At last a treatment for meth?
I'm curious as to whether the reductions in meth use could be expected to lead to eventual abstinence where meth was concerned. That's been the hope for other maintenance treatments, for the most part unrealized.
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About That Fourth Wave…
Extra naloxone doses were required to lift the victim out of a coma and lower the risk of respiratory arrest and death. Translation: New barriers to saving lives in the street. And more fatalities.
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Captagon revisited
Today, the making and distributing of Captagon pills accounts for 90% or more of the foreign currency in Syrian government coffers, and $57 billion in annual revenue– far beyond the scope of Mexican cartels.
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A Disturbing Trend in Prescribing
This in spite of the fact … that these drugs can and often do interact harmfully with one another. And regular users are at elevated risk for misuse, abuse, dependence, and/or addiction.
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ODs in NYC
Which brings us to the issue of Supervised Injection Sites (SIS). An outbreak such as the one in New York is the strongest argument for these centers.
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The Meth Mess – Oman coming
…one past error has been to overemphasize the more glamorous supply side interventions – interdiction and law enforcement – while paying much less attention to the demand side of the bargain.
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The Meth Mess – P2P
P2P meth seemed to accelerate the curve of meth addiction, so that the user deteriorated far more quickly than in the past. And suffered worse consequences – in particular, a kind of extreme mental toxicity
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MAT for Meth?
If Medicaid, for instance, expanded approval of naltrexone injections to include methamphetamine, that would make the combination more useful to addiction treatment.
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Fake Pills Redux
Some genuinely bad news: a larger-than-usual share of the fakes are likely to exceed the two-milligram threshold for a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. As many as two in five, according to DEA.
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Methamphetamine Rising
Are users seeking out such ‘combo’ preparations because they want the extra kick from the interaction? To help overcome an elevated tolerance, perhaps.
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Death of a True Believer
She probably felt Adderall didn’t count because it was prescribed. A common mistake.
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It’s About Equality
They wanted the problem off the street and out of their neighborhoods, post-haste. “If they’re locked up, they can’t buy or sell drugs,” proclaimed an angry parent
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Those Sneaky Conspiracy Theories
It’s not one or the other, it’s about the synergy between them– toxic ideas, with a platform that allows them to spread.
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