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Public health alert to the increased availability of cannabis products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
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Including previously reported cases, there are now at least 19 U.S. deaths associated with poppy seeds in the literature.
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The CDC and FDA have posted important information for consumers related to recent deaths and illnesses that could be linked to vaping.
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The U.S. Surgeon General has issued a warning about the potential health risks of marijuana use in adolescence and during pregnancy.
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The FDA has become aware that some people who use e-cigarettes have experienced seizures, with most reports involving youth or young adult users.
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An FDA warning statement on July 19, 2018 about numerous health emergencies, mostly in midwestern states, caused by consumption of synthetic cannabinoid products laced with brodifacoum, an anticoagulant (blood-thinning) compound commonly used in rat poison.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been conducting a nationwide effort to stop the sale of popular e-cigarette brands to youth, like JUUL, at brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers.
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Exposure to nicotine in children is especially dangerous and can result in serious harm or even death.
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State and local officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to products reportedly containing kratom.
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Betel quid usually includes a combination of the Areca nut (from the Areca catechu tree) and slaked lime (calcium hydroxide obtained by heating or harvesting sea shells or quarrying limestone) wrapped in a betel leaf.
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Health and safety agencies in Iowa have issued an advisory to warn Iowans of counterfeit pain pills containing dangerous synthetic opioids.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) issued a press release on June 27, 2017, stating its crime labs have identified two new fentanyl analogues, acrylfentanyl and tetrahydrofuran fentanyl, warning that both can be absorbed through the skin and are considered highly dangerous.
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The New York City Health Department is warning citizens who use cocaine that the potent opioid fentanyl has been implicated in a growing number of cocaine-involved overdose deaths.
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There have been two new alerts issued related to synthetic opioids. The Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area has issued an alert for a substance with the street name “Grey Death.” In addition, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is issuing a public safety alert regarding 17 deaths have been caused by the opioids U-47700 and/or furanyl fentanyl.
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Pink belongs to a family of deadly synthetic opioids far more potent than morphine.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued a nationwide warning to the public and law enforcement about human use of the potent animal opioid sedative carfentanil.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an alert about the increase in fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths in many parts of the country.
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Officials in the Cincinnati area (Cuyahoga County) have issued an alert about human use of the potent animal opioid sedative carfentanil, one of the strongest opioids on the market.
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On July 14, 2016, New York City health officials issued an advisory about an increase in adverse events and emergency department visits related to synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice).
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Misuse of loperamide has been reported since 2003; it is not common, but it has been reported all over the country. Nationwide, the number of calls to poison centers involving the intentional abuse or misuse of loperamide increased from 87 in 2010 to 190 in 2014.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that the United States is in the midst of a fentanyl crisis, as traffickers are flooding the drug market with counterfeit prescription drugs containing fentanyl, an extremely powerful opioid.
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A surge in overdose deaths related to fentanyl, an opioid 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin, has prompted Baltimore health officials to launch a public health campaign to raise awareness among drug users.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an alert after more than 160 patients were hospitalized following synthetic cannabinoid use in under two weeks in mid April, 2015.
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Use of a dangerous synthetic cathinone drug called alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PVP), popularly known as "Flakka," is surging in Florida and is also being reported in other parts of the country, according to news reports.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and related compounds (fentanyl analogues).
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Health officials in Indiana have announced a fast-spreading outbreak of new HIV cases in the southeastern portion of the state that are linked to injection drug abuse of the powerful prescription opioid painkiller Opana.
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Despite the similarity on the molecular level, these drugs are much more dangerous than marijuana, and have resulted in very serious health consequences including overdoses and aggressive or suicidal behavior in users.
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The death of an Ohio high school senior caused by an overdose of powdered caffeine has prompted the FDA to issue a safety advisory about caffeine powders.
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“Krokodil,” a toxic homemade opioid that has been used as a cheap heroin substitute in poor rural areas of Russia, has recently been featured in news reports alleging its appearance in parts of the United States.
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“N-bomb” refers to any of three closely related synthetic hallucinogens (25I-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25B-NBOMe) that are being sold as legal substitutes for LSD or mescaline.
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Drinking prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine mixed with soda was referenced frequently in some popular music beginning in the late 90s and has now become increasingly popular among...
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