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The U.S. Is Easing Marijuana Restrictions. Here’s How It Works.
New York Times· 26 minutes agoA new federal rule would reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous, Schedule III drug. The Biden administration moved on Thursday to downgrade marijuana from the most restrictive category of ...
Tracking the opioid lawsuit settlements amidst calls for oversight
Pharmaceutical Technology via Yahoo Finance· 12 hours agoIn 2019, Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin, faced extensive litigation for its...
Fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2023, CDC reports
WJBK fox local articles via Yahoo News· 17 hours ago"What I’m seeing in particular is that users are, now more than ever, buying these counterfeit pills in order to get high," said licensed psychologist and addiction counselor ...
Three doctors who helped fuel drug abuse in southeastern Kentucky sentenced to prison
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt is a legal drug used in treating addiction to opioid painkillers because it blocks withdrawal...
US drug overdose deaths fell for first time since 2018: data
Alaska Superstation· 1 day agoThere were an estimated 107,543 such deaths in the country in 2023, down three percent compared to...
Walgreens is launching a generic version of over-the-counter Narcan
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWalgreens said Wednesday that it will sell its own generic version of over-the-counter Narcan, the...
A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction
NPR· 4 days ago"This is going to absolutely be fundamental to our patients' well-being" because connecting with...
Kentucky doctor sentenced to 20 years over prescribing that led to patient’s death
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy via AOL· 3 days agoDefense attorneys argued that Sadrinia was convicted based on a single prescription to a person who...
CT to spend millions in settlement funds to save drug users, keep them out of jail
Hartford Courant· 1 day agoThe committee members, which are responsible for allocating the state’s share of several national...
Overdose deaths fell in 2023, but still topped 100,000
KING5 Seattle· 1 day agoThe number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data posted Wednesday. It would be only the second annual decline since the current ...