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Candy-Shaped Meth in New Jersey: What the Halloween Warning Really Means

New Jersey police warned that candy-shaped meth tablets are circulating. What the warning means for parents, and what to do if a child swallows a pill.

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A Vape Liquid Called 'CEB' Is Circulating in South Mississippi. It Isn't an Opioid, and Naloxone Won't Reverse It

A Mississippi sheriff's office is warning about MDMB-4en-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid sold as 'CEB.' Here is what it does and what to do in an emergency.

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Dane County Alert: Overdoses Reported as Cocaine Use Showed Opioid Symptoms

Dane County issued an overdose spike alert after five EMS overdose calls in under 24 hours. Several reported cocaine use, but symptoms were opioid-like.

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Minnesota's Opioid Deaths Fell for a Third Year. Total Overdose Deaths Still Rose.

Minnesota opioid deaths fell again in 2025, to 671. Total overdose deaths rose 3% as stimulants spread, and a new state alert system went live Oct. 1.

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Louisiana Puts Three Synthetic Kratom Opioids on Schedule I, and Retail Sales Stop Nov. 16

Louisiana's health department added three synthetic kratom opioids to Schedule I by emergency rule, and a stop order bars their retail sale from Nov. 16.

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First MGM-15 Death in San Francisco: the 'Cat's Claw' Supplement That Contains an Opioid

San Francisco confirmed its first fatal overdose from MGM-15, a kratom-derived opioid sold as 'cat's claw' in smoke shops and gas stations. What to know.

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Michigan's Prison Overdoses Rose Nearly Tenfold in a Decade. Drug-Soaked Paper Is the Main Route In.

Michigan prisons logged 396 drug overdoses in 2025, up from 41 a decade earlier. Synthetic cannabinoids sprayed on paper are now the main contraband route.

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Los Angeles County Confirms Its First Cychlorphine Death — What Residents Need to Know

Los Angeles County confirmed its first fatal cychlorphine death. Why fentanyl strips miss this potent opioid, and where residents can get testing and naloxone.

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Robeson County Overdose Spike: Sheriff Warns of a Stronger Supply as Fluorofentanyl Spreads

Four suspected overdose deaths in one week in Robeson County, North Carolina, and a sheriff's warning about a fentanyl analogue that routine tests miss.

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