The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration tracks drug and alcohol use in every state. Each year the...
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A Middle Tennessee vape shop is accused of selling a man chocolate that caused him to hurt himself severely....
UT: ‘Compounded’ weight-loss drugs are a growing problem for state regulators
/ California, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, USA, Utah, West VirginiaCompounding pharmacies are allowed to make a medication that’s essentially a copy of a commercially available drug if its...
Tennessee students are now allowed to equip themselves with a lifesaving tool while in school in the fight against...
Bill to allow possible importation of Canadian prescription drugs to Tennessee fails
/ Tennessee, USASen. London Lamar, D-Memphis, and Rep. Larry Miller, D-Memphis, introduced the bill on Jan. 22 and 23, respectively. A...
Tennessee lawmaker files bill to import medicine from Canada to cut taxpayers’ cost
/ Tennessee, USAA Tennessee lawmakerhas filed legislation that would establish a Canadian drug importation program in Tennessee. Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis,...
TN: Nashville lab ramps up xylazine testing increasingly detected in drug overdoses
/ Tennessee, USAIt’s an animal tranquilizer now being found in illicit drugs. “Xylazine is a veterinary sedative or a veterinary tranquilizer,”...
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Southwestern Pennsylvania counties are making sure overdose prevention drugs are everywhere
In Pennsylvania, USAJanuary 24, 2025MI: Munson Healthcare installs Narcan distribution boxes
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