Split Over Kratom
...both the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security have “strong ties to a kratom lobbyist (and convicted criminal) behind a notorious kratom drinks company.”
Category: Addictive Substances
Alcohol may be the oldest. New ones are being invented every day. There are thousands, and keeping track of what they are and what they do isn’t easy.
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Update on Pot-related DWI…
Apparently, cannabis testing yields an unacceptable number of false positive results.
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Undercounted?
Seriously, where’s the incentive to put out a product that could potentially kill your best customers? How in the world could that be considered a smart business move?
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The Gray Lady Reconsiders
More Americans now use marijuana daily than alcohol.
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Odds & Ends, Cannabis Edition
A recent analysis of “..more than 55,000 adults based on their participation in panels between 2013 to 2022 found that after legalization of cannabis, their monthly usage rose 3.9%…”
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The Menace of Disposable Vapes
“Disposable” means the devices can neither be recharged nor refilled. They exist to supply an addictive drug to repeat customers, preferably on a daily basis, quite possibly over a lifetime.
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More on Medetomidine
The end result is a trip to the Emergency Room and a stay in the ICU– if the user is lucky, that is.
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“Scromiting”
It must come as a shock to someone who’s been a regular user for a while, to suddenly without warning begin experiencing violent vomiting and pain.
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Shatter and Dab
Because of its extraordinary strength, shatter and its brother concentrates tend to attract more experienced users, in search of additional impact from drug use.
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Hard to say, but good to know
Overdose reversal where medetomidine is involved is complicated by the fact that an opioid antagonist (naloxone) isn’t effective.
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A Link with Dementia
“The genetic analyses results (showed) that even small amounts of alcohol could increase dementia risk…”
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Golden Triangles
It’s ridiculously simple to transport secretly, alongside legitimate cargo that comes across the border every day.
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Here We Go Again (Kratom)
…many of the former treatment patients quickly developed the same problems with kratom that they had with alcohol or cocaine or heroin— compulsive use, loss of control, and continued use despite adverse consequences.
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