Drugs make up overwhelming majority of Portland police’s bike squad activity Wheels squeal as officer David Baer wrenches his...
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US: Polysubstance Use, East-to-West Spread Observed With Xylazine in 100 Days After Emerging Threat Designation
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertInclusion in polysubstance use and a spread from the eastern half of the United States to the West—similar to...
Release of the UNODC 2023 Current NPS Report What is the UNODC Early Warning Advisory? Established in 2013 under...
US: Laws Based On Rapid Drug Tests Are Unscientific And Unfair (Law360)
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAre impending drug DUI laws scientifically justified, accurate, or fair? If you’re pulled over for a traffic violation in...
OR: Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertOregon has taken an unprecedented step in offering psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, to the public Psilocybin tea,...
IN: Para-flourofentanyl Found in Tippecanoe County for the First Time
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertPara-fluorofentanyl, also known as White China has made its way into Tippecanoe County for the first time ever. Para-flourofentanyl...
INT: UNODC: Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan expanding rapidly as heroin trade slows
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesMethamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries is surging Methamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries is surging, with...
CA: Bill decriminalizing personal use of psychedelics, magic mushrooms heads to Newsom’s desk
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertGov. Gavin Newsom has until October to sign the decriminalization of psychedelics into law California lawmakers approved a bill decriminalizing...
US: Emerging group of synthetic opioids may be more potent than fentanyl, study warns
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertA group of novel synthetic opioids emerging in illicit drugs in the United States may be more powerful than...
NY: Docs struggling for answers as flesh-rotting ‘zombie drug’ tranq grips NY
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertAccording to Victory Recovery Partners co-founder Dr. Paolo Coppola, tranq overdoses are harder to treat because Narcan doesn’t work...