Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of dying from heart attacks and stroke, large study finds

CNN 2025/06/18 By marijuana (https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/health/marijuana-working-memory-study-wellness) doubles the risk of dying from heart disease, according to a new analysis of pooled medical data involving 200 million people mostly ...

National hunt for drug criminals begins as new law enters into force in Hungary

DAILY NEWS HUNGARY JUNE 15, 2025 Hungary’s new anti-drug law has come into force, enabling the hunt for drug criminals to step up a gear, László Horváth, the government commissioner for eradicating the ...

Lawmakers poised to give Oregon a strategy to prevent drug use, addiction, especially in young people A bill being considered by budget writers ...

LENA SAMCHENKOVA/UNSPLASH by Lynne Terry (https://www.thelundreport.org/author/lynne-terry) |The Lund Report Premium June 11, 2025 A bill to lay the foundation ...

Governor Fintiri Approves Committee to Check Drug Abuse

By Toyibat Ajose (https://newscentral.africa/author/toyibat-ajosenewscentral-ng/)June 9, 2025 overnor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa (https://newscentral.africa/adamawa-begins-polio-drive-with-unicef-support/) State has approved the ...

Tube drug use falls for first time in three years

2025/06/03 Harry Low BBC News BBC White powder was the most commonly recorded drug used on the Tube The number of incidents of drug use on London Underground has fallen for the first time in three years, figures ...

‘Hope Coin’ awarded to celebrate sobriety of Thurston County Drug Court graduates

Pictured is the Hope Coin given to Drug Court graduates in Thurston County. Prosecuting Attorney Jon Tunheim launched the coin project based on Hope Theory. The words “Pathways,” “Goals,” and ...

Methamphetamine trafficking surges from ‘Golden Triangle’ region

By Kevin Doyle / Published On 29 May 202529 May 2025 UN Office on Drugs and Crime says ‘explosive growth’ in synthetic drug trade led to record seizures of methamphetamine in East and Southeast Asia in 2024. Drug ...

Helping Young Victims in the Shadows of Addiction

Written by Melody Ho / Published 26 May 2025 When someone chooses to abuse drugs, it's often their family—especially the children—who suffer the most. Central Narcotics Bureau officers share their thoughts on witnessing the ...

New ESPAD survey results: Teen substance use down, but new risks emerging European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD): 30 years

Location Lisbon Publication date 20.05.2025 Reference News release No 5/2025 While substance use among 15–16-year-old students in Europe continues its long-term decline, new behavioural and health risks ...

A quarter of children have a parent with substance use disorder, a study finds

May 13, 20256:00 AM ET By Rhitu Chatterjee (https://www.npr.org/people/578890280/rhitu-chatterjee) A new study says millions of children in the U.S. live in a household with a parent who has either a moderate or severe ...

Study highlights the growing toll of parental substance use on American children

University of Michigan (https://umich.edu/)May 13 2025 A large percentage of American children are growing up in households with at least one parent who uses alcohol or other drugs in problematic ways-raising the risk that those children will ...

Trump vows to lower drug prices in the US by up to 80%

Published 2025/05/11 Joe Miller in Washington President promises to defy industry pressure and dramatically cut cost of pharmaceuticals Donald Trump plans to use his executive powers to force pharmaceutical companies to drastically reduce the ...