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 ...

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. ...