Drug News

There’s a dark side to tourism that is rarely talked about but is thriving nonetheless. Drug destinations are actual trips. No pun intended. People really plan vacations around drug use—especially since pot is legal for recreational use in many states now. Those who enjoy smoking the drug may plan vacations in states where they can Read more »

We’ve been hearing about it for decades, nonetheless, the phrase, “zombie apocalypse,” may soon be taking on a new connotation entirely. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is being brought back into the light as the hub of a crisis making international headlines. But, the epidemic is spreading across the country devastating communities from Massachusetts to the state of Read more »

The answer to that is yes according to the statistics printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association. We’ll note, too, that the numbers we saw are three years old, published back in 2020. As more states embrace the legalization of recreational marijuana, it’s hard not to imagine that an increasing number of senior Read more »

There are some who have decided that calling people who sell drugs “dealers” is too harsh a title. They’re proclaiming that it’s hurtful for people in this sector of society to be labeled in such a way. Instead, they say, we should call them “drug workers” from now on. To their demand that we stop Read more »

People with raw, oozing wounds or amputated body parts wandering aimlessly through the streets may seem as if it’s a scene from a TV series. However, this nightmarish scene can play out in real-time at any given moment in cities across the nation as the zombie drug, Xylazine, also known as “tranq” or “tranq dope,” Read more »

Border Patrol agents patrolling between the Mexican border and the United States are discovering abandoned backpacks stuffed full of fentanyl and other drugs. It is unknown if the packs are abandoned due to a sudden panic attack. They could have been dropped intentionally at a drug cartel checkpoint. Regardless, the finds mean that load of Read more »

As if the stories of children being rushed to the emergency room after munching down on their parents’ stash of edibles containing either THC or CBD aren’t enough, the latest word off the street is that rainbow fentanyl is being sold in bright colorful pills. They attract the eye and, then, there’s more to entice Read more »

On Tuesday, November 9th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that a dangerous animal tranquilizer—often used to sedate horses before surgery and as a painkiller—is increasingly being found in the illicit drug supply. It noted in the warning that healthcare workers should look out for patients who may have been exposed to the Read more »