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Associate Professor Ganesh Thakur conducts research with Sumanta Garai, left, and Peter Schaffer in 140 The Fenway Center on Oct. 2, 2018. Thakur is developing pain medications that are safe and effective alternatives to opioids. These potential medications are a new class of compounds, harnessing cannabis-like effects without the cognitive or mood changes of marijuana. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

In search of a drug to stop the opioid epidemic

Ganesh Thakur, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has created a chemical compound that could enhance the body’s own ability to relieve pain well enough to replace opioids, without putting patients at risk of becoming addicted.

by Laura Castañón and Lia Petronio December 5, 2018

Can the opioid crisis be fixed?

Top minds in drug abuse research converged at Northeastern last week to bring their best science to bear on the national opioid crisis, a public health emergency that has led to the death of tens of thousands of people with no definitive signs of a fix on the horizon.

by Christine Regan Davi - contributor August 3, 2018

November 19, 2012 - Leo Beletsky is an Assistant Professor of Law and Health Sciences in the School of Law and the Bouve College of Health Sciences.

3Qs: How to overcome the global drug problem

The United Nations General Assembly recently convened a special session on drugs, marking its first meeting on the topic since 1998. We asked Northeastern drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, who spoke at one of the session’s side events, to reflect on the historic meeting and the future of drug policy reform.

by Jason Kornwitz April 26, 2016

“When police show up to the scene of an overdose,

Legal experts: law enforcement officers should be authorized to administer overdose antidote

Opioid overdose kills some 25,000 people per year in the U.S—or 68 people per day. One way to reduce the nation’s number of opioid-related deaths, says Northeastern drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, is to equip police with naloxone, the opioid antagonist.

by Jason Kornwitz June 15, 2015

In search of a drug to stop the opioid epidemic

Can the opioid crisis be fixed?

3Qs: How to overcome the global drug problem

Legal experts: law enforcement officers should be authorized to administer overdose antidote

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