Commercial interests contribute to drug use and addiction

September 26, 2024 By Dr. Nora Volkow Biomedical sciences are bringing increased focus to social determinants of health, which the World Health Organization (WHO) defines as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, ...

U.S. drug industry shares responsibility in fentanyl crisis, head of DEA says

By Bill Whitaker (https://www.cbsnews.com/team/bill-whitaker/), Aliza Chasan (https://www.cbsnews.com/team/aliza-chasan/), Graham Messick, Scott Higham, Jack Weingart September 22, 2024 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News The U.S. drug industry ...

Health experts: No, you can’t overdose just by touching fentanyl

Kayla Clarke (https://www.clickondetroit.com/team/OIEIRM45RBFDHI7IKOS5TBFEXQ/), Senior Web Producer Published: September 23, 2024 at 5:30 AM Use soap and water to clean hands after touching fentanyl The DEA released this ...

NIH launches program to advance research led by Native American communities on substance use and pain Effort aims to elevate Indigenous knowledge ...

August 15, 2024 From NIDA The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a program that will support Native American communities to lead public health research to address overdose, substance use, and pain, including related ...

A new fentanyl vaccine looks promising – but treating drug addiction needs a more complex approach

Author: opioid epidemic (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2024/02/29/americas-ten-year-old-fentanyl-epidemic-is-still-getting-worse). But opioid use is a growing problem ...

聖荷西市長馬漢支持加州36號提案 打擊零售盜竊、推動成癮治療

記者龔玥╱聖荷西報導 2024-09-13 聖荷西市長馬漢發表演講，鼓勵大家支持36號提案。 (記者龔玥╱攝影) 新聞連結 (https://www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/121368/8225743)

B.C. grief camp says more families seeking help due to drug crisis

Posted September 10, 2024 By Amy Judd (https://globalnews.ca/author/amy-judd/) Emily Lazatin (https://globalnews.ca/author/emily-lazatin/) Global News A charity which supports families through grief says it's ...

Older Black men are disproportionately affected by the overdose crisis

August 30, 2024 By Dr. Nora Volkow Saturday, August 31, is International Overdose Awareness Day (https://www.overdoseday.com/), when we collectively remember those who have lost their lives to drug overdose, support those who grieve those ...

UK bans xylazine and 21 other substances to fight drug abuse

September 5, 2024｜Pharmaceutical Technology The move to classify xylazine as a Class C drug follows the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs’ recommendation. The powerful sedative xylazine has been detected in cannabis vapes. ...

Cannabis and hallucinogen use among adults remained at historic highs in 2023

August 29, 2024 From NIDA Past-year use of cannabis and hallucinogens stayed at historically high levels in 2023 among adults aged 19 to 30 and 35 to 50, according to the latest findings ...

Drug overdose deaths rising amid NZ Drug Foundation calls for more opioid medicine, testing

By Cherie Howie (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/author/cherie-howie/) NZ Herald ｜ 31 Aug, 2024 01:00 AM There are now at least three accidental drug overdose deaths per week - often coming from people mixing different drugs. ...

Doctors reluctant to treat addiction most commonly report “lack of institutional support” as barrier

July 17, 2024 From NIDA A new study (http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.20837?utm_source=For_The_Media utm_medium=referral utm_campaign=ftm_links utm_term=071724) has ...