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Colorado Adds $3.5 Million to Free Naloxone, Extending It Through 2028

Colorado's attorney general is adding $3.5 million in opioid settlement money to the state fund that gave away 364,072 free naloxone doses last year alone.

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Home Drug Testing: What the Kits Actually Detect, What They Miss, and When to Use One

What home drug tests really detect, how long drugs stay in urine, hair, and saliva, why false positives happen, and when testing helps rather than backfires.

Oct 21, 202614m

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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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How to Read Your County's Overdose Data — and What the Numbers Can't Tell You

Anyone can open the federal overdose data behind the headlines. Here is how the four-month lag works, why some counties are hidden, and how to read a trend.

Oct 16, 202614m

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Bernalillo County Declares a Fentanyl Emergency as New Mexico's Overdose Deaths Climb

Commissioners voted 5-0 to declare a civil emergency, handing the county manager emergency powers as New Mexico's overdose deaths rise and the U.S. total falls.

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Take Back Day Is October 24: What to Do With the Pills in Your Medicine Cabinet

DEA's 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. Where to drop off unused opioids — and what to do the other 364 days a year.

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When Your Loved One Is Homeless and Using Drugs: A Family Guide to Engagement, Harm Reduction, and Housing

Your adult child is sleeping outside and using drugs. What the federal data says, what Housing First actually requires, and the steps that help this week.

Oct 15, 202614m

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