DTMC Research Programs

October 4, 2022 In 1989, Congress mandated the establishment of the Pharmacotherapies Development Program within NIDA. As a result of this mandate, in 1990 NIDA created the Medications Development Division, now the Division of Therapeutics and ...

Rainbow fentanyl is a war-on-drugs tactic - Don't mind the rainbow fentanyl panic, trick-and-treating with your kids is safe

By Annalisa Merelli (https://qz.com/author/missanabeem) Oct. 6, 2022 Imagine if fentanyl, the high-potency, synthetic opioid most commonly responsible for overdose deaths ...

FDA Admits Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking But Refuses To Correct the Record

GUY BENTLEY (https://reason.com/people/guy-bentley/) | 9.29.2022 2:00 PM (Photo by Chiara Summer (https://unsplash.com/es/@chiarasummer?utm_source=unsplash utm_medium=referral utm_content=creditCopyText) on Unsplash ...

Marijuana sector predicted to drive job growth in Alaska's agriculture industry

By Kim Jarrett | The Center Square (https://www.thecentersquare.com/) Oct 4, 2022 Updated 5 hrs ago A South Dakota House committee killed a bill that would have legalized recreational marijuana. Richard Vogel / AP (The Center Square) - ...

S.C. prison to treat substance abuse with digital therapy

The South Carolina Department of Corrections will offer a new digital tracking service to support addiction therapy for inmates in the state’s main prison for women.(Sean Rayford | AP) By The Associated Press Published: ...

A Quandary as More Workers Test Positive for Drug Use

Oct. 3, 2022 With an increase in usage, and an increase in some states restricting employee testing, how will companies balance rights and safety? The numbers are going the wrong way. People are testing positive for drug use in the ...

Long weekend festivals see 18 people hospitalised due to drug overdoses

Kassia Byrnes / October 3, 2022 - 1:58PM Two Sydney music festivals held over the October long weekend have seen 18 people rushed to hospital with suspected overdoses. The Knockout Outdoor festival at Sydney Olympic Park and Listen Out at ...

Around 2.6 million young people used an illegal drug in past year, charity finds

Shamaan Freeman-Powell (https://news.sky.com/author/shamaan-freeman-powell-799) ｜ Monday 3 October 2022 02:25, UK According to youth charity The Mix, there has been a 75% increase since last year in young people using substances to help them ...

Fentanyl crisis continues to ravage US communities as border drug trafficking hits new records: memo

Published September 29, 2022 8:41am EDT By Audrey Conklin (https://www.foxnews.com/person/c/audrey-conklin) | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/) FIRST ON FOX – A memo circulating among Senate Republicans ...

Greek police arrest dozens in drugs trafficking raid at an Athens university

By Euronews with AP, AFP • Updated: 28/09/2022 - 18:53 The raids took place at the Zografou campus of the National Technical University of Athens. Greek police have raided a university campus in Athens in ...

DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States-36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from ...

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 DEA WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United ...

DEA administrator warns parents of fentanyl crisis impacting children: Cartels 'targeting everyone'

published September 28, 2022, By Bailee Hill The leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sounded the alarm on the fentanyl crisis Wednesday as "rainbow fentanyl" - some of it disguised as candy - continues to impact ...