Known on the street as “Sally,” the MDA drug is closely related to “Molly” or “Ecstasy,” the street names for MDMA. Some people refer to it as the “sass drug” or simply “sass” because it is made from safrole oil that comes from the sassafras plant and is considered a hallucinogen In December 2015, the […]
One of the most frequently asked questions by teens and young adults is “how long do drugs stay in your system?” Testing for the presence of illegal drugs in a person’s system has been around for quite some time now, and new technologies in drug screenings have made these tests nearly impossible to beat. Parents […]
The medication Gabapentin (Neurontin) is considered a safe, non-addictive alternative to opioid painkillers. Recently, though, law enforcement and health care professionals witnessed a spike in the number of arrests and hospital visits associated with gabapentin abuse and people only using it to get high. “We started hearing from pharmacists about people trying to get early […]
Most people are familiar with the term “substance abuse,” but many have never heard of “polysubstance abuse.” Until there’s a social consensus, it bears repeating that addiction is a complex and complicated disease of the brain. People develop the condition for a variety of different reasons, which makes plotting out an effective treatment approach a […]
Despite criticism from several members of its own advisory committee, and in the midst of a national epidemic of opioid overdoses, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in late 2018, approved a new opioid painkiller called Dsuvia. Originally developed by the Department of Defense (DOD) for use on the battlefield, the tablet is smaller than […]
The epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths might not be in the headlines as much as it used to be, but the crisis continues to ravage parts of the United States. A deadly new synthetic opioid called Isotonitazene has now been added to the mix and is showing up in the Midwest. The nation […]
It’s important to be aware of Oxycodone side effects and it’s potential to cause addiction. Even though the opioid epidemic is showing signs of slowing down, it still poses a major health issue in the United States. People affected by this are those who need opioids for pain management, and also others who use them […]
Research Chemicals (RCs) are generally psychoactive substances, sometimes referred to as synthetic drugs, designer drugs, or New Psychoactive Substances (NPS). These types of substances have gained the most traction among users who attend large music festivals and even some smaller club-type venues. Unfortunately, they are also popular with college and high school kids who don’t […]
If you thought that Italy was all about the food and culture, well, you’re only partially right. It’s also about new, potentially more potent strains of marijuana. A team of Italian researchers recently discovered two new cannabinoids, one of which, THCP (tetrahydrocannabiphorol), is thought to be around 30 times stronger than THC, the primary psychoactive […]
In keeping up the fight against the ongoing crisis of opioid addiction in the United States, researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University announced a new study about genetic testing for opioid addiction. The study will explore how people’s genetic makeup might indicate whether or not they’re predisposed to addiction. For the […]
