Jul 29, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder examined the genetic basis of opioid use disorder (OUD) in rats. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, used over 260 inbred rats from 15 strains that were allowed to...
Jul 25, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In recent years In the United States, the Southeast Asian plant Mitragyna speciosa, commercially known as “kratom” has been increasingly used by individuals seeking relief from chronic pain, anxiety, and symptoms of opioid withdrawal. While its use remains legal at...
Jul 17, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in July, Baltimore experienced a severe local crisis when 27 people in the Penn North neighbourhood were hospitalized after a mass drug overdose, with five people in critical condition. The overdoses are suspected to be caused by opioid-type drugs, which were...
Jul 8, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A recent CBC article authored by Naama Weingarten and Kate McGillivray examined Ontario’s lack of supervised inhalation sites despite a growing shift from injection to smoking among drug users. According to health experts, Ontario is far behind in protecting the...
Jul 3, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In recent months, US health authorities have increasingly voiced concerns over the drug tianeptine, commonly known as “gas station heroin” following a spike in its use and its associated health risks. Tianeptine is an unauthorised drug in the US, and has...
Jul 1, 2025 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to the results of a new scientific study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, women with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have lower levels of brain immune cells called microglia compared to women who do not have AUD. Moreover, the findings of the...
