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Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits

The retail giant becomes the latest major player in the drug industry to announce a plan to settle lawsuits filed by state and local governments over the toll of opioids sold at its pharmacies.

WEKU

How years of opioid use damage your gut — and so much more

Many people take prescription opioids, such as codeine and hydrocodone, to manage pain. But long-term use has serious consequences for health.

Inverse

Cannabis for pain: A scientist reveals how weed activates our body's opioid system

Marijuana may offer an alternative to pain management, as the compounds in cannabis activate the body's own opioid system, a neuropharmacologist explains.

Inverse

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What long-term opioid use does to your body and brain

Matthew Perry reveals his colon burst as a result of his addiction to opioid painkillers

Wales Online

The CDC's New Opioid Prescribing Advice Still Invites the 'Misapplication' It Blames for Harming Patients

The damage done by the original guidelines, including undertreatment and abrupt dose reductions, could have been avoided if the CDC had not presumed to advise doctors on how to treat pain.

Reason

CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain

The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication.

WEKU

What long-term opioid use does to your body and brain

In his new autobiography, Matthew Perry reveals that his colon burst as a result of his addiction to opioid painkillers. The 53-year-old actor, who played Chandler Bing in Friends, was in a coma for two weeks following the incident and had to wear a colostomy bag for nine months.

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Cannabis holds promise for pain management, reducing the need for opioid painkillers – a neuropharmacology expert explains how

Drug overdose deaths from opioids continue to rise in the U.S. as a result of both the misuse of prescription opioids and the illicit drug market.

The Conversation

CVS Health agrees to $5B settlement of opioid lawsuits

CVS Health says it has agreed to pay about $5 billion to state, local and Native American tribal governments to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids

The Independent UK

Drugs You Don't Want To Mix With Marijuana

This article was originally published on The Fresh Toast and appears here with permission. Here is a list of medications and conditions that are currently thought to have adverse effects when mixed with cannabis.

Benzinga

When McKinsey Comes to Town review: the book to consult on opioids, China and more

Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe of the New York Times have done their homework on the management giant

The Guardian - US

LOCALIZE IT: Fentanyl pushes overdose deaths to record level

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The Independent UK

As fentanyl drives overdose deaths, mistaken beliefs persist

Fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids ingrained in the nation's illicit drug supply are killing more people in the U.S. than any other drug has

The Independent UK

Overdose deaths in 2021 were the highest they’ve ever been in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia saw its highest-ever number of fatal overdoses in 2021 with 1,276 people dying within city limits from drug use, city health officials said on Wednesday.

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Daily Mirror

Matthew Perry says Jennifer Aniston 'scarily' confronted him about drinking problem

Ahead of his autobiography release, Matthew Perry has been opening up about alcohol and drug abuse which almost killed him at the age of 49 when his colon burst. The Friends actor has now revealed his co-star Jennifer Aniston directly confronted him about his drinking problems in a 'scary' interaction…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Rainbow fentanyl’ panic is obscuring the real dangers of a contaminated drug supply, experts say

PHILADELPHIA — As Halloween approaches, the federal government has been warning parents of a spooky new danger: Drug cartels are using rainbow-colored pills and powders that look like candy to introduce children to highly addictive synthetic opioids. One taste could kill.

The Guardian - UK

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver review – Appalachian saga in the spirit of Dickens

The novelist’s take on David Copperfield is a bold, heartbreakingly evocative tale rooted in America’s opioids crisis

Chronicle Live

'North-South divide' sees four times more opioid painkillers prescribed in the North East than in London

The amount of opioid painkillers prescribed in our region is among the highest in the country.

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Benzinga

Alberta Becomes First Canadian Province To Regulate Psychedelics-Assisted Therapy

As of January 2023, Canada’s 4th largest province will be the first to offer supervised treatments involving psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, DMT and ketamine to those among its 4.5 million population suffering from mental health disorders.

The Guardian - UK

V&A drops financial ties with Sackler family over links with opioids

London museum bows to years of pressure and removes signs bearing name of family associated with OxyContin crisis

Dynamite News

Medical cannabis could be better alternative to opioids in managing pain: Study

A new study of thousands of patients has concluded that medical cannabis could be an important alternative to opioids for pain management. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Philadelphia Inquirer

As meth overdoses spike in N.J. and Pa., advocates call for better treatment for people who use stimulants

Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine have increased sharply in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where a sevenfold rise in death rates between 2015 and 2019 was the highest in the country, a recent analysis from the Pew Charitable Trust found.

Chicago Tribune

Many libraries in Chicago stock free, life-saving Narcan to fight opioid overdoses

CHICAGO — Overdose deaths kill more people in Chicago than gun violence and car crashes combined, officials have said. But a simple nasal spray, Narcan, can save lives by stopping overdoses.

The Guardian - AU

US-level mortality? Sounding the alarm about fentanyl overdose in Australia

Deaths from the powerful opioid, along with pethidine and tramadol, are up a staggering 1,275% since 2006. A new report warns without ‘decisive action’ a crisis looms

Daily Record

Paisley Police to be armed with life-saving anti-overdose equipment

Naloxone helps to reverse the effects of opioids, potentially saving the life of somebody who has taken an overdose.

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