Pain and recreational drug use stand out as potent triggers for late alcohol use disorder relapse

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the leading causes of preventable death in the United States and worldwide, and leads to substantial disease and medical complications. While treatments are ...
UPI

Synthetic opioid nitazenes called more potent than fentanyl

In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller. But experts now warn that the threat posed by ...
USA Today

These new synthetic opioids could make fentanyl crisis look like 'the good old days'

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that in the 12-month period ending last August, about 74,000 people died from fentanyl-related overdoses. While politicians and ...
The Washington Post

On the streets, opioids sometimes more potent than fentanyl: Nitazenes

After years spent addicted to heroin on the streets of North Carolina, Samantha Ross had turned her life around. She marked four years in recovery, got married and traveled last year to Miami Beach to ...