Tag: stimulants
The Overdose Crisis’s Move Out West Is Nothing New
In July 2019, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data ...
Will the FDA Repeat Its “Abuse-Deterrent” Oxy Mistake With Stimulants?
OxyContin got a makeover in 2010. That year, the Food and Drug Administration approved ...
Watch: Fentanyl Safety Campaign Poses the “Coke Challenge”
US-based harm reduction group DanceSafe and Canadian creative agency The Garden have partnered to ...
What Should “Overdose Awareness” Really Mean?
Fatal overdoses may be slightly declining in the United States, according to preliminary 2018 ...
Massive Philly Cocaine Bust Is Yet Another Action With Collateral Damage
Customs officials in Philadelphia made an unexpected discovery on June 18 during a routine ...
Arrested While “Panicking on Meth”—An Hour Later, He Was Dead
Alex Billmeyer was panicking when police swarmed a house in Dubuque, Iowa on May ...
If We Wrote About Caffeine Like We Do Other Drugs…
Genelle Chaconas can’t go a day without caffeine. They consume the powerful stimulant in ...
Here’s What a Legal Market for Cocaine Could Look Like
It is abundantly clear, given decades of trial and error and escalating scientific evidence, ...
More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks
One sign of the extent to which the overdose crisis has shifted public discourse ...
Why Crystal Meth Has Made a Big Comeback in Philadelphia
Meth! Meth, crystal. Who wants meth?” shouted a middle-aged man in a parka earlier ...
