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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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Bernalillo County Votes to Run Jail Health Care Itself, With Addiction Treatment Inside the Scope

Commissioners picked a county-led model for care at the Metropolitan Detention Center, naming substance use treatment, peer support and re-entry as services.

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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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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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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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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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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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