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Purdue Pharma to pay $7.4 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement

Besides the hefty financial reward, the settlement also ends the Sackler family’s ownership of Purdue Pharma and their ability to sell opioids in the U.S.

The Independent UK

Denmark launches campaign to help parents talk to their teens in bid to curb opioid abuse

Danish authorities launched the campaign after a survey found that nearly half of Copenhagen parents do not know enough about opioids to talk to their children about the drugs.

Euronews

Millions of US children have parents with substance use disorder, and the consequences are staggering − new research

About 1 in 4 U.S. children – nearly 19 million – have at least one parent with substance use disorder. This includes parents who misuse alcohol, marijuana, prescription opioids or illegal drugs. Our estimate reflects an increase of over 2 million children since 2020 and an increase of 10 million…

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For opioid addiction, treatment underdosing can lead to fentanyl overdosing – a physician explains

Imagine a patient named Rosa tells you she wakes up night after night in a drenching sweat after having very realistic dreams of smoking fentanyl.

The Conversation

Too many people with back pain call ambulances or visit the ED. Here’s why that’s a problem

Around 4 million Australians experience back problems and people are increasingly calling ambulances and presenting to emergency departments to manage back pain.

The Conversation

An experimental painkiller could be the key to solving the opioid epidemic

The drug could offer powerful pain relief without the dangerous side effects of opioids

The Independent UK

Cassie Ventura reveals how Diddy overdosed at a Playboy Mansion party, as she gives new insight into their relationship

Ventura testified that at points in her relationship with Combs, both were addicted to opioids

The Independent UK

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Calls for more support for nurses dealing with ‘human cost’ of opioid abuse

Nitazenes have caused a spike in drug-related deaths in recent years.

The Independent UK

West Virginia court declines to answer whether opioids distribution can cause public nuisance

West Virginia’s Supreme Court has declined to answer a question in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids can cause a public nuisance

The Independent UK

Medetomidine: what you need to know about the animal sedative turning up in opioid deaths

The opioid crisis, increasingly driven by synthetic opioids, continues to claim tens of thousands of lives annually in the US alone. Similar crises have arisen all over the western world.

The Conversation

A New Survey Suggests Illicit Opioid Use Is Much More Common Than the Government's Numbers Indicate

The survey estimates that 7.5 percent of America adults use illegally produced fentanyl each year, 25 times the rate indicated by a government-sponsored survey.

Reason

Opioid crisis explodes in Ghana as young people fall victim to ‘Red’

An alarming surge in opioid abuse among Ghana’s youth is raising red flags for health authorities, as addiction to these powerful painkillers spirals into a growing public health crisis.

Radio France Internationale

Deadly class of sedative drugs detected across nation

Drug researchers are working to detect new forms of very powerful synthetic opioids being used to lace street drugs that kill unwitting users.

AAP

Walgreens to pay up to $350 million in U.S. opioid settlement

Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, who accused the pharmacy of illegally filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade for opioids and other controlled substances

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Animal tranquilizers found in illegal opioids may suppress the lifesaving medication naloxone − and cause more overdose deaths

The animal tranquilizers xylazine and medetomidine are in approximately one-third of the illegal opioids available in the U.S., including fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone. Animal tranquilizers enhance the user’s euphoric high from opioids, particularly in those who have developed a tolerance to the opioid. But adding the tranquilizers to these already…

Salon

Pregnant, in jail and denied treatment

Little data is collected on pregnant women who are incarcerated. Even less is available for those with addiction

The Guardian - UK

Painkillers without the addiction? The new wave of non-opioid pain relief

Pharma firms are developing drugs that avoid the brain’s opioid receptors to minimise the risks of dependence and overdoses, but not all experts are convinced

LiveScience

Estrogen may spur the body to make opioids after injury

The female sex hormone estrogen, along with progesterone, appears to underlie a fundamental difference in how males and females process pain, a mouse study finds.

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Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly street fentanyl − creating new hurdles for health care providers and drug users

Philadelphia’s street opioid supply – or “dope” market – is constantly changing. As health care workers and researchers who care for people who use drugs in our community, we have witnessed these shifts firsthand.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Gaza attack ‘just the beginning’, Russia offers limited ceasefire in Ukraine, opioids found in wastewater

Israel defence minister says all threats to Israelis ‘must be removed’; Trump says call to Putin on Ukraine was ‘productive’

The Guardian - AU

Deadly synthetic opioids 40 times stronger than fentanyl detected in Australian wastewater for first time

Researchers think detected nitazenes may have been directly disposed of in wastewater, rather than consumed

The Independent UK

The war on kush: The synthetic drug sweeping through parts of Africa

A new report by an anti-transnational crime group has identified the core chemical components of kush, a synthetic drug that has swept through Sierra Leone and the region in the past few years.

Salon

Is a new painkiller too good to be true?

Meet suzetrigine, a non-opioid that promises to avoid addiction risk. But some experts say it can't replace opioids

The Conversation

‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids

In the early hours of September 14 2021, three men parked in a quiet car park in the southern English market town of Abingdon-on-Thames. The men, returning from a night out, had pulled over to smoke heroin.

The Independent UK

China files WTO complaint over 'discriminatory' Trump tariffs

China says US made ‘unfounded and false allegations’ about Beijing's role in flow of fentanyl opioids

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