Truth be told, “blown out of the water” would be a more accurate phrase to describe this situation. That’s because nitazenes, the new “most toxic opioid” record holder, is reportedly 1,000 times more potent than morphine. Yes, you read that correctly. According to a study done at the Lehigh Valley Health Network-USF Morsani College of Read more »
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Will CBD Negatively Impact My Prescription?
You can purchase CBD products everywhere. Many order online and products come straight to their homes. Others run out to a nearby store grabbing their favorite product and checking it off the list as they complete their shopping. Marijuana, in general, is touted to be a wonder drug by many. It’s not the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Read more »
Are Feds Keeping Marijuana a Controlled Substance?
Whether or not marijuana remains a controlled substance is ultimately still up in the air. This is despite the House having passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act over a year and a half ago now. However, after a request from President Joe Biden to consider providing the Drug Enforcement Agency DEA with Read more »
Women, Sports, and Steroids
Stories of women competing in professional sports testing positive for anabolic steroids have been sprinkled in the headlines throughout the year. One involved junior lightweight boxing champion, Alycia Baumgardner. She had metabolites in her system that identified two performance-enhancing drugs on her pre-fight drug test given on July 12th. They were mesterolone and methenolone acetate, Read more »
Rise in Attacks Involving Date Rape Drugs
Date rape drugs continue to find their way into the headlines across the nation and around the world. For instance, doctors believe that the county commissioner of Clayton County, Georgia was given gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB)—one of the commonly known date rape drugs—at a community event in late September. Thankfully, she was not harmed in the Read more »
Second Naloxone Spray Approved for Over Counter Purchase
Naloxone temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose and it’s saving lives. Anyone is capable of administering this drug. It’s sold as a nasal spray. You simply place the nozzle in the overdose victim’s nostril and squeeze. It works almost immediately. That gives emergency responders a fighting chance to arrive on the scene and Read more »
Navy States Peak Performance Doesn’t Include PEDs
Since March of this year, three Navy SEAL and special warfare combat crewman candidates tested positive for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). When considering the fact that the total number of crewman candidates is 434, three candidates testing positive for steroid use may not seem too high overall. Not so, according to a statement released by Read more »
Synthetic Cathinone Hits Streets Hard
Thankfully, reports of drug busts and emergency room visits involving synthetic cathinone aren’t flooding our media here in the United States—but we can’t let our guard down. In February, ten men were arrested for possessing and distributing synthetic cathinone throughout Salt Lake County. Media attention focused on the drug again in July with reports of Read more »