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Are GLP-1 Drugs The New Face Of Addiction Treatment? 

Each year, 80,000 Americans die from drug overdoses. 178,000 die from excessive alcohol. A staggering 480,000 die from nicotine related illnesses. Yet medications to treat substance use disorders remain limited, under-utilized, and few and far between.    Now, emerging evidence and research suggest something new. GLP-1 drugs, developed for diabetes and also used for weight loss, seem to be working to treat addiction, and not just one specific substance, but rather, can target multiple substances addictions at a time. Could this be the breakthrough in addiction treatment that we’ve been waiting […]

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From Dentist Offices to Vape Shops: The Rise of Laughing Gas Abuse 

Once a mild anesthetic and kitchen tool, nitrous oxide has become a widely abused inhalant, now sold in gas stations, vape shops, and online. Often assumed to be a harmless, legal high, its misuse has been linked to emergency room visits, neurological injury, paralysis, and death.   What is nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas, galaxy gas, […]

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7-OH: The Dangerous Kratom Extract Alarming Health Officials 

7-OH is a potent extract of kratom leaf and has emerged as a contentious substance in the modern drug landscape. Its largely legal status and ease of access have led to its rise in popularity, with public health officials sounding the alarm about a potential overdose crisis.   Key Takeaways  7-OH (7-hydroxymitragynine) is not the same as kratom leaf. It is a chemically concentrated derivative that acts like a powerful opioid agonist and carries significantly higher risks.  Many products sold as “spiked” […]

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4 Out of 5 Samples Labeled as “Heroin” in Wisconsin Contain No Heroin 

Walk into the supermarket, and buy a package of say, pasta. What are you actually buying? Simple. It’s pasta. Consumers in the United States are accustomed to “what you see is what you get”. Strict label regulation and FDA oversight ensure that every batch of anything you’d get in the supermarket is simply what it […]