NSW Drug Diversion Policy Applauded Amid 20% Aussie Drug Use

Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies With new data showing that one in five Australians have used an illicit drug in the past year and an increase in support for treatment rather than judicial responses, it is time to address drug ...

Oregon takes massive step toward recriminalizing drug possession

The state’s House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that would recriminalize drug possession in Oregon, with 51 members voting to approve the bill. By Dirk VanderHart ...

Smoking cannabis associated with increased risk of heart attack, stroke

Wednesday, February 28, 2024From NIH NIH-funded observational study shows risk grows sharply with more frequent use. Frequent cannabis smoking may significantly increase a person’s risk for heart attack and stroke, according to an ...

A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis

26/02/2024This story has been adapted from UN News.Kabul (Afghanistan) There are many dangers lurking in the shadows just off the bustling streets of the Afghan capital Kabul, but none is more threatening than the drug abuse crisis that is ...

Dangerously alarming levels of drug abuse

27th February 2024 Drug abuse By Punch Editorial Board (https://punchng.com/author/peditorial) NIGERIA’S drug abuse menace is at dangerous levels. An update by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency revealed that 14.3 million ...

How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed

FEBRUARY 24, 2024, Brian Mann (https://www.npr.org/people/935764762/brian-mann) NPR Dr. João Goulão, director-general of the General Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies ...

Canada's drug crisis is affecting a largely unchecked population of users — newcomers

Pratyush Dayal (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/author/pratyush-dayal-1.6140671) · CBC News · Posted: Feb 25, 2024 4:00 AM EST Experts call for better data collection, culturally-sensitive care CBC News spoke ...

Mexican president lashes out after reports of drug cartel investigations

By Mary Beth Sheridan (https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/mary-beth-sheridan/?itid=ai_top_sheridanmb) February 22, 2024 at 8:23 p.m. EST Mexican President Andrés Manuel ...

More drug than drink-driving arrests by some forces

By Katy Austin Transport correspondent, BBC News An increasing number of people are getting behind the wheel after using cannabis and cocaine, according to one of Britain's top police officers. Chief ...

Children in Malaysia inhaling ‘energy sticks’: Experts urge outright ban to nip problem in the bud

Feb 20, 2024Amir Yusof (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/author/amir-yusof) Energy stick inhalers have gained popularity in Malaysia in recent months. (Photo: CNA/Zamzahuri Abas) JOHOR BAHRU: They are brightly coloured nasal inhalers ...

Law enforcement seizures of psilocybin mushrooms rose dramatically between 2017-2022

February 6, 2024NIDA Law enforcement seizures of “magic mushrooms” or “shrooms (https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/psilocybin-magic-mushrooms)” containing the psychoactive component psilocybin ...

Residential addiction treatment for adolescents is scarce and expensive

January 8, 2024—NIH-supported analysis finds just seven states had a facility that accepted Medicaid, had a bed open the same day, and offered buprenorphine ©Getty Images/Westend61 ...