Dozens of US adolescents are dying from drug overdoses every month − an expert on substance use unpacks the grim numbers with 3 charts
Published: November 27, 2023 1.42pm GMT, The Conversation Drug overdose deaths in the United States continue to rise. Overdoses claimed more than 112,000 American lives from May 2022 to May 2023 ...
Mum shares heartbreaking images of son months apart to warn of devastating impact of drug abuse
Published 18:01, 26 November 2023 GMT| Last updated 18:01, 26 November 2023 GMT Featured Image Credit: Facebook/Cody Bishop Facebook/Jennifer Salfen-Tracy *Warning: Article contains mention of drug use * A ...
Every fourth household in Karachi affected by drug, substance abuse, minister told
The Newspaper's Staff Reporter (https://www.dawn.com/authors/397/the-newspaper-s-staff-reporter) Published November 26, 2023 KARACHI: The city needs urgent measures, especially at all levels of the education system, involving the parents ...
Portugal Drug Lab Bust Reveals Beginnings of Cocaine Production
by Beatriz Vicent Fernández (https://insightcrime.org/author/bvicent/)23 Nov 2023 What is believed to be the largest cocaine production laboratory ever found in Portugal was recently dismantled, highlighting how the drug is being ...
HHCH to be Designated a Controlled Substance; Multiple People Hospitalized After Consuming ‘Cannabis Gummies’
By Hiroto Nishihara and Taihei Bito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers The Yomiuri ShimbunCannabis gummies in a photo taken in November. The letters HHCH are seen on the packaging. 18:11 JST, November 21, 2023 The health ministry ...
Mexico arrests alleged security chief for the 'Chapitos' wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel
Mexico's National Guard officers have arrested the alleged security chief for the “Chapitos” wing of the Sinaloa drug cartel ByThe Associated Press November 23, 2023, 7:16 AM MEXICO CITY -- ...
How polysubstance abuse is worsening the American opioid crisis
2023/11/21BY THEARA COLEMAN, THE WEEK US (https://theweek.com/author/theara-coleman-the-week-us) Sometimes drug dealers cut one substance with another, leading to unintentional polysubstance abuse.(Image credit: UCG / Getty Images) America's ...
Massive genetic study finds genes linked to cannabis addiction
1 (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03629-8#ref-CR1). Taking cannabis recreationally is legal in at least 8 countries, and 48 countries have legalized medicinal use of the drug for conditions including chronic pain, cancer and ...
Ore. drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis
POLICE1 BY LEXIPOL/NOV.20“We don’t believe a return to incarceration is the answer, but restoring a misdemeanor for possession with diversion opportunities is critically important,” said Jason Edmiston, chief of ...
Opinion: Decriminalization – not law enforcement – fueling Measure 110’s failures
Published: Nov. 19, 2023, 6:30 a.m. Police distribute a card with information about calling a hotline for substance use along with citations for possession of fentanyl and other hard drugs. The authors write that asking police to write more ...
NDLEA, musician rally students against drug abuse
18th November 2023 Drug abuse By Makua Ubanagu (https://punchng.com/author/mubanagupunchng-com) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency collaborated with gospel saxophonist, Omotola Ekerin, on Friday to enlighten Ejigbo ...
Possession of nitrous oxide is now illegal
Published8 November 2023 Possession of ‘laughing gas’ is now illegal with repeat serious users facing up to 2 years in prison and dealers up to 14 years. Photo: Getty Images The ban, promised as part of the ...