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05/18/2018

Pilot project's initial results show fentanyl, other substances found in Vancouver street drugs - https://t.co/8V6BlhuwR0

New data from a drug-checking program show that more than 60 per cent of the substances tested at two supervised consumption sites between November and April didn’t contain any of the drug that people had expected

04/20/2018

Antidepressants and Withdrawal: Readers Tell Their Stories

Nearly 9,000 readers wrote to The Times to talk about their use of antidepressants. Here’s what we learned.

04/20/2018

F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy

Epidiolex was developed to treat two rare and devastating forms of the disease. It contains a chemical compound found in ma*****na but not the one that makes people high.

04/08/2018

Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

Long-term use of the medications is surging in the United States, according to an analysis by The Times. One reason: withdrawal symptoms that make it difficult to stop.

12/22/2017

Opioid Deaths Are Spreading Rapidly Into Black America https://t.co/99OFEnBgnj via

As fentanyls enter the illegal drug supply in more places, overdose deaths rise, helping cause the first consecutive drop in U.S. life expectancy in half a century.

11/16/2017

Addiction experts are in wide agreement on the most effective way to help opioid addicts: Medication-assisted treatment. But most inpatient rehab facilities in the U.S. don’t offer this option. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports on why the medication option is controversial, and in many places, hard to com...

11/16/2017

The Way to Save Opioid Addicts | Moving Upstream https://t.co/t41xA3rPn5 via

Addiction experts are in wide agreement on the most effective way to help opioid addicts: Medication-assisted treatment. But most inpatient rehab facilities in the U.S. don’t offer this option. WSJ’s Jason Bellini reports on why the medication option is controversial, and in many places, hard to com...

09/24/2017

How to Win a War on Drugs https://t.co/t8skzzIYna

Portugal treats addiction as a disease, not a crime.