Drug overdose training given to stop deaths

Julia Gregory BBC News, Guildford 2024/10/30 The naloxone antidote can be injected or given as a nasal spray/Julia Gregory/BBC A charity is offering training to help save the lives of people who have overdosed on opioids, including ...

Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes for people with opioid use disorder

September 25, 2024 From NIDA Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of ...

Colombia: Potential cocaine production increased by 53 per cent in 2023, according to new UNODC survey

Bogotá, 18 October 2024 Cultivation of coca bush in Colombia increased by 10 per cent in 2023 to 253,000 hectares, while potential cocaine production reached 2,664 metric tons, according to a new survey released ...

Oregon announces first three ‘recovery’ high schools to help students facing problems with substance abuse

By Natalie Pate (https://www.opb.org/author/natalie-pate/) (OPB) Oct. 23, 2024 House Bill 2767 laid the groundwork for Oregon to establish and support recovery schools across the state. Now, they’re serving students. Oregon ...

What Is ‘Pink Cocaine’?

Oct. 21, 2024 By Emily Schmall (https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-schmall) The drug cocktail can contain ketamine, Ecstasy and meth — but rarely cocaine itself. An epidemiologist now considers pink cocaine among the most ...

Dealer who bought Banksy with cannabis cash jailed

2024/10/13 / Jordan Davies / BBC News The Banksy sculpture Grappling Hook was bought by the group using "ill-gotten gains", the court was told A drug dealer who bought a work by the artist Banksy with "ill-gotten ...

Drug dealing in multiple hospitals, policing board told

3 October 2024 Claire Graham BBC News NI Last week, the BBC revealed reports of drug dealing at the Royal Victoria Hospital site in Belfast Reports of drug dealing in a Belfast hospital emergency department seems to be ...

BRAIN at 10: A View from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

October 1, 2024,By Nora Volkow, MD, Director, and Rita Valentino, Ph.D., Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, NIDA This blog was originally posted on the Data Science and Informatics ...

Pacific swamped by global drugs trade

Oct 10, 2024 ｜ AFP, NUKU’ALOFA STOPOVERS: As organized crime groups in Asia and the Americas move drugs via places such as Tonga, methamphetamine use has reached levels called ‘epidemic’ A surge of drugs is ...

Drug overdose deaths may be decreasing — but not for everyone

By Elizabeth Hlavinka (https://www.salon.com/writer/elizabeth-hlavinka) Published October 5, 2024 5:30AM The country is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities A staff ...

NCORD Implements Robust Strategy To Combat Drug Abuse Among Students

by Observer News Service October 3, 2024 Srinagar- The District Level Committee for NCORD has devised a comprehensive strategy to address the rising complaints and evidence of drug and substance abuse, particularly among students residing in ...

NCORD Implements Robust Strategy To Combat Drug Abuse Among Students

by Observer News Service October 3, 2024 Srinagar- The District Level Committee for NCORD has devised a comprehensive strategy to address the rising complaints and evidence of drug and substance abuse, particularly among students residing in ...