Drugs + Money
No, Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Has Not Proved Narcan “Ineffective”
A minor media frenzy has been forming around cychlorphine, a novel synthetic opioid described ...
FDA Drops Drug-Approval Standard From Two Controlled Trials to One
The Food and Drug Administration will no longer expect pharmaceutical manufacturers to submit two ...
TrumpRx Launches, Offering Drug Discounts as Long as You Pay Cash
On February 5 President Donald Trump launched TrumpRx.gov, a direct-to-consumer website listing pharmaceutical medications ...
Fentanyl’s Prevalence in Drug Seizures Not Linked to Drop in OD Deaths, Research Suggests
As theories continue to emerge for the dramatic turnaround in overdose deaths, a new ...
GAO Went Undercover to Almost Prove That Drugs Are Sold Online
On December 18 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on fentanyl and ...
Fentanyl Pill Purity Has Dropped by Nearly Half Since 2024, Per DEA Data
On December 3, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched Fentanyl Free America, “a comprehensive enforcement ...
Now the FDA Wants Nalmefene to Be a Fentanyl-Exposure “Prophylactic”
The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly providing guidance and “positive feedback” for a ...
Grassroots Harm Reduction Sidelined in NY Opioid Fund Spending
“He was awesome,” Alexis Pleus, executive director of Truth Pharm, a small harm reduction ...
DEA Raises Adderall Production Quotas for the First Time
The Drug Enforcement Administration has raised aggregate production quotas (APQ) for the active ingredients ...
New “Fentanyl Poisonings” Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again
In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting ...
