it’s accelerating. Orphine analogs were detected in 22 states. The first on the list is cychlorphine, first detected in 2024 and is the most common orphine listed in the United Nations Office on Drugs and …
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CVS Pharmacy Agrees to $315M Opioid Settlement
CVS Pharmacy just agreed to pay $315 million to settle a Justice Department lawsuit involving its role in how the company handled opioid prescriptions. The government alleged that CVS violated the Controlled Substances Act by filling illegitimate prescriptions for powerful opioids. The lawsuit claimed that prescriptions from “pill mills” led to pharmacists to dispense opioids …
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Hamilton County, Tennessee Naloxone Outreach Targets Opioid Crisis
Hamilton County in Tennessee hit 89 overdose-related opioid deaths up to September 2026. That compares with 141 deaths reported for 2025. Fentanyl was involved in six out of 10 deaths in the county’s midyear report. To be clear, Tennessee and its sister states have resources to combat narcotics, including local Narcotics Anonymous chapters in most …
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Oregon Group Launches Series on Fake Fentanyl Pills
A community group in Klamath Falls in Oregon bets that honest conversation outpaces a drug supply that keeps killing youngsters. Citizens for Safe Schools screened “Real Talk About Fake Pills,” a film about fentapills, counterfeit pills made of fentanyl and hosted an expert panel at the Ross Ragland Cultural Center. The evening drew 45 community …
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California Rehab Adds Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
The language around medication for addiction treatment keeps evolving, and a new educational resource from Everwell Recovery clears up the confusion. The Mission Viejo provider has published a guide explaining the difference between medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, and medications for opioid use disorder, or MOUD. To be clear, states like California offer a wealth of …
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Fentanyl in Nearly Every Spartanburg Overdose Case, SC Chemist Says
The chief forensic chemist for the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office has filed a report that says fentanyl appears in almost all overdose cases. In fact, it’s often mixed into drugs without anyone knowing. His county lost 115 people to drug overdoses in 2024. Let’s be clear. South Carolina features many programs to battle addictions, including …
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Nitazene Reports Surge From 43 to 1,905 Across US Labs, Study Finds
The first national study of nitazene detections in the United States emphasized the dangers about synthetic drugs circling the streets. Forensic lab reports of this new class of synthetic opioids surged from 43 in 2019 to 1,905 in 2024. Families facing opioid addiction risk or attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings to sustain recovery know that the …
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Medetomidine Withdrawal Sends a Third of Opioid Patients to ICU
A veterinary sedative 200x deadlier than xylazine now complicates opioid addiction treatment in Philadelphia. Withdrawal is severe enough to require intensive care. A study shows that medetomidine, now seeping in fentanyl street drugs throughout Pennsylvania, pushed the number of patients needing ICU-level withdrawal care from 6% to 32% in three years. Researchers at the University …
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Kratom Drinks Sold at Gas Stations Raise Dependence Concerns
A report draws attention to dependence and withdrawal with kratom-based tonics sold in gas stations and other retail locations. Kratom packs are often marketed as plant-based options for energy and relaxation but some folks have found out that quitting is unexpectedly difficult. Kratom Sold at Gas Stations These products contain kratom. It’s a botanical leaf …
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Cannabis Detected in 42.7% of Teen Overdose Deaths
A new analysis of teen overdose deaths that these fatalities often had multiple substances in their systems. Specifically, there’s a growing presence of cannabis and fentanyl in adolescent overdose toxicology reports. First, let’s be clear about marijuana. Cannabis isn’t an opioid and doesn’t produce the same fatal results as fentanyl. The presence of cannabis doesn’t …
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