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Government accused of failing to tackle opioid crisis after failing to reassess life saving treatment centres

Exclusive: Minister admits no work done to assess benefit of centres used to save lives in 17 other countries

The Independent UK

Nitazenes Detected In African Drug Markets, Poses Overdose Risk

Recent findings reveal potent synthetic opioids, nitazenes, in African drug consumption, raising overdose concerns.

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Highly potent opioids are showing up in drug users in Africa for the first time, report says

A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market

The Independent UK

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Opioids the Opera: painkiller’s ‘lurid tale of greed’ inspires new production

An ex-ENO artistic head and the co-director who staged War Horse working on a contemporary opera about drug addiction crisis

The Guardian - UK

Louisiana Governor Signs Law Classifying Abortion Pills As Controlled Substances

This new legislation categorizes the abortion pill regimen—mifepristone and misoprostol—alongside opioids and other addictive medications.

International Business Times

Smoking fentanyl can cause irreversible brain damage, report shows

A middle-aged American man with no previous medical history was found unconscious in his hotel room, with “unidentified crushed pills and a white residue” on a nearby table, according to a recent paper in BMJ Case Reports. White powder was visible around the man’s mouth.

The Conversation

Alcohol use disorder can be treated with an array of medications – but few people have heard of them

More than 29.5 million Americans ages 12 and up had alcohol use disorder – the medical term for the disease commonly known as alcoholism – in 2022, when the most recent national data was published.

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Revealed: Deadly epidemic of super-strength Chinese opioids gripping Britain’s streets

Exclusive: Figures reveal huge rise in deaths from drugs up to 500 times stronger than morphine – and experts fear true toll is much higher

The Independent UK

U.S. drug deaths declined slightly in 2023 but remained at crisis levels

Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose deaths.

WEKU

Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizures

Almost half of the illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement last year was pills made to look like prescription opioids, a new study says. The trend suggests a growing supply of illicit fentanyl.

WEKU

Urgent response: Nonprofit fights surge in fentanyl overdoses among U.S. Latinos

Between 2007 and 2019, fatal overdoses among Latinos from opioids mixed with cocaine rose 729%. They have risen 4,600% when mixed with methamphetamines

Latin Times

Austin Police Investigate Surge In Suspected Opioid Overdoses

Learn about the surge in opioid overdoses in Austin and the broader drug overdose crisis in the US, highlighting the risks of legal and illegal opioids, st...

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McKinsey Under Criminal Investigation Over Alleged Role In Fueling Opioid Epidemic

McKinsey & Company is facing a criminal investigation by U.S. attorneys' offices in Massachusetts and the Western District of Virginia for its alleged role in fueling the opioid epidemic.

International Business Times

Online adverts selling super-strength opioids previously linked to 100 deaths

Drugs known as nitazenes have been advertised across social media platforms such as SoundCloud and X

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - AU

Experts warn of influx of synthetic opioids amid calls for second Melbourne injecting room

Use of deadly nitazines is on the rise in Australia and a suite of measures is needed to prevent more fatalities, former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark says

The Guardian - UK

Synthetic opioids previously linked to UK deaths are being ‘advertised for sale on social media’

Suppliers boast to undercover reporters about promoting illegal nitazenes, on SoundCloud and X

Reason

Government Data Refute the Notion That Overprescribing Caused the 'Opioid Crisis'

The CDC’s numbers show that pain treatment is not responsible for escalating drug-related deaths.

The Guardian - UK

Synthetic opioids have arrived in Britain. As a former drug dealer, I know how the UK should respond

There are better ways of tackling addiction and overdoses than reverting to the tactics of a failed drugs war, says Dopeworld author Niko Vorobyov

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The Guardian - UK

UK ministers knew of ‘significant’ synthetic opioids threat two years ago

Despite warnings from government’s own advisers to protect people from ‘severe harm’, new controls on potent drugs follow months of delays

The Hindu

ED examines about 150 bank accounts linked to international syndicate smuggling opioids

Enforcement Directorate probes international syndicate for illegal opioid drug supply, money laundering, and financial fraud worth crores.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Health warns of opioid risk after people took heroin thinking it was cocaine or methamphetamine

Authorities say in eight overdose cases where drug samples were available, heroin was the opioid identified

WEKU

More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?

The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works with a 17-year-old patient.

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan urged to 'follow Bristol's lead' with drug testing services across London

City Hall Conservatives say the mayor has 'failed to act' on a recommendation made almost two years ago

Investors Business Daily

Vertex Rebounds — But Its Alternative To Opioids Is 'Not A Game-Changer,' Says Analyst

Vertex's alternative to opioids is "not a game-changer," an analyst said Tuesday. But VRTX stock rebounded on the company's test results.

The Guardian - US

‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis

Dr Art Van Zee set out in the early 2000s to tell anyone who would listen how a powerful opioid was destroying lives. Two decades later, he’s still in disbelief

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