Tag: science
Safe Supply Mirrors Methadone Outcomes, With Better Retention
Safe supply improved most health outcomes for people who use opioids as effectively as ...
Music Festival Attendees Embrace DIY Drug Checking Despite Barriers
As temperatures rise and music festival season kicks into gear across the United States, ...
Test Strips Do Tell You If Xylazine Is Present, But Prone to False Positives
Xylazine has emerged as a major adulterant in the unregulated drug supply in recent ...
Cannabis as Cancer Treatment Heavily Backed by Major Review
Cannabis as a treatment for cancer symptoms is heavily supported by existing research, a ...
Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study
Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl had zero impact on overdose deaths in Colorado and ...
Replication Study Refutes Naloxone “Moral Hazard” Paper
Seven years ago, a deeply controversial paper claimed that states introducing laws to expand ...
Secret Shoppers Struggle to Buy Naloxone, Syringes at Texas Pharmacies
Since the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone in 2023, pharmacies nationwide ...
Do Pre-Existing Brain Structures Influence Early Nicotine Use?
Pre-existing differences in brain structure are associated with earlier substance use in young people, ...
Vape Scaremongering: The Science-to-Media Pipeline
It’s a scenario that has become all too familiar. Tobacco harm reduction experts recently ...
Community “Bad Batch” Alerts Contrast With Algorithmic OD Prevention
In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. ...
