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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Penn State: New website shows how opioid settlement funds are helping Pennsylvanians. “Researchers at Penn State previously aided the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in determining how to allocate the funds. Now, the team — along with colleagues at Temple University and the University of Pittsburgh — has published a new website that provides detailed, county-level information about how the […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/12/penn-state-new-website-shows-how-opioid-settlement-funds-are-helping-pennsylvanians/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/12/penn-state-new-website-shows-how-opioid-settlement-funds-are-helping-pennsylvanians/</a></p>
KUOW (bot)<p>More than 100 local governments in Washington are now eligible to claim their share of $122.2 million in settlements with Purdue Pharma and eight generic opioid manufacturers, the Washington state attorney general’s office said Monday.<br><a href="https://www.kuow.org/stories/another-122m-from-opioid-settlements-now-available-to-washington" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kuow.org/stories/another-122m-</span><span class="invisible">from-opioid-settlements-now-available-to-washington</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/KUOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KUOW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/Opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opioids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gruezi.net/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/supportive-housing-first-homelessness-opioid-use-public-health-cost" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.stanford.edu/stories/2025</span><span class="invisible">/06/supportive-housing-first-homelessness-opioid-use-public-health-cost</span></a> “You also save a bunch of lives, first from having fewer people who are addicted, and then also because people who are homeless have a much higher mortality rate” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/HousingFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HousingFirst</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidCrisis</span></a></p>
Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OpioidCrisis" target="_blank">#OpioidCrisis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SchoolShootings" target="_blank">#SchoolShootings</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SuicideDeaths" target="_blank">#SuicideDeaths</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Anxiety" target="_blank">#Anxiety</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Depression" target="_blank">#Depression</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BehavioralHealthCrisis" target="_blank">#BehavioralHealthCrisis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PoliticalCrisis" target="_blank">#PoliticalCrisis</a> all manifestations of our underlying <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CausalityCrisis" target="_blank">#CausalityCrisis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EnergyNetworkScience" target="_blank">#EnergyNetworkScience</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OnePlanet" target="_blank">#OnePlanet</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OneWorld" target="_blank">#OneWorld</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OneSociety" target="_blank">#OneSociety</a></p>

Route Fifty: South Carolina database makes addiction treatment measurement accessible. “A new website, created by the South Carolina Center of Excellence in Addiction, makes it easier for state and local leaders, health care providers, researchers, and citizens to understand how well opioid use disorder treatment is working in their communities. The website provides an example of how states […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/route-fifty-south-carolina-database-makes-addiction-treatment-measurement-accessible/

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And yes, #Fentanyl is so dangerous, even most #Darknet #Markets and #Forums ban that shit for that reason alone and #dealers started to offer free Test Kits to check for it in their merchandise.

  • Cuz it's one thing to draw attention for a #VictimlessCrime but having an actual body count escalates things very quickly, cuz then it's not a "narcotics" but a "murder" division taking on the cases!

OFC, this is due to the #OpioidCrisis started with #Oxycontin / #Oxycodon and #criminalization isn't helping anyone.

🚨 Must-read from March 2025: Grünenthal marketed its opioid tapentadol as a “safer” painkiller, but global addiction rates tell a different story. Investigative report by @theexamination reveals the real risks. Stay informed! 👉 theexamination.org/articles/gr #OpioidCrisis #HealthNews #PharmaEthics 💊🌍 #oldnewz

www.theexamination.org · Grünenthal pushed its latest opioid as a safer option. People around the world got hooked.By Hristio Boytchev

Adam Zivo: B.C.'s lenient drug policies haven't helped opioid crisis
nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-

"A new peer-reviewed study has found that British Columbia’s “safer supply” policy was associated with a statistically significant increase in opioid hospitalizations with no reduction in deaths."

#drugs #OpioidCrisis #BC #bcpoli
#CanPol #cdnpoli #elxn45
#NationalPost

nationalpostAdam Zivo: Surprise, B.C.'s lenient drug policies haven't helped opioid crisisNew study showing safer supply associated with increased hospitalizations vindicates critics