Horrifying images show how flesh-eating ‘zombie’ drug ‘mummifies’ addicts — and causes their limbs to drop off

We are seeing at the larger university hospitals around Philadelphia daily, if not weekly, these patients with these problems ...
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UCSF doctors warn: Abstinence-only approach to drug use can kill

A man suffering from long-term drug use who could only walk with extreme difficulty. Photo by Griffin Jones on July 8, 2023. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of ...
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Doctors warn about legal, but dangerous, drug hitting central Pennsylvania

The latest drug sending people to the emergency room is legal in Pennsylvania. It is called 7-OH, and it comes from a plant ...
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SF Is Moving Away From Harm Reduction in Its Drug Crackdown. Doctors Are Concerned

As San Francisco scales back some harm reduction programs amid the city’s crackdown on open-air drug markets, UCSF doctors are raising concerns and emphasizing the integral role that such public ...
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Doctor who helped supply Matthew Perry ketamine will plead guilty to drug charges

FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT. A CLOSER LOOK AT KETAMINE. THE DRUG IS AT THE CENTER OF A NEW CRIMINAL CASE FILED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT. IT CHARGES FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO DOCTORS, WITH GIVING ...
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Addiction doctor’s ‘sloppy’ practices led to 7 fatal overdoses in VA, feds say

An addiction specialist in Virginia regularly overprescribed opioids and hid evidence of his patients’ drug abuse, leading to the overdose deaths of at least seven people, federal prosecutors said.