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DEA Bans More Fentanyl Analogs, Months After Class-Wide Scheduling

On September 18, the Drug Enforcement Administration permanently added seven fentanyl-related substances (FRS) to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances…

September 18, 2025

Memphis Harm Reductionists Create Survival Guide for Trump Crackdown

On September 15, President Donald Trump announced he’s deploying the National Guard and other federal agencies to Memphis, Tennessee. "Today,…

September 18, 2025

7-OH Did Not Cause the LA Overdose Deaths (Neither Did Kratom)

On September 12, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) announced that 7-Hydroxymitragynine had been linked to three…

September 17, 2025

Remembering Louise Vincent, a Fighter for Drug-User Rights

The dictionary definition of “force of nature” should consist of two words: Louise Vincent. With an extraordinary, almost uncontrollable energy,…

September 17, 2025

Corrections Departments Winning Imaginary Fight Against “K2 Exposure”

In 2021, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department published body-cam footage of a deputy who collapsed after coming into contact…

September 16, 2025

Texas Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to State Rejection of Local Marijuana Decrim

The Texas Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal of a case concerning the state’s overturning of a…

September 16, 2025

County Jail Data Show Importance of All Three OUD Meds, Besides Vivitrol

A large-scale study backed by the National Institutes of Health found that access to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD)…

September 15, 2025

Stigma From Medical Providers Contributed to My Son’s Overdose

This year’s hit medical TV drama, The Pitt, is a worthy successor to those previous fan favorites, ER and Grey’s…

September 15, 2025

“Murder on the High Seas”—Trump’s Drug-War Strike Crosses New Line

The history of the global drug war is rife with murder and mayhem caused by United States military interventions. Relentless…

September 11, 2025

Feds Crack Down on TV Drug Ads, in Major Shakeup to Pharma Industry

The era of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical commercials may be coming to a close. On September 9, President Donald Trump signed…

September 11, 2025