In order to do this, a large portion of my life had to go underground. It is only after retiring from active university service in 2011 that I [felt] free to speak openly about this hidden side of my life, bringing the two sides of my life together. My university has not been aware of…
“It’s important to realize that thousands of people who were formerly using opioids — either for pain or because they were addicted — have transferred to kratom … and now are off opioids,” Dr. Henningfield said. But at this point many are terrified of losing that lifeline, he added … “People are choosing kratom over…
Just this year alone, more than a dozen states and 100 counties have sued drug companies for deceptive marketing of painkillers to pain patients, downplaying the risks … Some doctors are abruptly ending prescriptions [of opiates they previously prescribed] even when patients have been stable on high doses for years, throwing them into withdrawal —…
We should not be hoodwinked into mistaking a ban for actual beneficial policy, or conned into believing eliminating kratom would alleviate or even address drug-related issues so impactful to millions of American families. -Ryan F. Estevez* As psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist who has worked for years in emergency rooms, community health centers, and prisons, I am…
andom drug testing is now in play for University of Oregon student-athletes. (*note : article published in 2012, current policy can be found here) In the past, UO only tested student-athletes when there was “reasonable suspicion.” Now, all student-athletes are subject to “unannounced random drug testing throughout the entire year, including summer sessions,” according to the proposed…
The Estevan Royal Canadian Mounted Police have received confirmation that carfentanil has been detected in a substance seized by investigators in the Estevan area in October this year (2017). Carfentanil is a derivative of fentanyl that can be 100 times more potent. The drug can also be up 10,000 times more powerful than morphine. According…
The Harm Reduction Action Center wants a supervised, safe space for users to use. This would be in an unmarked building where clean instruments would be provided and used ones would be collected. Denver City Council President … threw his support behind the idea of a safe place for drug users to shoot up ……
…and then tried to prevent the man’s parents from finding out what happened … The Dallas County District Attorney … found sufficient evidence to file criminally negligent homicide charges against Mesquite officers for shocking Dyer in the testicles and failing to restrain the disoriented man — but the three-year statute of limitations had already passed.…
It might sound out there, but then again, several years ago, so did the idea that you might walk into a store and buy cannabis products. Tom Eckert said they believed that a legalized path to use of psychedelic mushrooms could help people struggling with depression, anxiety, alcoholism and addiction to nicotine. “The initiative attempts…
Here, I am also seeking to answer, with specificity, which opioids kratom resembles in terms of risk of death. Here, as “similar risk” has been mentioned, I am seeking the documentation and statistical analysis, used by the FDA, that articulates or provides evidence of the “similar risk” of kratom viz a viz other opioids. Additionally,…
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