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Tag: Opioids and Opiates

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Powerful Psychedelic Drug Gains New Notice as an Opioid Addiction Therapy

March 5, 2024ANDREW JACOBSComments Off on Powerful Psychedelic Drug Gains New Notice as an Opioid Addiction Therapy

New research is stirring interest in ibogaine, which appears to help ease the agony of detox and prevent relapse. Used in other countries, it remains illegal in the U.S.

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China Meets the U.S. to Discuss Fentanyl, But the Détente Has Limits

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024David Pierson and Olivia WangComments Off on China Meets the U.S. to Discuss Fentanyl, But the Détente Has Limits

Negotiations have resumed on restricting the flow of fentanyl into the United States. But Beijing may prove less cooperative on Iran and North Korea.

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Lives We Can Save

February 21, 2023German LopezComments Off on Lives We Can Save

The opioid crisis doesn’t need to be this bad. It’s another example of America’s surprising resistance to effective treatments

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Victoria and Albert Museum Reverses Course and Removes Sackler Name

October 3, 2022ALEX MARSHALLComments Off on Victoria and Albert Museum Reverses Course and Removes Sackler Name

The museum’s director had previously said he was not going to erase the name of the Sackler family, which founded Purdue Pharma, the creator of an addictive opioid painkiller.

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Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses

July 26, 2022July 27, 2022Stephanie NolenComments Off on Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses

A city on the forefront of harm reduction has taken the concept to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs.

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Canada Decriminalizes Opioids and Other Drugs in British Columbia

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022Vjosa Isai and Catherine PorterComments Off on Canada Decriminalizes Opioids and Other Drugs in British Columbia

With opioid deaths skyrocketing in the western province, Canada has temporarily decriminalized the substance and three others for personal use.

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The Perils of Legalization

April 24, 2022April 25, 2022German LopezComments Off on The Perils of Legalization

We answer a common reader question about the opioid crisis and legalizing drugs.

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Public Health Catastrophe Looms in Ukraine, Experts Warn

March 26, 2022APOORVA MANDAVILLIComments Off on Public Health Catastrophe Looms in Ukraine, Experts Warn

Even before the war, the country struggled with epidemics of H.I.V., tuberculosis and hepatitis. The conflict threatens to undo decades of progress.

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British Museum to Remove Sackler Name From Its Walls

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022ALEX MARSHALLComments Off on British Museum to Remove Sackler Name From Its Walls

The decision comes just months after the Metropolitan Museum of Art said it would remove the family’s name from seven exhibition spaces.

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Overdose Deaths in the United States Are Rising at a Troubling Rate

February 13, 2022February 14, 2022German LopezComments Off on Overdose Deaths in the United States Are Rising at a Troubling Rate

Overdoses are increasing at a troubling rate.

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