$1M to aid expansion of St. Joe’s measurement-based program targeting substance abuse
By Don Mitchell (https://globalnews.ca/author/don-mitchell/) Global NewsPosted September 11, 2023 4:14 pm latest report (https://globalnews.ca/news/9947591/opioid-overdose-calls-hamilton-sept-2023/) said there were 257 suspected opioid ...
College students can get free naloxone and fentanyl test strips from their schools to prevent drug overdoses
By Shiv Sudhakar (https://www.foxnews.com/person/s/shiv-sudhakar) Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/) Published October 28, 2023 5:45am EDT - Colleges are arming their students with more than just an education When it comes to the opioid ...
OH officials work to alleviate financial strain for families impacted by drug addiction
Published November 1, 2023 2:00pm EDT Joe Smith did not picture raising his granddaughter at age 66, but when his daughter’s substance use disorder (https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/mental-health/drug-and-substance-abuse) meant ...
Biden Administration Urges Schools to Carry Naloxone, the Opioid Overdose Treatment
Oct. 31, 2023By HealthDay (https://www.usnews.com/topics/author/healthday) By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter (HEALTHDAY) TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The Biden administration is encouraging schools throughout ...
Trauma Therapy and Addiction
Posted October 31, 2023Wrote by therapy (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/therapy) can be a path to recovery and transformation. The Roots of Trauma and Addiction Trauma, often stemming from distressing experiences like abuse, ...
Drug deactivation pouches aim to combat teen drug and alcohol abuse
Published October 31 /NBC Connecticut State leaders have a new tool in the fight against teenage drug and alcohol abuse - they're called drug deactivation pouches. Here's how it works: you put the drugs in the pouch and add water. Then you ...
How Matthew Perry confronted his drug addiction, and spent his life urging others to seek help
‘Friends’ star, who has died aged 54, was a prominent campaigner for drugs reform and spoke candidly about his own battles with substance abuse Roisin O'Connor (https://www.independent.co.uk/author/roisin-oconnor) Matthew ...
Derry judge says convicted drug dealers will go to jail
Image caption, Judge Neil Rafferty said "he wanted the message to be clear" to drug dealers as he jailed one man on Friday A judge at Londonderry Crown Court has warned that anyone dealing drugs in the city will be ...
California Gov. Newsom vetoes bill decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms
Published October 9, 2023 1:14pm EDT The CA governor, who championed legalizing cannabis in 2016, said more regulation guidelines on hallucinogens need to be set up first The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed a bill that ...
Drug-Linked Disciplinary Actions by Schools Spiked After Oregon Legalized Marijuana
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 23, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests a link between middle school students being disciplined for marijuana use and legalization of recreational weed, particularly when schools are ...
Cannabis Addiction Is a Treatable Medical Condition
Posted September 24, 2023By Jasleen Salwan M.D., M.P.H., F.A.S.A.M. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/jasleen-salwan-md-mph-fasam)addiction (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/addiction) is a real and treatable medical ...
Telehealth supports retention in treatment for opioid use disorder
October 18, 2023From NIDA ©Getty Images/Morsa Images (https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=Morsa%20Images) Starting buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder through telehealth was associated with an ...