How South Kashmir’s Shopian became ‘best performing district’ for curbing drug use among children

Written by Naveed Iqbal (https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/naveed-iqbal/)Srinagar | Updated: August 5, 2024 16:43 IST As per district police data, while 44 cases were registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act ...

To address the fentanyl crisis, greater access to methadone is needed

July 29, 2024 By Dr. Nora Volkow This blog was also published in the seb_ra (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/loving-hug-at-home-royalty-free-image/1574705604) Over the past several years, the increasing prevalence of ...

How a summer camp aims to break a cycle of addiction between generations

By Nancy Chen (https://www.cbsnews.com/team/nancy-chen/), Samantha Wender (https://www.cbsnews.com/team/samantha-m-wender/) July 29, 2024 / 8:04 PM EDT / CBS News Camp Mariposa may seem like a storybook summer camp, but campers say their ...

Arrest after €8m drug raid in Dublin

July 20, 2024 From BBC An Garda Síochána A search operation was carried out in the Dublin 11 area A man has been arrested following the seizure of more than €8m worth of suspected ...

New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse

Published: July 16, 2024Authors: rose dramatically (https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates) from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (https://phillyrespond.com/), and Camden, New Jersey ...

Most Americans don’t know that primary care physicians can prescribe addiction treatment

June 28, 2024From NIDA Results from a national survey (http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19094?utm_source=For_The_Media utm_medium=referral utm_campaign=ftm_links utm_term=062824) indicate ...

Council funds detox unit despite rising costs

By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The Level provides 24-hour treatment and care to adults A drug detox service in Nottingham will continue to operate for another two years after the city ...

Breaking the silence: Erasing stigma of seeking help for substance-use disorders in military

By LeoDante Ognibene, Recovery Centers of America at Raritan Bay (South Amboy) - July 3, 2024 Recovery Centers of America at Raritan Bay (https://recoverycentersofamerica.com/locations/raritan-bay/), a substance-use disorder ...

Drug Abuse: NANS seeks collaboration with NDLEA

Published on July 1, 2024 By Gift Oba (https://dailypost.ng/author/gift-oba/) To combat the problem of drug abuse among youths in the society, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has ...

Global drug users numbered 292 million people in 2022, a 20% increase over the past decade: UNODC

By Rajat Ghai (https://www.downtoearth.org.in/author/rajat-ghai-2362) Published: Thursday 27 June 2024 iStock photo for representation There has been a concerning rise in global drug use, with users worldwide numbering 292 ...

Over 3 million annual deaths due to alcohol and drug use, majority among men

25 June 2024 | WHO Media Team A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0.6 million deaths to psychoactive ...

Drug Use in Mexico Increases Risk of Visual Impairment

2024/06/23Latin American Post In Mexico, the consumption of psychoactive substances, both natural and synthetic, poses a significant public health issue and raises the likelihood of developing visual impairments or blindness, according to a ...