Opioids

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) on Monday said it will pay $300 million to resolve federal allegations that the company filled millions of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil complaint against...

A new compound that provides the pain-relieving properties of cannabis without the mind-altering effects can serve as an effective alternative to opioids for pain relief, according to researchers who developed the compound that mimics a natural molecule found in the cannabis plant. Researchers from...

A new study has found that people with a history of opioid abuse who took Novo Nordisk‘s (NYSE:NVO) Ozempic weight loss drug were significantly less likely to overdose, adding to growing evidence suggesting that the drug, primarily used for diabetes and weight loss, could help manage drug...

After vaping the synthetic opioid protonitazene, a teenager from Queensland, Australia died and another from Victoria was left struggling to breathe. Medical specialists reported on both cases in a paper published in the journal Clinical Toxicology and suggested that the anti-opioid drug naloxone...

By Lucía Tedesco via El Planteo Spain appears to be spared from the fentanyl crisis due to the availability of heroin in the country. This is indicated by a study led by David Pere Martínez-Oró, director of the Episteme Social research center. "Fentanyl in Spain: Evidence...

While the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers prepare for their Super Bowl showdown, another competition is lining up in Las Vegas — one for the well-being of retired athletes and, as a potential alternative to prescription drugs, cannabis. Leading the charge is Jim McMahon, the iconic...

In a groundbreaking study of epic proportions, researchers weighed the pain-alleviating potential of medical marijuana versus opioids, showing that cannabis is similarly effective as opioids and traditional pain meds for the treatment of non-cancer pain. “Our findings suggest that...

This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission. There is limited research on the combination of psychedelics and opioids. Nonetheless, a study investigating the interaction between opioids and hallucinogens found that low opioid doses tend to...

On Thursday, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked a $6-billion bankruptcy settlement by Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin, that would shield the Sackler family from civil lawsuits related to the opioid crisis. The court also announced that it will hear a challenge to the settlement...

Over 109,000 Americans lost their lives to drug overdoses in the 12 months ending in January 2023, representing a slight increase of 0.7% compared to the previous year.  Fentanyl, a highly potent opioid, has played a significant role in the opioid crisis and the surge in drug overdoses in the...

People who live with the pain, nausea, anxiety, depression and other symptoms of fibromyalgia also live with the sad fact that there’s no cure and not a single drug to treat this condition that affects 3% to 5% of the world's population and 3.5 million people in ...

By Lucía Tedesco, via El Planteo.  Researchers demonstrated that CBD is capable of reversing a fentanyl overdose. This was due to a study by a group of scientists from Indiana University, USA, who tested 15 cannabidiol derivatives for these purposes. In 2021, 80,000 people died from...

As the opioid crisis continues to destroy thousands of lives every year, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals the horror of a specific danger...fentanyl. The report comes several weeks after the Biden administration declared fentanyl combined with...

The U.S. government reportedly sued Rite Aid Corp (NYSE: RAD), saying the company missed "red flags" as it illegally filled prescriptions for controlled substances, including opioids. The Justice Department joined a whistleblower lawsuit filed in 2019 by two pharmacists and a...

The legalization of medical marijuana is reducing opioid use in cancer patients. In a paper published in the journal JAMA Oncology on December 1, medical marijuana was associated with a 5.5% to 19.2% relative reduction in the rate of opioid dispensing to 38,...