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Medicine
fromABC7 Los Angeles
13 hours ago

Trump signs order to speed review of psychedelics, including the controversial drug ibogaine

Trump directs administration to expedite reviews of psychedelic drugs like ibogaine for medical use despite safety risks.
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
9 hours ago

Trump signs order fast tracking review of psychedelics for mental health disorders

President Trump signed an executive order to increase access to psychedelic drugs for treating mental health conditions.
Medicine
fromFortune
4 hours ago

Trump speeds review of psychedelics after Joe Rogan texted him about ibogaine. 'Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it' | Fortune

Trump directs administration to expedite reviews of psychedelic drugs like ibogaine for medical use despite safety risks.
Medicine
fromABC7 Los Angeles
13 hours ago

Trump signs order to speed review of psychedelics, including the controversial drug ibogaine

Trump directs administration to expedite reviews of psychedelic drugs like ibogaine for medical use despite safety risks.
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
9 hours ago

Trump signs order fast tracking review of psychedelics for mental health disorders

President Trump signed an executive order to increase access to psychedelic drugs for treating mental health conditions.
Medicine
fromFortune
4 hours ago

Trump speeds review of psychedelics after Joe Rogan texted him about ibogaine. 'Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it' | Fortune

Trump directs administration to expedite reviews of psychedelic drugs like ibogaine for medical use despite safety risks.
Public health
fromwww.aljazeera.com
12 hours ago

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still behind the eight ball'

The Trump administration's policies and health program cuts jeopardize progress against fentanyl overdoses in the U.S.
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
6 hours ago

SF County fatal drug overdose ranks 2nd highest in the country, CDC data shows

San Francisco faces a severe drug overdose crisis, but recent efforts show a decline in total overdoses and a shift towards effective programs.
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Historic decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supply

"Every sort of physical manifestation, like the foam coming from the mouth and nose, as if they had an overdose. Their blood tested negative for any substance, which was very odd."
US news
fromBoston.com
4 days ago

Wu administration doubles down on diversion programs for drug users ahead of summer

The warm weather initiative began on March 30, according to a memo the Wu administration's Coordinated Response Team sent to the City Council on Monday. The CRT is an interdepartmental group that works to eliminate outdoor substance use and connect people suffering from addiction with treatment and recovery options.
Boston
Healthcare
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Op-ed | State Senate's drug discount plan leaves the poorest patients behind | amNewYork

Policymakers must ensure the 340B Drug Discount Program effectively supports low-income patients amid tightening Medicaid funds.
fromEater LA
4 days ago

The White-Hot Cannabis Scene in West Hollywood Has Dampened. Will Hawthorne Takes Its Place?

In 2019, the Original Cannabis Cafe, formerly Lowell Cafe, burst onto the scene. It was the nation's first legally permitted cannabis restaurant, with long lines snaking out of the venue and down La Brea Avenue.
Cannabis
#kratom
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

1,200% jump in kratom-related calls to poison control centers in last decade, analysis shows

Kratom-related poison control calls surged over 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising public health concerns about its synthetic forms.
Alternative medicine
fromScary Mommy
2 weeks ago

Calls About Kratom To Poison Control Have Spiked 1,200% In The Past Decade

Kratom exposure reports have increased by 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising concerns about its addictive nature and health risks.
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

1,200% jump in kratom-related calls to poison control centers in last decade, analysis shows

Kratom-related poison control calls surged over 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising public health concerns about its synthetic forms.
Alternative medicine
fromScary Mommy
2 weeks ago

Calls About Kratom To Poison Control Have Spiked 1,200% In The Past Decade

Kratom exposure reports have increased by 1,200% from 2015 to 2025, raising concerns about its addictive nature and health risks.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

I didn't want to be on medication the rest of my life': veteran runs psilocybin retreats for PTSD before FDA approval

"The PTSD, the depression, the hyper vigilance no longer affected me to the same degree... I thought psychedelics could help prevent more deaths."
Mental health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

'Ketamine queen' faces prison for selling drug that killed Matthew Perry

Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
SOMA, SF
#matthew-perry
Public health
fromsfist.com
1 day ago

SF Now Second Only to Baltimore In Overdose Deaths

Baltimore and San Francisco have the highest overdose death rates among major U.S. cities, with Baltimore at 108.6 and San Francisco at 70.5 per 100,000.
Higher education
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 weeks ago

This new California law will offer college students rehab before discipline for overdosing

California college students will have more protections and resources when experiencing an overdose starting July 2025.
Public health
fromCity Limits
1 week ago

Opinion: Excise Taxes Can Help Fund Needed Addiction Treatment in NY

New York's alcohol sales generate $12 billion annually but do not address related health issues.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

California's new war on drugs': thousands arrested, few get treatment, data shows

Proposition 36, a state ballot measure, enacted harsher penalties for minor theft and drug offenses, with proponents pledging the crackdown would lead to mass treatment to keep people alive, out of jail, and off our streets. Case records, however, suggest the state is largely failing to meet the central goal of getting people help and instead conducting mass arrests and incarcerating more people with addiction.
California
Medicine
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Our Prison-Like Clinic System Is Thwarting Effective Opioid Addiction Treatment

Methadone is essential for opioid addiction treatment, yet its distribution is heavily regulated by law enforcement, complicating access for those in need.
Public health
fromwww.nytimes.com
2 weeks ago

Video: Uncovering the World's Newest and Deadliest Drugs

Synthetic drugs, particularly novel psychoactive substances, are driving the surge in overdose deaths in the United States.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Ontario to end funding for 7 supervised drug consumption sites, province confirms | CBC News

Ontario is defunding seven supervised drug consumption sites over 90 days, replacing them with abstinence-based HART hubs focused on treatment and recovery.
from6abc Philadelphia
1 month ago

Scientists say marijuana doesn't ease anxiety or other mental health conditions

We found no evidence any form of cannabis is effective in treating anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, which are three of the leading reasons for which cannabis is prescribed. The cannabis medications being administered in these studies were largely oral formulations, such as capsules, sprays or oils. In real life, people typically use smoked cannabis, and there is even less evidence of its effectiveness for mental health.
Cannabis
fromThe Conversation
3 weeks ago

This medicinal cannabis website bends the rules. Take our quiz to see why

The law is clear. Advertising prescription medicines directly to consumers in Australia is prohibited - including on football jerseys, websites, social media, and on posters or banners.
Medicine
#kratom-ban
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Boston City Council moves toward potential kratom ban

Boston City Council members are preparing to ban kratom products due to health risks, particularly synthetic versions containing high levels of 7-hydroxymitragynine that have caused deaths.
Boston
fromBoston.com
1 month ago

Boston City Council moves toward potential kratom ban

Boston City Council members are preparing to ban kratom products due to health risks, particularly synthetic versions containing high levels of 7-hydroxymitragynine that have caused deaths.
Cannabis
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions, says review

Cannabis lacks sufficient evidence for treating anxiety, anorexia nervosa, psychotic disorders, PTSD, and opioid use disorder despite widespread patient use for mental health conditions.
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Sparse evidence for cannabis to treat mental health conditions highlights research gap

A comprehensive review of 45 years of cannabis research finds little to no high-quality evidence supporting marijuana's effectiveness for treating anxiety, depression, or PTSD, despite widespread medical use for these conditions.
California
fromSFGATE
1 month ago

Newsom blames kratom for 27 deaths as California seizes millions in products

California's government seized over 3,300 kratom and 7-OH products worth $5 million, declaring them illegal due to links with addiction, overdose, and 242 deaths between 2020 and 2022.
Public health
fromThe Walrus
1 month ago

Cocaine Is Atlantic Canada's Silent Killer | The Walrus

Cocaine-related deaths are surging in Atlantic Canada, driven by increased drug potency and mental health complications, with poverty and housing shortages exacerbating the crisis.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Doctor who battled opioid addiction spared criminal record for stealing and forging prescriptions

A medical doctor, who attributed his opioid addiction to work stress and admitted stealing and using forged prescriptions, has walked free from court.
Miscellaneous
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Addiction: A Disease Both Like and Unlike Many Others

Addiction is a disease with genetic and environmental causes, but its unique social harms demand humanizing, candid disclosure rather than minimizing comparisons.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

What if most medications were sold over-the-counter?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reportedly mulling whether more prescription drugs should be sold over the counter (OTC) at pharmacies. In an interview on Wednesday, FDA commissioner Martin Makary told CNBC that everything should be over the counter except drugs that are deemed unsafe or addictive or that require clinical monitoring. Makary said the agency is reviewing how it decides which drugs can be sold with or without a prescription from a health care practitioner.
Healthcare
Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Can't get a prescription renewed? Here's how to cope with prior authorizations

Insurance prior authorization requirements expire even for patients already taking prescribed medications, forcing repeated approval processes and potentially interrupting effective treatments.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

When Legalization Meets Reality

In early February, Canadian researchers reported that rates of severe mental illness among young people have risen alongside increased access to high-potency cannabis (Callaghan, et al., 2022). Around the same time, a new book, A Killing in Cannabis (Kohn, 2024), revisited a 2019 California murder and highlighted how violence tied to the marijuana trade has persisted even after legalization. On February 9, 2024, an opinion piece from the New York Times editorial board
Mental health
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Weight loss drugs may stop people getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, study finds

GLP-1 receptor agonists reduce addiction risk to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, cocaine, and opioids while decreasing overdose, hospitalization, and mortality rates in people with substance use disorders.
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

Everyone Should Have One Vice That Doesn't Kill Them. But if These People Don't Shut Up About Theirs, I Might Turn Homicidal.

This is part of Wet February, a series about America's increasingly muddled relationship with drinking-and how to sip your way through it wisely and well. Alcohol is my only vice, and boy, it does not feel good to have my vice validated by the new food pyramid, which also suggests that steak is the foundation of a healthy diet. But I can't deny that a happy hour martini makes me feel as if I sparkle,
Cannabis
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Smoking Fentanyl, Cannabis, Methamphetamine, or Tobacco

Some experts have mischaracterized smoking fentanyl as "safer" than injecting, seeking to reduce risks among users. Narrowly considered, the statement is accurate, as inhalation avoids needle-sharing, reducing risks for HIV, hepatitis C, bacteremia, abscess formation, and infective endocarditis among users. However, there's no clinical-trial-level evidence (randomized trials with real patients) showing smoking illicit fentanyl is safer than injecting it. It isn't, and that conclusion is unsupported by toxicology, environmental exposure science, or emerging data.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

For those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield.

The Alaska Department of Corrections does not provide comprehensive access to this life saving medication. "I'm gonna give you a little pinch," Spencer said, sliding the needle into a fold of skin on the patient's belly for the subcutaneous injection. Alaska's not an outlier. Despite the fact that those recently released from incarceration are some of the most vulnerable to dying from drug overdose, addiction experts say that many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment.
Public health
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Substance Use Disorders

Fibromyalgia's abnormal pain processing and shared brain pathways with addiction create vulnerability to substance use disorders, with approximately 40% of chronic pain patients meeting SUD criteria.
Public health
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Time to Acknowledge Reality': The New York Times Warns America Has a Marijuana Problem'

Widespread marijuana legalization has increased frequent use, addiction, health harms, and public-safety problems requiring stricter regulation rather than full recriminalization.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Drug-Induced Nodding-Not a Nice Nap

Recurrent opioid "nodding" reflects hypoxia that can produce anoxic brain injury and cumulative cognitive damage even when overdoses are non-fatal.
Public health
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Veterans can easily buy naloxone at CVS but not at the VA. A bipartisan bill wants to change that.

A bipartisan bill would provide free, prescription-free naloxone to veterans and caregivers at VA facilities to reduce overdose deaths.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Opioid Overdose Damages Oxygen-Sensitive Brain Cells

Opioid overdoses cause brain hypoxia that reduces hippocampal volume and cognitive function, creating persistent brain injury that demands greater evaluation and treatment.
Public health
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

The Walrus Talks Opioids | The Walrus

Policy reform, compassionate care, and community-based supports can transform lives and reduce opioid toxicity deaths across Ontario.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'His loss is massive': Inquests show spread of deadly synthetic drugs

Nitazenes, extremely potent synthetic opioids often mixed into other drugs as cheap substitutes, have caused hundreds of UK deaths including accidental overdoses.
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