🚨 ICYMI - #Opioids prescribing webinar recording featuring pharmacologist Dr. David Juurlink

💊 What have we learned about #prescribing?
💊 How should we treat pain when opioids overdoses have become an intractable epidemic?
👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr46...

#pain #MedEd #medsafety #deprescribing

#Tor #Onion #Drugs #Medication #Scam #Harmreduction #Opiates #Opioids #Painkellers #Fail

🌿 Results from this 10-year study add to the growing and compelling body of data indicating that cannabis is a clinically meaningful, opioid-sparing option for those with treatment-resistant pain.

🔗 Read more: norml.org/blog/2026/09...

#NORML #cannabis #marijuana #opioids #chronicpain

"Researchers reported that both medical cannabis access laws and adult-use laws are associated with reductions in opioid prescriptions among veterans diagnosed with chronic pain."
#MedicalMarijuana #MedicalCannabis #Marijuana #Cannabis #Veterans #Pain #ChronicPain #Opioids #Legalization #LegalizeIt

I learned, in this piece, that people are dying from medetomidine withdrawal, which doesn't count as an #overdose and for which there's no diagnostic code. #addiction #opioids
www.whatsitlike.me/improvising-...

THE NALOXONE MYTH

Ask patients what the naloxone in Suboxone does, and you'll often hear it keeps me safe or it protects me from overdose

Neither is true

www.youtube.com/shorts/CJb08...

#MentalWellness #mentalhealth #addiction #opioids #addictionmedicine #psychiatry #doctor

Supplement reverses damage in #rats exposed to #opioids before #birth 🧠

A #dietary supplement partially reversed #brain and #behavioural effects of prenatal #opioid exposure in #rats, UNSW #researchers found.

Learn more: 🔗 www.eara.eu/news/supplem...

#AnimalResearch #OpioidCrisis #GutHealth

📣 New Podcast! "The Battle Over Kratom Regulation" on @Spreaker #addiction #alkaloids #detox #fda #health #herbal #kratom #legislation #mitragynine #opioids #pain #pharmacology #policy #recovery #regulation #safety #science #supplements #therapy #wellness

This policy paper explains the impact of opioid use disorders in correctional facilities, why medication is an essential treatment tool, the actual availability of MOUD, and implications for policymakers who want to improve outcomes/access. #harmreduction #opioids
www.rstreet.org/research/cus...

"Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who used marijuana reported symptom relief, improved daily functioning and reduced opioid analgesic use, survey results showed."
#MedicalMarijuana #MedicalCannabis #Marijuana #Cannabis #IBD #Symptoms #Pain #ChronicPain #PainRelief #Anxiety #Nausea #Opioids

Chadwick Boseman's Family Questioned Widow About His Opioid Levels At Time of Death #ChadwickBoseman #Opioids #FamilyDrama #MentalHealth #CelebrityNews

How can emergency room physicians and other clinicians address the severe withdrawal seen with medetomidine?

#addiction #opioids #fentanyl #substanceuse

#books #booklist #bookstagram #booktalk #booktok #greatbooks #greatbooksguide #recommendedreading #OpioidAwarenessDay #opioids #MalcolmGladwell

#Research shows #opioids increasing risk of traffic fatalities. Time to update #DUI/DWI programs. "Opioids in Cars" https://wp.me/pbpdx5-bw7

40%+ of #American #Men #Gamble online, #betting on #sports, 50%+ of young men do so? Most every day.

Designed to #addict, run to destroy wealth, more than half of #DraftKings & #FanDuel revenues come from 2.2% of all players.

This is an #epidemic that will destroy more than the #opioids ever did.

"Using medical marijuana helps people who suffer from lower pain significantly reduce their opioid use as well as experience lower pain intensity and functional disability, according to a new study that involved hundreds of patients."
#MedicalMarijuana #MedicalCannabis #Pain #BackPain #Opioids

There are more than 100 types of opioids.

Know which are the strongest and carry the highest risk of addiction.

#Opioids #OpioidAddiction #PrescriptionOpioids

Learn More:
https://buenavistarecovery.com/blog/opioid-strength-chart-from-weakest-to-strongest/

Yet another study showing that access to Supervised Consumption Services reduces the rate of people injecting drugs in public spaces. #harmreduction #opioids #addiction
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Needle exchanges make more sense to policymakers as #heroin replaces #prescription #opioids. "#HIV Mini-Epidemic" http://wp.me/pbpdx5-aoZ