Automated opioid delivery has reduced drug-related harms

A British Columbia program using biometric dispensers to supply pharmaceutical-grade opioids to patients with opioid use disorder has reduced drug-related harms and could potentially overcome barriers to other safer delivery strategies, an analysis found . Features that encouraged use of the biometric delivery platform included accessibility and choice of participants, lack of consequences for missed … Read more

After years of delay, DEA revokes drug distributor’s license over opioid crisis failures

The US Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after it ruled that it failed to report thousands of suspicious, high-volume orders to the hei… From JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press May 26, 2023, 9:10 AM ET 5 minute read … Read more