The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently released stats showing Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates, by State, in the United States. Their analyses reveal that in 2018, 23 states and DC had drug overdose death rates that were higher than the national rate of 20.7 per 100,000. Except for Arizona and New Mexico, states with […]
Synthetic drugs are being discovered about once a week. It’s tough to keep up with all the trends. After all, which ones should you pay attention to when they come out? The best way to keep up with them is to look at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) quarterly analysis of synthetic drug trends. The […]
On Tuesday, the DEA issued a final order to increase the 2020 Aggregate Production Quotas for a variety of opioids, benzodiazepines and other drugs used to treat people with COVID-19 (coronavirus). The order increases the APQ by 15 percent for certain substances including fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, codeine, ephedrine, and pseudoephedrine, and certain controlled substance intermediates […]
