Drugism Dispatch #13
Naloxone available in California, Trump attacks naloxone for first responders, study finds placebo effect activates opioid receptors, Oregon cannabis labor case, new LSD analog, + more...
Crucial FDA drug reviews expected to be slowed by job cuts STAT, Apr 10
French prisons hit by wave of attacks after clampdown on drug traffickers The Guardian, Apr 15
Newsom makes $24 generic Narcan available to all Californians Los Angeles Times, Apr 21
Trump looks to end $56 million grant to give Narcan to first responders to help save lives during an overdose Independent, Apr 25
Scientists tweaked LSD’s molecular structure and created a wild new brain drug Futurism, May 17
Federal judge strikes down Oregon pot labor law as unconstitutional The Oregonian, May 20
The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin Wired, May 22
New antidepressant warning - the longer pills are taken the bigger the risk of often-overlooked condition Daily Mail, May 22
US approves China-invented painkiller that could reduce fentanyl overdoses South China Morning Post, May 23
Placebo Triggers Brain’s Opioid System to Relieve Pain Neuroscience News, May 24
“Only the people can save the people”: As Trump guts harm reduction programs, activists fight back Salon, May 24
