Fentanyl is overwhelmingly the most commonly detected opioid nationally, although geographical differences are present for opioids, poly-drug use and novel psychoactive substances (NPS).
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Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of opioid overdose in the nation, and, according to Penn State researchers, one’s chances of surviving that overdose can depend on where the person lives.
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As part of her work, Pavlik is running enzyme assays. Veeser’s thesis focuses on drug testing that can sometimes reveal trace levels of methamphetamine in individuals who are taking amphetamine as a treatment for ADHD.
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The nation’s top public health agency softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers.
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An osteopathic physician charged with illegally distributing opioids and other controlled substances marked the first arrest by the New England Prescription Opioid Strike Force.
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Scientists working with Australia's first fixed pill testing site have detected a mysterious new recreational drug not seen in the country before, nor toxicologically described anywhere else.
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Rescue Biomedical has received a grant to develop its technology that detects when a person is overdosing on an opioid and delivers naloxone to reverse the action.
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Across the U.S., people in recovery and families of those who died from overdoses fear they won’t be heard on the state-level panels recommending or deciding on the use of big pieces of proposed and finalized settlements, which are worth more than $40 billion.
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These programs may help to address the devastating drug poisoning overdose crisis in Canada.
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While ethanol is often a hidden ingredient in e-liquids, a new study finds vaping won’t trigger a false positive sobriety test– but only if police employ a proper waiting period.
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Califf promised to conduct a full review of FDA’s approach to opioids, including their prescribing instructions, to clinch Senate confirmation early this year.
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Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy.
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The Michigan State Police crime lab has stopped screening blood samples for THC, the compound that gives marijuana users a high, after problems with testing, a spokeswoman said.
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Methamphetamine remains a stubbornly prevalent illicit substance in large swaths of rural America, according to a new study.
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The researchers sought to develop a suite of tools to analyze complex DART-MS spectra rapidly and reliably, easily create or amend spectral databases, identify unknown substances, and generate reports using their Data Interpretation Tool software.
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