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Study Finds U.S. Nitrous Oxide Deaths Up 578% as Experts Call for Oversight

Widespread sale of flavored canisters outside robust federal rules has allowed recreational misuse to outpace safety alerts

FDA Urges DEA to Classify Potent Kratom-Derived Opioid as Schedule I Drug

MTA Greenlights Limited Alcohol Ads After Seven-Year Ban

Study Finds Advanced Liver Scarring More Than Doubles Among Heavy Drinkers

Brentwood Police Appeal for Witnesses as DUI-Suspected Driver Held After Fatal Motorcycle Crash

Sacramento Police Launch Friday Night DUI Checkpoint to Combat Impaired Driving

American Heavy Drinkers Face Double the Risk of Severe Liver Disease Over Two Decades

Wearable Tattoo Sticker Nears Market to Spot GHB in Drinks Instantly

Coroner Rules Phillip Reeder’s Death a Homicide as Prosecutor Declines Charges

Penn North Sees New Overdoses as Officials Probe Dangerous Fentanyl Batch

San Jose Drug Dealer and Father Facing Murder Charges in Infants’ Fentanyl Deaths

Trump Signs HALT Fentanyl Act to Permanently Classify Analogs as Schedule I

Low-Income Canadians Prescribed Three Times More Opioids Than Wealthier Counterparts

Stimulant Co-Use Now Saturates North America’s Opioid Crisis

Massachusetts Rep. John Lawn Pleads Not Guilty to DUI and Hit-and-Run Charges

DEA Seizures Set to Double as Cartels Flood U.S. with Fake Meth Pills

Tara Moore’s Four-Year Ban Reinstated by Court of Arbitration for Sport

27 Hospitalized in Penn-North Overdose Incident, No Fatalities Reported

Eight Opioid Manufacturers Settle for $720 Million with Marketing Bans

B.C. Launches Working Group to Strengthen Safety in Supportive Housing