Can Baltimore beat heroin with $580M?

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Researchers with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an arm of the National Institutes of Health, have ...

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The term “gas station heroin” encompasses the drug tianeptine and other 7-OH drugs with dangerous opioid-like effects, but which may be purchased (for now) at smoke shops, gas stations, and other ...

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In recent years, lawmakers have focused almost exclusively on stopping the flow of illicit fentanyl to combat the opioid overdose crisis. First appearing as a heroin additive in 2012, fentanyl largely ...

The Food and Drug Administration is urging Americans to avoid using products containing tianeptine, which has become known as “gas station heroin.” On Thursday, the FDA issued a warning reminding ...