Sri Lanka’s anti-drug operation reveals deep cracks

Published: 01 May 2024 EASTASIAFORUM Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits (https://eastasiaforum.org/author/shyamika-jayasundara-smits/) Erasmus University Rotterdam Sri Lanka finds itself amid a multitude of challenges, from economic woes to corruption ...

Possible change to marijuana schedule status could have wide-ranging effect

By Michael Perchick (https://abc11.com/about/newsteam/michael-perchick) Thursday, May 2, 2024 6:07AM RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration is prepared to support changing the drug classification status ...

Addiction a ‘health-care crisis’ as B.C. eyes public drug use ban: minister

By David Baxter (https://globalnews.ca/author/david-baxter/) Global News Posted April 29, 2024 3:55 pm Federal Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks (https://globalnews.ca/tag/yaara-saks) says the government remains ...

Global drug kingpin’s inner circle taken down

In a large-scale raid conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, law enforcement officers swarmed homes and offices of 23 persons suspected to be part of the ‘inner circle’ of a drug kingpin apprehended in November 2022 ...

Few Young Adults Could Administer Naloxone to Reverse Fentanyl Overdose

April 22, 2024, By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Even though fentanyl-linked fatal overdoses are soaring among young adults, a new survey of American college students found that just 1 in 7 ...

West Africa’s Sahel becoming a drug trafficking corridor, UN warns

19 Apr 2024／Jazeera Media Network Drug seizures, mainly of cocaine and cannabis resin, have soared in the region, according to a UN report. Powdered cocaine is pictured in an undated handout photo courtesy of the US Drug Enforcement ...

Zebrafish show potential for assisting drug addiction research: NHRI

04/15/2024 09:08 PMFocus Taiwan Photo: Oregon State University / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 Taipei, April 15 (CNA) Research by a National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) team has found that zebrafish could potentially be used to ...

Drug abuse among women witnesses alarming surge

Ayesha Saghir (https://tribune.com.pk/author/12595/ayesha-saghir) April 16, 2024 LAHORE: The prevalence of drug usage, notably smoking, is on the rise among women in Pakistan, posing a significant concern for public health. While ...

Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones

By Umaru Fofana,BBC News, Freetown Share AFP Sixty-three percent of patients at Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital have been admitted for kush-related issues Sierra Leone's president has declared a national ...

Into the unknown- A clear breakthrough, but an uncertain future for drug policy at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Posted on 09 Apr 2024Authors：Ian Tennant；Ana Paula Oliveira；Jason Eligh；John Collins；Mira Sztanojev At the 67th session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), member states met to take stock of progress made in ...

A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis

This story has been adapted from UN News. Kabul (Afghanistan) - There are many dangers lurking in the shadows just off the bustling streets of the Afghan capital Kabul, but none is more threatening than the drug abuse crisis that is ravaging the ...

Semaglutide (Ozempic) May Help Reduce Cannabis Use

Posted March 28, 2024 | antidepressant (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/ssris) in 1985. Within a few years, it was noted that patients taking bupropion were reporting a decrease in their tobacco use, and by 1997, Wellbutrin received FDA ...