Bytes Europe<p>Mississippi Restricts Kratom Sales After Health Leaders’ Pleas <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1201375/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1201375/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AndrewYockey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewYockey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConsueloWalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConsueloWalley</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DanielEdney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielEdney</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HomeFeatured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeFeatured</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JenniferBryan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JenniferBryan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JoeyFillingane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeyFillingane</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JonesCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JonesCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/kratom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kratom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LafayetteCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LafayetteCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LamarCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LamarCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LeeYancey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeeYancey</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LowndesCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowndesCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MadisonCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadisonCounty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MSLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSLeg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MSLeg2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSLeg2025</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Oxford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oxford</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Purvis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Purvis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ridgeland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ridgeland</span></a></p>
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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2243784/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2243784/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ‘We are pioneers, in a bad way’: Nitazenes triple Estonian drug overdose deaths | News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DrugOverdoseDeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugOverdoseDeaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DrugSmuggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugSmuggling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Eesti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eesti</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>estonia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>latvia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MTA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/narcotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narcotics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nitazenes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nitazenes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opioids</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Uudised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uudised</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> also took Ecstasy & psychedelic mushrooms at private gatherings across the United States & in at least one other country, according to those who attended the events.</p><p>… The drug has psychedelic properties & can cause dissociation from reality. Chronic use can lead to addiction and problems with bladder pain and control.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>If you’ve used too much <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a>, you can’t really get work done, & I have a lot of work,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> said.</p><p>He had actually developed a far more serious habit, NYT found.</p><p>Musk had been using ketamine often, sometimes daily, & mixing it with other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a>, according to people familiar with his consumption. The line between medical use & recreation was blurry, troubling some people close to him.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> has a history of recreational <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugUse</span></a>, WSJ reported last year. Some board members at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> …have worried about his use of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a>, including Ambien, a sleep medication.<br>[Drug use is one thing, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a> is another]</p><p>In an interview in March 2024, the journalist Don Lemon pressed him on his drug use. Musk said he took only “a small amount” of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a>, about once every two weeks, as a prescribed treatment for *negative moods*.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a></p>
Flipboard Culture Desk<p>In late 2020, voters in Oregon overwhelmingly passed the most liberal drug law in the U.S., decriminalizing possession of small amounts of hard drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. Instead of jail time, Ballot Measure 110 aimed to expand addiction treatment services. In the end, the timing could not have been worse. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RollingStone</span></a></span> describes what happened in the state’s biggest city, Portland, and its ensuing attempts to find a balance between care and coercion: </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/FpEk5K" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/FpEk5K</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portland</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Addiction</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Rehab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rehab</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> Starship <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rocket</span></a> Breaksup & Disrupts Florida <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Airports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Airports</span></a></p><p>But sure yeah put this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialK</span></a> Presidential Adviser in charge of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirTrafficControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirTrafficControl</span></a> for airplanes & sure, throw in space <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> too.</p><p>Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a>, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/science/spacex-starship-launch.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DF139D51-2C7B-4A6C-869B-58A7D2104A63" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/06/science</span><span class="invisible">/spacex-starship-launch.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=DF139D51-2C7B-4A6C-869B-58A7D2104A63</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Health<p>What is the TikTok’s ‘Paracetamol challenge’ that has Europe nervous <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/what-is-the-tiktoks-paracetamol-challenge-that-has-europe-nervous/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/health-co</span><span class="invisible">nsumers/news/what-is-the-tiktoks-paracetamol-challenge-that-has-europe-nervous/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Belgium</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Commission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Commission</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/drugabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drugabuse</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>By classifying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abortion</span></a> pills <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mifepristone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mifepristone</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misoprostol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misoprostol</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ScheduleIVDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScheduleIVDrugs</span></a> —a category of medicines w/potential for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugDependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugDependence</span></a> ( <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> ) that includes Ambien, Valium, Xanax, & others— lawmakers in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> say they aim to curb the *illicit distribution* of the drugs. But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a> does not consider the 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medications</span></a> to have any potential for abuse or dependence, & yrs of research overwhelmingly show both pills to be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safe</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a></p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Scientists have identified the reward pathway that disrupts our natural desire for life-sustaining needs like food and water when drugs like cocaine and morphine enter the system. Science Alert explains: <a href="https://flip.it/3dOz_0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/3dOz_0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brain</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DrugAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugAbuse</span></a></p>
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