GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Reduce Cocaine Cravings, Case Study Finds

By published (https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13256-025-05049-w) Monday in the Journal of Medical Case Reports. Romeo’s patient, a 54-year-old man living in Italy, suffered from cocaine use disorder and ...

AltaPointe Health Provides Specialized Substance Use Treatment for Women in Recovery

MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire AltaPointe Health, a leading provider of behavioral health services in Alabama, is making strides in addressing substance use disorders among women. The Special Women's Program is a comprehensive treatment ...

Tobacco control cell warns police of drug abuse in four Coimbatore colleges

Express News Service (https://www.newindianexpress.com/author/express-news-service) Updated on: 14 Feb 2025 Stressing the consequences of drug abuse and the role of social media, officers of the cell have urged ...

Sharp rise in drug abuse among Singapore’s youth last year, with youngest offender just 13

By Malay Mail Wednesday, 12 Feb 2025 12:34 PM MYT An exhibit from Singapore's Drug Victims Remembrance Day. — Picture from Facebook/CNB Drug Free SG SINGAPORE, Feb 12 – The number of drug abusers under 20 ...

‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids

Published: February 7, 2025 3.51pm GMT In the early hours of September 14 2021, three men (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001y5sf/the-new-drug-threat) parked in a quiet car park in the southern English market town of Abingdon-on-Thames. ...

Haryana’s ‘nayaab’ bucket challenge to fight drug abuse

ByPawan Sharma (https://www.hindustantimes.com/author/pawan-sharma-101608310440129) Jan 23, 2025 05:22 PM IST Nasha Mukt Jeevan Bucket Challenge encourages participants to publicly pledge to lead a drug-free life by engaging in ...

New sentencing approach to cut drug-fuelled crime

From:Ministry of Justice (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice) and Lord Timpson OBE (https://www.gov.uk/government/people/james-timpson) Published20 January 2025 A new report shows how drug-fuelled crime is being ...

Darlington County search warrant leads to drug bust

Darlington County search warrant leads to drug bust(Darlington Police Department) By WMBF News Staff Published: Jan. 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM GMT+8 DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - A search warrant in the City of Darlington ...

Cocaine use nearly doubles in France, says study

15/01/2025 Cocaine use in France has nearly doubled, with 1.1 million people having taken the illicit drug at least once in 2023, according to a new study. © Ludovic Marin, AFP Cocaine ...

Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room

2025/01/10 Chris Clements BBC Scotland social affairs correspondent Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room. After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to ...

Bodies of 103 drug addicts found in Karachi since last month

By Faraz Khan January 09, 2025 A representational image shows a person preparing an injectable substance. — AFP/File Since December 2024, the two major welfare organisations working in Karachi have recovered bodies of 103 drug ...

In France, Drug Traffic Spreads to New Territory: Small Towns

By Richard Fausset (https://www.nytimes.com/by/richard-fausset) Jan. 4, 2025 Even quaint corners of the country are seeing a rise in drug violence and crime. Just ask the mayor of Morlaix, which has a population of about 15,000. Morlaix, on ...