San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has proposed his first major law since taking office. It aims to address the city's worsening fentanyl crisis. The "Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinance," unveiled last Wednesday, aims to speed up responses to the city's growing public health and safety issues. It seeks to cut through red tape and
Kratom Abuse and Addiction - A Rising Legal Issue Kratom, better known as Mitragyna, is a tropical plant native to Southeast Asia. It has been used for centuries in traditional medicine and cultural practices. However, in recent years it has gained popularity in the Western world as an alternative to opioid withdrawal management and even
Young people have been overdosing on fentanyl-tainted drugs much more frequently since the onset of the pandemic. In 2021 alone, 1500 young people under the age of 20 died from drug overdoses, with all those deaths involving fentanyl. Many of these youths wanted to buy drugs they believed to be far less potent, such as
Opioid use disorder (OUD) among Veterans is a growing problem with far-reaching consequences. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) 2018 National Health Care Survey revealed that opioid abuse has been on the rise among veterans since 2011, with an estimated one in six now battling OUD. Opioids being abused include: This alarming jump in
