In a significant move to curb the rising presence of xylazine in Pennsylvania's street drug supply, state legislators have passed a bill criminalizing its illicit possession. The new legislation, known as House Bill 1661, classifies xylazine as a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act. The Pennsylvania House and Senate overwhelmingly approved the bill,
San Francisco leaders have been struggling to fight the addiction epidemic for years. With newfound poverty from the pandemic, a new era of homelessness and addiction has been ushered in. The Addiction Epidemic On Full Display in San Francisco Never has the addiction epidemic been so visible or vulnerable to the exploits of media clicks.
Over the past several years, the media has paid a lot of attention to the opioid epidemic, without noting another silent killer: the over-prescription of benzodiazepines. Benzos prescriptions such as Klonopin, Xanax, and Ativan, used primarily to help with anxiety disorders, have been rising steadily. Research shows they are increasingly prescribed for off-label use, without
A new street drug is causing overdoses and deaths around the country as heroin users either accidentally or intentionally purchase the drug on the street. Acryl fentanyl is a new and dangerous street drug that has killed 17 people so far this year, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s office reported Wednesday. And in Ohio, The
While many states are caught in the grip of the opiate epidemic, states such as new New Mexico, which had the second-highest death rate for drug overdose deaths in the nation in 2014--are implementing new laws aimed at slowing the alarming trend. Can these laws make a dent in the new cases of overdoses and
