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What Is Withdrawal?
Health via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWithdrawal is your body's response when you suddenly stop using a certain substance, such as alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, medications, or other drugs....
This Faux Opioid May Fight Addiction—If It Gets by the FDA
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Wikimedia CommonsWhenever Jonathan feels a...
Xylazine: What you need to know about the dangerous illegal drug
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA veterinary tranquilizer called xylazine is increasingly being found in the United States’ illegal...
America's addiction crisis: It's not just fentanyl. These drugs play a growing role.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIllicit fentanyl, the driving force behind the U.S. overdose epidemic, is increasingly being used in conjunction with methamphetamine, a new report shows. The laboratory Millennium Health said ...
Shasta County residents speak about recovery, stigma amid rise of fentanyl overdose deaths
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShasta County had a record number of fentanyl overdose deaths in 2021, mirroring a disturbing...
Addiction counselors say fentanyl is now in most drugs. It’s replacing heroin in Stanislaus region
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe New Hope Recovery House in Modesto used to treat heroin addicts, including people who first got...
Meth addiction is rising in northern Michigan communities. Here's why.
Petoskey News Review via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen 50-year-old meth addict Brian Groh was sentenced to jail last month, he went through a severe...
Treatments for stimulant use disorder are scarce or nonexistent. The FDA hopes to change that
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe young woman holds onto the prescription bottle while she listens to the doctor Getty Images/SDI...
Addressing America’s deadly drug epidemic goes far beyond fentanyl
CNN via Yahoo News· 12 months agoDrug overdose deaths in the United States surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, and preliminary data...
Addiction to Methamphetamines
Verywell Mind via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMethamphetamine, commonly referred to as meth, speed, or crack, is a powerful stimulant drug that affects the central nervous system. Methamphetamine is...