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Yesterday — 15 December 2025Main stream

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

15 December 2025 at 19:59
Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

© Hannah Yoon for The New York Times

The Temple University Hospital emergency entrance.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit

12 December 2025 at 18:01
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.

© Mohamed Sadek for The New York Times

Addiction experts, who studied hundreds of clinical trials, guidelines and surveys conducted over 15 years, found a gulf between how the public perceives cannabis and what gold-standard science shows.
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