A big drug bust resulted in the seizure of 628,000 carfentanil pills in Los Angeles County. The synthetic drug is 100 times more potent than fentanyl. Read more
Yahoo! News - Nov 20
As the Tucson City Council weighs whether to target public drug use through a new pathway to misdemeanor arrests, a rare city-county summit highlighted a central dilemma; how to address addiction as both a growing public health emergency and a political flashpoint. Read more
Apnews - Nov 19
"Don't do drugs, kids."View Entire Post › Read more
Buzzfeed - Nov 11
S.F. Chronicle reporter Maggie Angst and photographer Gabrielle Lurie share how they reported this story. Read more
Kcra - Nov 02
For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the US are down, from 39% to 37.7%. Read more
Abc 30 - Oct 29
It’s easy to put a bottle of prescription pills in the medicine cabinet and forget about what's on the label — until something like a recall jolts you into paying attention. Yet medication and medical device recalls happen fairly often. On average, there are 330 drug recalls every year, according... Read more
Thestreet - Oct 22
The Trump administration wants the law upheld after a Texas man challenged a gun charge. Read more
The Bbc - Oct 20
San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug use. Read more
The New York Times - Aug 25
Vacations are on hold, dinners out skipped, and doses stretched — all so patients can keep taking weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound as insurers pull back coverage in 2025.Physicians say insurance coverage is more limited this year, according to Reuters. As a result, many employers are re... Read more
Benzinga - Aug 13
Despite concerns about increased stimulant prescribing, nonmedical use of ADHD drugs among adolescents has declined in the last 20 years, a University of Michigan study shows. Read more
Medical News - Aug 06
