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Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use unpacks the grim numbers

by Ty Schepis, Texas State University Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise. Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022...

What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose risk, and why Narcan can still save a life

by Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about an increase in trafficking of...

Increases in opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania varied by county during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Brian King, Penn State; Andrea Rishworth, University of Toronto; Louisa M. Holmes, Penn State, and Ruchi Patel, Penn State The Research Brief is a...

Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare

by Joel Best, University of Delaware Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween...

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses?

Only a small amount of fentanyl is enough to be lethal. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin A medical toxicologist explains by Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Buying drugs...

How the pandemic helped drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high

Andrew Kolodny, Brandeis University For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official,...

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