Films can be effective in teaching dangers of drug abuse, says Sibu Resident
By Peter Boon on November 11, 2024, Monday at 7:00 AMAbang Mohamad Porkan (fifth left), Sibu Division Chinese Community Leaders Association deputy chairman Pemanca Datuk Jason Tai (fourth left) and others show the ‘X’ sign ...
Experts express concern over growing youths involvement in drug abuse
On Nov 6, 2024 Some public health experts have expressed concern over the rising cases of youths’ involvement in drug abuse, urging the media to prioritise awareness to combat the problem. The experts bared their minds during a ...
Police take down crime group accused of making illegal cannabis edibles packaged like name-brand candy
ByJon Haworth (https://abcnews.go.com/author/jon_haworth) October 30, 2024 "Highly unsanitary and heavily contaminated" items were seized before Halloween. Police in Canada said they have arrested six people and taken down an ...
Drug overdose training given to stop deaths
Julia Gregory BBC News, Guildford 2024/10/30 The naloxone antidote can be injected or given as a nasal spray/Julia Gregory/BBC A charity is offering training to help save the lives of people who have overdosed on opioids, including ...
Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes for people with opioid use disorder
September 25, 2024 From NIDA Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...
Colombia: Potential cocaine production increased by 53 per cent in 2023, according to new UNODC survey
Bogotá, 18 October 2024 Cultivation of coca bush in Colombia increased by 10 per cent in 2023 to 253,000 hectares, while potential cocaine production reached 2,664 metric tons, according to a new survey released ...
Oregon announces first three ‘recovery’ high schools to help students facing problems with substance abuse
By Natalie Pate (https://www.opb.org/author/natalie-pate/) (OPB) Oct. 23, 2024 House Bill 2767 laid the groundwork for Oregon to establish and support recovery schools across the state. Now, they’re serving students. Oregon ...
What Is ‘Pink Cocaine’?
Oct. 21, 2024 By Emily Schmall (https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-schmall) The drug cocktail can contain ketamine, Ecstasy and meth — but rarely cocaine itself. An epidemiologist now considers pink cocaine among the most ...
Dealer who bought Banksy with cannabis cash jailed
2024/10/13 / Jordan Davies / BBC News The Banksy sculpture Grappling Hook was bought by the group using "ill-gotten gains", the court was told A drug dealer who bought a work by the artist Banksy with "ill-gotten ...
Drug dealing in multiple hospitals, policing board told
3 October 2024 Claire Graham BBC News NI Last week, the BBC revealed reports of drug dealing at the Royal Victoria Hospital site in Belfast Reports of drug dealing in a Belfast hospital emergency department seems to be ...
BRAIN at 10: A View from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
October 1, 2024,By Nora Volkow, MD, Director, and Rita Valentino, Ph.D., Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, NIDA This blog was originally posted on the Data Science and Informatics ...
Pacific swamped by global drugs trade
Oct 10, 2024 | AFP, NUKU’ALOFA STOPOVERS: As organized crime groups in Asia and the Americas move drugs via places such as Tonga, methamphetamine use has reached levels called ‘epidemic’ A surge of drugs is ...