NKY organizations combating drug abuse, helping those in recovery receive grant money

2025/03/28 By: Sam Harasimowicz (https://www.wcpo.com/sam-harasimowicz) Photo by: Shutterstock A study finds that despite the ability of medication-assisted treatment drugs like methadone and buprenorphine to save the lives of people who've ...

These women say smoking weed makes them better moms

By Sabrina Clay and Meena Duerson, CNN Published 6:00 AM EDT, Tue March 25, 2025 St. Charles, MissouriCNN — On a recent Sunday in suburban St. Louis, some 50 women gather in an unassuming event space for a festive ...

UCLA discovers first stroke rehabilitation drug to reestablish brain connections in mice

UCLA Health March 20, 2025 An AI-illustration of synapses firing in the brain Adobe Firefly/AI generated Key takeaways UCLA researchers identified a loss of brain connections that stroke produces that are remote from the site of the ...

Advancing reduction of drug use as an endpoint in addiction treatment trials

March 18, 2025 By Dr. Nora Volkow This blog was also published in the SolStock (https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=SolStock) For many people trying to recover from a substance use disorder, perhaps for the ...

ASI Senator fights against drug addiction with new resolution

Associated Students Inc. Senator Quinn Bentley created a resolution advocating for federal, state and local officials to help provide resources to programs fighting substance abuse in the US. He named the resolution after his friend, ...

UCSF research: meth use rampant among California's homeless, treatment elusive for many

by CORY SMITH | The National News Desk Updated Fri, March 14th 2025 FILE - Drug addicts smoke fentanyl next to piles of trash in an alley in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (TNND) — A recent study from ...

Drug traffickers running routes through war zones, top UN official warns

10 March 2025 Law and Crime Prevention (https://news.un.org/en/news/topic/law-and-crime-prevention) “Today, the illicit drug market is becoming more unpredictable, driven by the impact of synthetic drugs,” Ghada Waly, ...

France to send 200 drug traffickers to 'completely hermetic' prisons

Copyright AP Photo By Estelle Nilsson-Julien (https://twitter.com/euronews) Published on 07/03/2025 - 13:38 GMT+1 The move comes as part of Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin's crackdown on the drug trade. France ...

Bad psychedelic trips linked to early death for some, study finds

By mental health (https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/health/goop-psychedelics-wellness/index.html) benefits of psychedelics (https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/11/health/psilocybin-brain-changes-life-itself-wellness-scn/index.html) and thinking of giving ...

Health Ministry ramps up efforts to fight drug abuse

By Erick Kyalo The Ministry of Health is taking a lead in the fight against drug abuse in the country, which is not only a social but also a health problem. Senior Deputy Secretary at the Ministry, Mr. Mawira Mungania, who was speaking in ...

Generation K: The disturbing rise of ketamine abuse among young people

2025/02/25 Jane Deith, Jill Collins｜BBC File on 4 Investigates At the urology department of Burnley General Hospital, 26-year-old Ryan (not his real name) is having a drug solution inserted through a catheter - part of his ...

Warnings issued as 'dangerous' Viagra-laced 'erectile honey' floods France

By Gabriela Galvin (https://twitter.com/mg_galvin) Published on 21/01/2025 - 18:05 GMT+1•Updated 22/01/2025 - 15:21 GMT+1 Copyright Canva French authorities made a record bust in 2024, seizing 13 tonnes of honey laced with ...