Powerful Psychedelic Gains Renewed Attention as a Treatment for Opioid Addiction

March 5, 2024By Andrew Jacobs (https://www.nytimes.com/by/andrew-jacobs) Ibogaine, a formidable psychedelic made from the root of a shrub native to Central Africa, is not for the timid. It unleashes a harrowing trip that can last more than ...

Delta-8-THC use reported by 11% of 12th graders in 2023

March 12, 2024 Image Maskot (https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=Maskot) Approximately 11% of 12th-grade students across the United States reported past-year use of delta-8- tetrahydrocannabinol ...

Former Honduran president found guilty in drug trafficking trial

By Ana Melgar and David Shortell, CNN Published 4:15 PM EST, Fri March 8, 2024 Honduras former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by authorities as he walks towards a plane of the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...

EU drug market is worth €31 bn, and is a serious security threat

March 7, 2024 Drugs confisticated in a police raid. Photo: Politie.nl The European drugs market has an estimated minimum retail value of at least €31 billion, based on figures from 2021, according to a new report ...

Europol and EMCDDA spotlight drug-related violence in latest market overview

Extreme drug-related violence is putting a strain on local communities and society, and corruption is facilitating drug trafficking and undermining the rule of law. These are among the insights shared in EU Drug Markets: Key insights for policy ...

Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge

5 March 2024 UNODC Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell their illegal produce, fuelling narcotics consumption globally, a UN-backed report launched on Tuesday ...

Supervised consumption services may reduce drug overdose mortality

March 6, 2024 | GlobalData Healthcare (https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/author/globaldata/) Figure 1: Drug overdose mortality by distance from SCS facilities, 2017-19 (deaths per 100,000 population). Credit: GlobalData. The growing ...

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

February 6, 2024 Image magic mushrooms” or “shrooms (https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/psilocybin-magic-mushrooms)” containing the psychoactive component psilocybin increased dramatically in the ...

Reduced drug use is a meaningful treatment outcome for people with stimulant use disorders

January 10, 2024 ©Getty Images/FG Trade (https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=FG%20Trade) Reducing stimulant use was associated with significant improvement in measures of health and ...

Police calls on residents to report drug crime

Matt Simpson Tue, 5 March 2024 at 1:00 pm GMT+8·1-min read Image from PictureGalleryModule_ID:3184344 POLICE are asking residents to report any drug-related activity and information to officers of ...

Meth usage among Kimberley juveniles alarms community leaders

ABC Kimberley (https://www.abc.net.au/kimberley/) / By Esse Deves (https://www.abc.net.au/news/esse-deves/102784388)／March 4th Concerns have been raised about the lack of drug rehabilitation services in the Kimberley.(ABC Kimberley: ...

Oregon’s drug decriminalization experiment appears dead

By Dirk VanderHart (https://www.opb.org/author/dirk-vanderhart/) (OPB) March 2, 2024 9:19 a.m. The voter-approved Measure 110 is nearing its end as the Legislature sends a bill unwinding Oregon’s drug decriminalization to Gov. ...