The increasing use of highly potent #synthetic #opioids has led to calls for fixed #pill #testing sites and access to overdose-countering naloxone.
They don't really come out saying they want anyone using any drugs to die. But they do.
What an evil fucking son-of-a-bitch. I hope he gets another parasite in his brain and it fucking kills him. #USpol #trump #RFKjr #Narcan #opiates #opioids #overdose #OD #addiction
https://www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-godsend-narcan-program-that-helped-reduce-overdose-deaths-despite-his-past-heroin-581846
Dominic Lawson is a pratt, more inconsequential one than his father. However broken clocks etc..
In this case opioids. It was an epidemic homegrown, supported by US companies and at least in the beginning aided and abetted by the medical ‘industry’ and the judiciary. Capitalism on the rampage and hang the consequences.
Incidentally the obscenely rich family who owned the drug pushers are still obscenely rich.
Favorite music triggers opioid releases in the brain.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/music-chills-opioids-neuroscience-28657/
Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00259-025-07232-z
Music therapy can be effective for treatment of pain and mental health issue.
Summary: https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-anxiety-music-28655/
Original paper (not open access): https://www.npjournal.org/article/S1555-4155(25)00032-7/abstract
Apropos: https://acousticguitar.com/watch-mason-williams-play-classical-gas/
This new feature is months in the making, and it's just the beginning of our reporting on how these opioid settlement funds are flowing through cities and towns ...
Animal tranquilizers found in 1/3 of illegal #opioids in the US may render naloxone ineffective, potentially leading to more overdose deaths. A pharmacy practice professor explains: https://buff.ly/JYcV8Bd
Deadly synthetic #opioids 40 x stronger than fentanyl detected in #Australia’s wastewater for first time
“Developed in 1950s as a morphine alternative - but never marketed because of toxicity concerns and high potential to overdose - the #nitazenes emerged on the illicit drug market in late 2010s.
They’re one of the fastest growing groups of new psychoactive drugs in the world.”
Philadelphia’s opioid crisis: 4 essential reads on fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments https://buff.ly/ZTLZMy7
#opioids #xylazine
Philly’s street fentanyl contains BTMPS, an industrial chemical used in plastics. Scholars explain what it is and its potential side effects: https://buff.ly/7KpcXtf
By Karli Hochstatter and Fernando Monter @ocolumbiauniversity.bsky.social 
#opioids
Congrats people under 30 ! It appears you are breaking the inherited dependency on nasty alcohol consumption.
This entry in my blog explores FOUR TRICKS ( and 28 links) to make much wiser use of cannabis, all from harm-reduction perspective.
#harmreduction #harmrx
#weed #marijuana #thc #thca #its420somewhere #vaping #vape #doping #cannabis #Drugs #DrugAwareness #endthedrugwar #dab #institutionalracism #420pows #substanceabuse #pot #neurodivergent #pain
#abstinencia #alcoholism #alcohol #drugabuse #opioids #opioidcrisis #insomnia
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers seized multiple shipments of synthetic opioids arriving from China at the international mail and cargo processing facilities in Mississauga and Vancouver, BC.
Here is my newest Medium article. It addresses the forced drug treatment centres currently being planned in Alberta and being discussed in other parts of the country.
Forced treatment is violence.
#Canada #Alberta #Opioids #HarmReduction #DrugPolicy
https://medium.com/@thomas.embree/forced-drug-treatment-is-violence-a50022710a0e
Buprenorphine cuts opioid withdrawal, cravings, and overdose risk by 50%—yet only 1 in 4 who need it get it. A family medicine provider examines the access gap in Philadelphia - and how some progress is being made. https://theconversation.com/how-opioid-deaths-tripled-in-philly-over-a-decade-and-what-may-be-behind-a-recent-downturn-247768
#opioids
Opioid addiction disrupts sleep, harming #mentalhealth. From use to withdrawal to treatment, poor sleep triples relapse risk. Neuroscientists reveal how opioids disrupt gene rhythms—and why it matters: https://theconversation.com/poor-sleep-and-addiction-go-hand-in-hand-understanding-how-could-lead-to-new-treatments-for-opioid-use-disorder-242664 #opioids #insomnia
China's trying to get Europe to OD.
The Rise of Nitazenes: Chinese Suppliers Behind Ads for Deadly Opioids Targeting Europe
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/01/20/chinese-link-to-nitazenes-targeting-europe/
I feel like I'm awake for the first time in a decade.
I started falling into #addiction at 21 when my tics started getting debilitating, and I had no idea what was going on. I was just hurting, and took #benzodiazepines often so I could act normal and resist what was happening. #marijuana and #opioids too.
I was never trying to get high. Just not be in pain. I was also misdiagnosed, and on meds that caused me #depression too.
I have been sober 2 years now.
Fentanyl: The key to war and peace between the United States and Mexico
