#opioids — Public Fediverse posts

We were at the hospital again yesterday for @Tree. Another rough day. We made it home after a few hours in the ER and she is OK now, sleeping off the experience.

The hospital and ER were full so while we were there we had a range of people flow through the beds beside us. An older gentleman with heart problems, a drunk man with heart problems, and a young woman, quietly crying for hours, coming down after an opioid overdose, confused and scared and hopeless. Occasionally sharp and upset, but mostly just quietly crying, talking.

It is so sad the human suffering we have allowed our society to tolerate.

I am so grateful we have good people; doctors, nurses, care aids, clerks, attendants, paramedics, even kind security guards and police, taking care of people. And I am glad all this is done without concern for financial ability to pay.

I wish our system was better in so many ways, not least in the ways it could help Tree. But in other ways, it is very good, and doesn’t get credit for just how good it is. Most of that is down to the people within it.

Most people, especially detached from money or power, are good. This is reinforced for me everytime I go to the hospital and see the random strangers that are there for every conceivable reason.

They just want to be happy, be secure, be with family, be occupied, be healthy.

That’s what I see at the hospital. People wanting to be happier, and people trying to make that happen for them.

I hope one day that young lady finds the people she needs to help her stop crying.

#healthcare #hospitals #bcpoli #canada #opioids #drugs #fentanyl #canpoli

7-OH Users Are Stockpiling and Doing Reddit Detoxes to Prep for Ban

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/7-oh-users-brace-for-dea-ban/

Can anyone who even slightly cares help by including themselves in this public comment session?

https://www.regulations.gov/document/HHS-OASH-2026-0232-0001

DEA is trying again to ban kratom derived alkaloids (7-OH, MGM).

My partner and I rely upon these medications to function. We cannot access normal pain treatment due to histories of addiction due to our chronic pain being ignored by the medical industry. Ive already included myself. Linked below is a prompt for you to use.

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Deep, unending thanks to ANYONE who does this. If MGM/7-OH get(s) taken away, we will have nothing. Its the only opioid available to many.

#helpneeded #kratom #kratomindustry #opioids #opioidcrisis #Politics

State of Kentucky: AG’s Office Launches Tool Highlighting Local Investment in Combating Drug Crisis. “In July 2025, the Commission launched an online portal for local governments to report how settlement dollars are being used across Kentucky. Each community receiving funds must, under Kentucky law, report annually how much money they receive, what is spent, and what is being done with the […]

More US states push to ban kratom drink deemed ‘gas-station heroin’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/drink-kratom-bans #UsNews #UsHealthcare #Opioids #Alabama #Arkansas #Connecticut #Indiana #Louisiana #Tennessee #Vermont #Wisconsin

Antidepressants and antipsychotics could serve as alternatives to opioids, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/14/other-medications-opioids-alternatives-study #Opioids #OpioidsCrisis #UsNews #Medicine #Science #SanFrancisco #UsHealthcare #Health

Southern Maryland Chronicle: Maryland Launches Opioid Settlement Dashboard. “The interactive Prescription Opioid Settlement Dashboard provides a clear overview of funds the state has received and is expected to receive over the next decade-plus from legal settlements with prescription opioid manufacturers, distributors and retail pharmacies.”

From an article about addiction books (https://fivebooks.com/best-books/the-best-addiction-books-carl-erik-fisher) in https://fivebooks.com:

“But before Bruce [Alexander]’s studies, there was a long behaviourist tradition of putting rats in cages, and then you could very easily addict a rat to morphine by letting them press a lever. They would use it compulsively, in the sense that it crowded out other rewards, even food. But Bruce said, ‘That’s a little artificial. Rats don’t live in cages. Rats live out in the wild. So what if I built an enormous cage that had lots of toys, opportunities to socialize, opportunities to mate?’ He even painted little pine trees on the walls and put nice wood chips on the ground. And he found that it was impossible to addict rats to opioids under the traditional behavioural paradigm when there are alternative reinforcers available.”

This explains a lot about the world we live in. 🐀

#Rats #Addiction #Psychology #Opioids #WarOnDrugs #LifeQuality #FiveBooks

Three dead and 18 first responders sickened by apparent fentanyl exposure in New Mexico https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/23/three-dead-18-first-responders-sickened-fentanyl-new-mexico #NewMexico #Fentanyl #Drugs #Opioids #UsNews

Purdue Pharma to be dissolved as judge approves criminal sentence in opioid case https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/29/purdue-pharma-dissolved-replaced-opioid-settlement #Opioids #OpioidsCrisis #UsNews #UsHealthcare #Health #PharmaceuticalsIndustry

Codeine: why one person’s painkiller can be another person’s problem
#Health #Codeine #Opioids #PublicHealth #Medicine #Science #Healthcare #DrugSafety #AddictionAwareness #Policy #Pharmacology #PainManagement #PainRelief #HealthEducation #PainKillers
https://the-14.com/codeine-why-one-persons-painkiller-can-be-another-persons-problem/

TONIGHT at 8 p.m. ET! BINJ Live with Chris Faraone & Jason Pramas. This week, Chris discusses #opioids and Jason discusses #NoKings! On YouTube Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/8UrXzDikpkE?si=RCQCFpblcZfTaLgT #journalism

😹🧠 Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to stop laughing once you start?

While voluntary laughter is a controlled social tool, involuntary laughter is triggered by the amygdala and releases feel-good chemicals called endogenous #opioids – which explains why we are 30x more likely to laugh in a group than when we are alone.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/why-is-laughter-contagious/

💁🏻‍♀️✨ What is laughter? https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-laughter

#science #biology #brain #psychology #health #research #discovery #education #neuroscience

Two Iowans accused of lacing lasagna with drugs to cause woman’s miscarriage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/28/iowa-drug-laced-lasagna-pregnant-woman #Iowa #Opioids #UsCrime #UsNews

*Better not ask that about the existent Trumpistan health-care system. #antivax #opioids

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