Alprazolam-related deaths in Scotland, 2004-2020 - Corkery JM, Guirguis A, Chiappini S, Martinotti G, Schifano F.
BACKGROUND: The benzodiazepine drug alprazolam, a fast-acting tranquiliser, cannot be prescribed on the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Illicit alprazolam supply and consumption have increased. Concern about increasing numbers of alprazolam-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 3, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Former Nurse Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining Fentanyl
FDA OCI, Angelica Franklin, Chesterfield, VA, guilty, plea, former registered nurse, fentanyl, hydromorphone, oxycodone, alprazolam, fraud, Emergency Department, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, SMJH, : Stony Point Surgery Center, Vibra Hospital Charlottesville, Richmond (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - July 25, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Noah Cyrus, 22, reveals Xanax addiction: 'It just kind of becomes this... bottomless pit'
The singer opens up about her struggle and life in recovery. #noahcyrus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Noah Cyrus details Xanax addiction: It became a 'dark, bottomless pit'
Miley Cyrus’ little sister said she “was surrounded by people who were easily able to get” Xanax, which she became addicted to at the age of 18. #mileycyrus #noahcyrus (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Defendant Convicted of Operating Large-Scale Opioid "Pill Mill" in Queens
FDA OCI, Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, opioid, pill mill, distribute, pills, illegal, controlled substances, India, money laundering, conspiracy, misbranded, Rx, drug, tramadol, drug trafficking, bribes, alprazolam, Velaudapillai Navaratnarajah, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - June 28, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Defendant Convicted of Operating Large-Scale Opioid " Pill Mill " in Queens
FDA OCI, Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, opioid, pill mill, distribute, pills, illegal, controlled substances, India, money laundering, conspiracy, misbranded, Rx, drug, tramadol, drug trafficking, bribes, alprazolam, Velaudapillai Navaratnarajah, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - June 28, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 -- Reacting to the nation ' s opioid epidemic, doctors in the United States are co-prescribing fewer opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines such as Ativan and Xanax, federal health officials report.
When these drugs are taken... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Fentanyl Tainted Pills Cause Drug Fatalities Among Youth to Soar
Teenagers and young adults are turning to Snapchat, TikTok and other social media apps to find Percocet, Xanax and other pills. The vast majority are laced with deadly doses of fentanyl, police say. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jan Hoffman Tags: your-feed-science Social Media Drug Abuse and Traffic Opioids and Opiates Mobile Applications Fentanyl Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Enforcement Administration Snap Inc Meta Platforms Inc your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Cerebral to stop prescribing most controlled substances
Cerebral is halting prescriptions such as Adderall and Xanax for current and new patients. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - May 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
A two-year evaluation of flualprazolam concentrations in Orange County drivers: effects on driving and field sobriety test performance - Manaloto FR, Meneses VM, Mata DC.
Starting in early 2017 flualprazolam was detected in toxicology and seized drug cases across the United States of America. Due to the addition of fluorine to alprazolam, flualprazolam's chemistry was enough to bypass targeted toxicology confirmations and i... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
What Euphoria Gets Right —and Wrong—About Teen Drug Use and Addiction
Euphoria—the most tweeted-about TV show of the decade in the U.S.—has thrust teenage drug use into the cultural spotlight. The HBO show follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett, a sweet but troubled teen played by Zendaya, as she navigates a deepening drug use disorder. It’s not pretty. Rue takes the powerful opioid fentanyl, injects morphine, and drags around a suitcase filled with thousands of dollars worth of drugs (a stash she can’t resist dipping into). Meanwhile, she rips apart her life: tearing through her house, ransacking strangers’ homes, and screaming at the people she loves the most.
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Source: TIME: Health - February 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Don ’t Look Up review – slapstick apocalypse according to DiCaprio and Lawrence
Adam McKay ’s laboured satire challenges political indifference to looming comet catastrophe but misses out on the comedyHaving long complained that movies aren ’t engaging with the most vital issue of our time – the climate crisis – it’s perhaps churlish of me not to be glad when one comes along that does exactly that. ButAdam McKay’s laboured, self-conscious and unrelaxed satire Don’t Look Up is like a 145-minute Saturday Night Live sketch with neither the brilliant comedy ofSuccession, which McKay co-produces, nor the seriousness that the subject might otherwise require. It is as if the sheer unthinkabilit...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Peter Bradshaw Tags: Film Comedy films Leonardo DiCaprio Jennifer Lawrence Don't Look Up Adam McKay Culture Astronomy Jonah Hill Meryl Streep Space Science Source Type: news
U.S. Overdose Deaths Topped 100,000 in One Year, Officials Say
(NEW YORK) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials say is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply.
Overdose deaths have been rising for more than two decades, accelerated in the past two years and, according to new data posted Wednesday, jumped nearly 30% in the latest year.
Experts believe the top drivers are the growing prevalence of deadly fentanyl in the illicit drug supply and the COVID-19 pandemic, which left many drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment or other support.
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Source: TIME: Health - November 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: MIKE STOBBE / AP Tags: Uncategorized Drugs healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Fatal ODs From Illicit Tranquilizers Jumped 6-Fold During Pandemic
THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 2021 -- Overdose deaths linked to illicit " designer " benzodiazepines have surged in the United States, as underground labs crank out new synthetic variations on prescription tranquilizers like Valium, Xanax and Ativan.
Overdose... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Florida Man Sentenced for Selling Counterfeit Drugs on the Dark Net
FDA OCI, Benjamin Burdick, Inverness FL, counterfeit, prescription drug, Rx, Xanax, flualprazolam, etizolam, adinazolam, microcrystalline cellulose, pill press, dark net, dark web, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - August 25, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
