Tag: Drug overdose
How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now...
William Garriott, Drake University
Rural America has long suffered from an epidemic of methamphetamine use, which accounts for thousands...
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
What is xylazine? A medical toxicologist explains how it increases overdose...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about...
Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the...
Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina
Taking oxycodone at the same time as certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),...
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge...
Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School
Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax...
The comeback and dangers of the drug GHB
Joseph Palamar, New York University Langone Medical Center
A highly potent drug called GHB is making a comeback in nightlife scenes, along with overdoses...
The opioid epidemic is finally a national emergency – eight years...
Erin Winstanley, West Virginia University
“It has been many long, hard, agonizing battles for the last few years and you fought like a warrior every...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
