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UK ministers knew of ‘significant’ synthetic opioids threat two years ago

Despite warnings from government’s own advisers to protect people from ‘severe harm’, new controls on potent drugs follow months of delays

The Guardian - UK

ED examines about 150 bank accounts linked to international syndicate smuggling opioids

Enforcement Directorate probes international syndicate for illegal opioid drug supply, money laundering, and financial fraud worth crores.

The Hindu

NSW Health warns of opioid risk after people took heroin thinking it was cocaine or methamphetamine

Authorities say in eight overdose cases where drug samples were available, heroin was the opioid identified

The Guardian - AU

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More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?

The surge in overdose deaths among teens is opening a new path to treatment: pediatricians. A doctor in Massachusetts shows how it works with a 17-year-old patient.

WEKU

Sadiq Khan urged to 'follow Bristol's lead' with drug testing services across London

City Hall Conservatives say the mayor has 'failed to act' on a recommendation made almost two years ago

Evening Standard

‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis

Dr Art Van Zee set out in the early 2000s to tell anyone who would listen how a powerful opioid was destroying lives. Two decades later, he’s still in disbelief

The Guardian - US

Prenatal opioid exposure linked to eczema, asthma

Prenatal exposure to prescription opioids like methadone and codeine can affect the development of a child's immune system, a study has shown.

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People buying opioids and sedatives online face deadly fakes, expert warns

National Crime Agency reveals 65 people have died from taking nitazenes, which are up to 100 times stronger than heroin

The Guardian - UK

Synthetic opioids could fuel ‘second wave’ of UK drug deaths crisis, experts warn

Government urged to act as experts sound the alarm on nitazenes, with 54 deaths in past six months likely ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Independent UK

Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to $78 million settlement with insurers over opioids

Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care funds that its marketing work with Purdue Pharma helped fuel an opioid addiction crisis

The Independent UK

Is the UK sleepwalking into a lethal US-style opioid drugs crisis?

Warning that drugs so potent a ‘grain of sand’ dosage can be fatal could spark a US-style drug deaths crisis

The Independent UK

FDA approves first genetic test to assess opioid addiction risk

Discover the FDA-approved AVERT-D test that determines the risk of opioid use disorder. Exciting but cautious, this test needs further monitoring and clini...

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In 2023, opioid settlement funds flowed to states. Here's how it's going

Some $1.5 billion flowed to local government coffers this year, sparking debates about transparency and how to spend the money. Here are 5 takeaways from a year's worth of reporting on the issue.

WEKU

Why banning this drug could backfire

The House voted to make xylazine a controlled substance, but harm reduction advocates warn this won't help

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Study busts holes in use of opioids for pain relief

A major university study is challenging the commonly held view opioids are the most powerful pain relievers.

International Business Times

Divided US High Court Hears Challenge To $6bn Purdue Opioid Settlement

The US Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday as it heard a challenge to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.

The Independent UK

OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court on Monday, with billions at stake

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids

International Business Times

US High Court To Hear Challenge To $6bn Purdue Opioid Settlement

The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge on Monday to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.

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Buvidal: is it really a 'game changer' in the treatment of problematic opioid use?

To overcome problematic opioid use, traditional forms of opioid substitution therapy, such as methadone and oral buprenorphine, have become valuable tools. Research shows that patients receiving substitution therapy are more likely to stay in treatment and stop using heroin than patients receiving treatments that do not involve substitutes – such…

The Independent UK

The twenty drugs to be made class A by the government

Possession of Class A drugs carries a sentence of seven years inprisonment

The Guardian - AU

No evidence cannabis reduces long-term illicit opioids use, study finds

Lead author says study led by University of Sydney is longest ever to have looked at relationship between the two drugs

The Conversation

Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use unpacks the grim numbers with 3 charts

Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise.

The Independent UK

Largest ever seizure of synthetic opioids made in raid on suspected drug factory

UK law enforcement want to stop any rise in use of the drugs amid a fall in opium production in Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

Police seize UK’s largest ever stash of synthetic opioids in Waltham Forest

Eleven members of a criminal gang have been arrested and charged by detectives who have seized the UK’s largest ever stash of synthetic opioids.

The Independent UK

Mind-altering ketamine becomes new pain treatment, despite little research or regulation

The decades-old surgical drug ketamine has found a new use — as an alternative to opioids for patients with chronic pain

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