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Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor

The unanimous decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions.

Reason

How do painkillers work? Pain scientists explain, from ibuprofen to fentanyl

Science’s understanding of how the body senses tissue damage and perceives it as pain has progressed tremendously over the past several years.

Inverse

A federal judge sides with 3 major drug distributors in a landmark opioid lawsuit

The lawsuit accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction.

WEKU

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Nerve-cooling implant could offer pain relief alternative to opioids, say researchers

Device which can dissolve in the body represents an ‘engineering approach to treating pain’

The Guardian - UK

Dissolving implantable device can relieve pain without drugs, study suggests

The device could provide an alternative to opioids and other highly addictive drugs, researchers say.

The Independent UK

How do painkillers actually kill pain? From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it's about meeting the pain where it's at

Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, pain tells us to use a hammer more gently, wait for the soup to cool or put on gloves in a snowball fight. Those with rare inherited disorders that leave them without the ability to feel pain…

The Conversation

White House pushes strategy to slow overdoses as street drugs grow more deadly

The Biden administration says it has a plan to curb fatal overdoses by 13% by 2025. But as more synthetic opioids reach the U.S., there's skepticism interdiction can slow the flow of deadly drugs.

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Here's How Many Medical Cannabis Patients Are Choosing Marijuana Over Opioids & Alcohol, Quite A Lot

Evidence that cannabis can function as a substitute for prescription drugs, particularly opioids seems to be growing, with more research being conducted.

Benzinga

Did Doctors Overtreating With Opioids Cause the Overdose Crisis? A Soho Forum Debate

Doctors Adriane Fugh-Berman and Jeffrey A. Singer debate the harms of prescription opioids.

Reason

Did Prescription Opioids Cause The Overdose Epidemic?

Doctors Adriane Fugh-Berman and Jeffrey Singer debate the harms of prescription opioids

Reason

Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room

Currently, patients in seven states can tell their physicians they don’t want to be treated with opioids in any health care setting, even during surgery. While unnecessary opioid exposure is a big reason behind the opioid epidemic in the U.S., we believe that non-opioid directives that allow patients to opt…

The Conversation

America's Failed Opioid Policy Drove the Tulsa Shooter to Violence

Doctors can’t help people in pain because of restrictive opioid policy.

Reason

The NFL's Recent Investment in Cannabis Signals an Important Evolution in Its Approach to Preventing and Treating Sports Injuries

By Dr. Michael D. Lewis, MD, MPH, Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army, and CV Sciences Medical Advisor

Benzinga

Tulsa shooting highlights threats doctors face over care

The deadly mass shooting at an Oklahoma medical office by a man who blamed his surgeon for pain following back surgery underscores the escalating threats doctors face

The Independent UK

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Why fentanyl is so deadly

Here's why the drug is causing overdoses — and why it's appearing in all kinds of other drugs where it shouldn't be

Sports Illustrated

MLB Suspends Matt Harvey 60 Games for Violating Joint Drug Program

The suspension comes after Harvey testified in the Eric Kay trial that he supplied Tyler Skaggs with opioids while the two were teammates.

Roll Call

COVID-19 wastewater efforts confront long-term questions - Roll Call

Public health experts hope the technology will help monitor threats beyond COVID-19 — like opioids and the flu.

Reason

107,000 Overdose Deaths Are the Latest Casualties of the War on Drugs

An increasing number of overdoses were the result of fentanyl and methamphetamine, each of which have proliferated amid government crackdowns.

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The New Daily

An illegal, addictive opioid is available at grocery stores and doctors are concerned

Several patients unknowlingly became dependent on kamini, an Indian herbal aphrodisiac that contains opioids. Now doctors are concerend about its use.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lynn Schmidt: America's addiction nightmare comes home

A few weeks ago, my husband and I lost a friend to an opioid overdose. He was not the first person we knew who died from an overdose, but he was perhaps the closest. And while I am still working through the five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression…

The Conversation

One in three people with chronic pain have difficulty accessing ongoing prescriptions for opioids

One in five Australians live with chronic pain lasting three months or more. Common causes include back and neck pain, headache, and joint pain.

Axios

U.S. surpassed 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021

Overdose deaths involving opioids increased by more than 10,000 compared to 2020.

The Guardian - US

Ohio judge hears if pharmacy chains should pay for driving opioid crisis

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Were found to recklessly dispense narcotic painkillers in two Ohio counties, fueling a drug epidemic

Benzinga

Will Philly Get An Overdose Prevention Center? Talks Between Gov And Advocacy Group Mark Step In Right Direction

The nonprofit organization Safehouse has been in continuous communication with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a space where people can inject illegal opioids under medical supervision.

The Conversation

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains

Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax to cocaine, drugs or counterfeit pills purchased in nonmedical settings may contain life-threatening amounts of fentanyl.

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