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Whippets and Laughing Gas: How Nitrous Oxide Damages Nerves, and Why a Normal B12 Test Can Miss It

Nitrous oxide feels harmless and legal. Here is how it disables vitamin B12, what the nerve damage looks like at home, and the two tests that catch it early.

Oct 31, 202615m

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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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Stimulant Overdose: Why Naloxone Doesn't Work and What Actually Saves a Life

Meth and cocaine overdoses kill by heat, heart and seizures, not slowed breathing. What families should do in the first ten minutes, and why 911 matters.

Oct 30, 202614m

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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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Brewer Bans Syringe Services as Lewiston Votes on a 20-Syringe Cap

Brewer banned syringe service programs outright, and Lewiston votes Nov. 3 on a 20-syringe daily cap and a mobile-unit ban. What Maine's own data shows.

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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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Why Kidneys Fail After an Overdose: Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Kidney Injury, and What Families Can Do

Kidney injury complicates roughly one in three overdose hospitalizations. What rhabdomyolysis does, what the ICU watches, and how families protect recovery.

Oct 27, 202613m

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Smoking and Vaping in Recovery: Why Tobacco Belongs in Addiction Treatment

Tobacco kills more people after addiction treatment than alcohol does. What the evidence says about quitting smoking in recovery, and how families can help.

Oct 25, 202613m

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Clark County Overdose Deaths Fall 30% as Naloxone Effort Hits Its Saturation Goal

Clark County overdose deaths among residents fell 30% in the first half of 2026, and fentanyl deaths fell 37%. Here is what changed, and what has not.

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