A federal law signed last year caps hemp products at 0.4 mg of total THC per container, and most of it starts December 11, 2026. Most THC drinks are 5 to 25 times over. If you swapped beer for THC seltzers, here’s what changes and how to keep your drinking down.
Opioid addiction diagnoses rose 33% among people with private insurance from 2022 to 2025, and the biggest group is 41 to 50. Here is what FAIR Health’s new data shows, what it means in Texas, and how treatment fits around a job.
The DEA’s July plan to ban 7-OH never took effect. On October 9, the Justice Department announced a new rule with a new limit, and the earliest it can start is November 13. Here is what changed, what it means in Texas, and what to do if you use 7-OH every day.
A new study in the journal Addiction found 1 in 9 adults over 65 who use cannabis meet the criteria for cannabis use disorder. Most cases are mild. Here are the tells families can see, and what to do.
A veterinary sedative is now riding along with fentanyl. Narcan restores breathing but not the sedation, and the withdrawal can put people in the ICU. What to do — and what comes after the hospital.
Texas began enforcing its delta-8 ban July 31. For daily users, withdrawal is real, temporary, and mostly over in three weeks. Here is the timeline and who should get help.
Most 7-OH dependence is treated on an outpatient basis while people keep working. What the assessment involves, how tapering really works, what medication does, and what insurance covers.
U.S. overdose deaths fell 12.1% to about 68,641. That does not mean fewer people are addicted. What the numbers really say, and the 7-day rule after any overdose reversal.
7-OH acts on the same receptors as morphine, so stopping produces opioid-type withdrawal. The real timeline, the red flags that need a doctor, and the three ways off compared honestly.
By Danny Andino, CEO, Arise Recovery Centers · Clinically reviewed by Nicholas Overbeck, LPC-S, LCDC Update, October 2026: The federal ban described below never took effect. On October 9, the DEA withdrew its July notice and started over with a new limit, and the earliest the new ban can take effect is November 13, 2026. Here is what changed and what it means if you use 7-OH. There’s a product that’s been sitting next to the energy shots at gas stations and smoke shops all over Texas — shiny packets of tablets and gummies with names most parents have never
