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most of the OPIOID lab results. not in other things.

We are seeing medetomidine in most of the lab results for Pittsburgh area.

Updated bags with usual warning that contents change all the time, so something that is listed here may be different than another bag with the same name. This is just posted as a way for people to see what's in the supply!

toxic reactions to local anesthetics, can include numbness, bradycardia, hypotension, lightheadedness, confusion, acute anxiety, respiratory depression, and seizures... when mixed with other drugs, may have more severe symptoms.

Local Anesthetics Adulterating the Illicit Fentanyl Supply This Viewpoint examines the use of local anesthetics to adulterate synthetic opioids, particularly illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and the dangers associated with exposure to these drugs.

We are also seeing lots of "caines" in the opioid supply. Procaine, lidocaine, tetracaine, all local anesthetics or numbing agents. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A new, powerful pet sedative in the opioid supply in Pennsylvania is sending patients to intensive care units Unlike the animal drug xylazine, medetomidine which is showing up in the illegal opioid supply does not seem to cause skin wounds, but it is sending people to emergency rooms across the state.

www.nextgenerationnewsroom.org/news/a-new-p...

90% of recent samples we've had tested that people, expected to be opioids contained medetomidine here in Pittsburgh. People are experiencing very heavy sedation. 1-2 doses for the fentanyl part of the OD should be enough. Once they're breathing, more naloxone won't help.

Overdose Response Amidst an Ever-Changing Drug Supply: Larry Anderson on medetomidine | Prevention Point Larry Anderson’s team

As Director of Prevention Services & Harm Reduction, Larry Anderson supervises the syringe service & overdose prevention programs. We spoke w/him about the latest & most prominent contaminant in the drug supply—medetomidine—& how it’s affecting his team’s crucial work. ppponline.org/blog/overdos...

New bags posting. Reminder that just because you have the same stamp, DOES not mean it has the came contents! Always carry naloxone.

Party Like It's 1995 | May 17th | The WBU Event Venue | Handstamp Prevention Point Pittsburgh (PPP) in turning 30 this year! Join us in celebrating all that we've accomplished since 1995. The past three decades have brought many challenges and just as many achievem...

If you bring in a donation of an unlocked phone with you on the 17th, you will be entered to win a special raffle basket. Get your tickets TODAY at bit.ly/PPP30th - we'll see you there!

Party Like It's 1995 | May 17th | The WBU Event Venue | Handstamp Prevention Point Pittsburgh (PPP) in turning 30 this year! Join us in celebrating all that we've accomplished since 1995. The past three decades have brought many challenges and just as many achievem...

The org that provides free phones/phone service can no longer afford to purchase devices with tariffs. They DO have SIM cards that can be used with any unlocked cell phone. Bringing your old phones means free service for someone in need.

Party Like It's 1995 | May 17th | The WBU Event Venue | Handstamp Prevention Point Pittsburgh (PPP) in turning 30 this year! Join us in celebrating all that we've accomplished since 1995. The past three decades have brought many challenges and just as many achievem...

If you bring in a donation of an unlocked phone with you on the 17th, you will be entered to win a special raffle basket. Get your tickets TODAY at bit.ly/PPP30th - we'll see you there!

Party Like It's 1995 | May 17th | The WBU Event Venue | Handstamp Prevention Point Pittsburgh (PPP) in turning 30 this year! Join us in celebrating all that we've accomplished since 1995. The past three decades have brought many challenges and just as many achievem...

The org that provides free phones/phone service can no longer afford to purchase devices with tariffs. They DO have SIM cards that can be used with any unlocked cell phone. Bringing your old phones means free service for someone in need.

Party Like It's 1995 | May 17th | The WBU Event Venue | Handstamp Prevention Point Pittsburgh (PPP) in turning 30 this year! Join us in celebrating all that we've accomplished since 1995. The past three decades have brought many challenges and just as many achievem...

Do you have unlocked, unused cell phones in working condition? Bring them with you to our 30th anniversary event on May 17th at the @wbu_pgh.

Prevention Point Pittsburgh is hiring a Coordinator for our Statewide Naloxone mailing project. For job description and application: jobs.nonprofittalent.com/job/1719586-...

Implementing a Mobile Clinic for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in an Urban and Rural Context - Orrin D. Ware, Divya Venkat, Mary Sligh, Aaron Arnold, Robyn Jordan, 2025 Different barriers inhibit access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), such as transportation limitations or reduced geographic proximity to providers...

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“I still can feel the sickness”: Withdrawal experiences of people on methadone maintenance treatment Opioid withdrawal is a regular occurrence for many people who use illicit opioids (PWUIO) involving acute physical and psychological pain. Yet, there …

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Methadone maintenance treatment is swapping one drug for another, and that's why it works: Towards a treatment-based critique of the war on drugs - PubMed The claim that methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is 'just swapping one drug for another' has typically been used to de-legitimize the treatment and attack those who use it. However, this commentar...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32653670/

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response Fentanyl overdoses occur from ingesting the synthetic opioid. But popular culture has misrepresented the risks to first responders.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

thehill.com/opinion/heal...

Prevention Point is turning 30!!! We all need a reason to celebrate!! Join us.

U.S. fentanyl deaths have been plunging. Enter Trump The U.S. has recorded a historic drop in overdose deaths. The Trump administration’s campaign to slash spending and reduce the federal workforce could reverse this fragile progress, public health experts say

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Latest bags list. Seeing increasing bags that have no fent or only trace amount. Also more mede, less xylazine. Reminder that a bag with the same stamp is not necessarily the same thing you see here.

Replication Study Refutes Naloxone "Moral Hazard" Paper The original study made headlines but was heavily criticized. "If you fix it, the result does not hold," says a researcher who reproduced it.

filtermag.org/naloxone-mor...

Pa. Senate passes bills to alert ICE of crimes, restrict bail options for some defendants The two Republican-backed bills focused on crime — one that would reduce the amount of discretion local judges have on bail decisions, and another that requires prosecutors to cooperate with federal i...

www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...

UCSF doctors warn: Abstinence-only approach to drug use can kill As San Francisco politicians increasingly embrace abstinence-first approaches to substance abuse, four UCSF doctors issued a note of caution.

A panel of UCSF doctors today issued a note of caution: Public health approaches to drug use that are abstinence-only, at the expense of strategies like harm reduction, can kill.

The warning comes as S.F. grapples w/how to treat addiction.

by @abineely.bsky.social

missionlocal.org/2025/03/ucsf...

The PA Harm Reduction Network is excited to announce that Syringe Services Program legislation has been introduced in the House!

Be a part of the movement that prioritizes compassion, evidence-based harm reduction, and the fundamental right to health and safety for all.

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