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The FDA has announced it is developing a draft industry guidance titled “Action Levels for Opiate Alkaloids on Poppy Seeds” as part of its 2025 Human Foods Program Guidance Agenda. The ...

Paul Stephenson died from acute cardiorespiratory failure caused by mixed drug toxicity two days after his release from ...

Opioids accounted for about 82,000 U.S. deaths in 2022, ten times the number in 1999, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.