In January of this year the FDA announced that it was supporting the development, implementation, and evaluation of a human abuse potential study on the use of kratom. The FDA stated that “addressing the use of botanical Kratom is a priority as it works to characterize its abuse potential and subjective effects, given the absence of published literature and clinical …

Prevention, community involvement stressed as ways to address substance misuse and addiction HARLAN – There’s good news and bad news related to drugs and addiction, Van Ingram, Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy, told the nearly 200 people attending the third annual Harlan County Drug Summit on Thursday, January 11. The bad news, Ingram said, is …

A new study has found a potential new syndrome in babies whose mothers used fentanyl while they were pregnant. Doctors have identified 10 babies who were born with congenital abilities and whose mothers used fentanyl during pregnancy. Researchers identified key recognizable traits that the babies have in common, including small heads, genital abnormalities, cleft palates, and clubfoot among others. They …

A group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than fentanyl, 1,000 times more potent than morphine, and may even require more doses of the medication naloxone to reverse an overdose, a new study suggests. Nitazenes are a synthetic opioid, like fentanyl, although the two drugs are not structurally related. Nitazene …

This is called a Bump. It is supposed to be “a quick hit, turbo-charged energy booster”. The company clams “snorting Want A Bump is like flicking on a high-powered switch in your brain.” This product contains 40MG of Caffeine and 60MG of Inositol. Inositol is a sugar made in the body and found in foods. It can be found in …

According to an NBC news story, the US is in the 4th wave of the opioid epidemic. This 4th wave is because emergency personnel are seeing overdose deaths caused by the combination of stimulants mixed with Fentanyl with those stimulants being cocaine and meth. The overdoses increased more than 50x from 2010 to 2021, a study found from the journal …

Xylazine or “Tranq” is a non-opiate sedative, analgesic, and muscle relaxant only authorized in the UnitedStates for veterinary use according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It has been linked to an increasing number of overdose deaths nationwide in the evolving drug addiction and overdose crisis. Studies show people exposed to xylazine often knowingly or unknowingly used it in …

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