Smart patch reduces cravings for alcohol and drugs

Researchers encouraged by results in ‘immensely challenging’ first year of recovery Mass General Brigham Communicationsn October 1, 2025 A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham and Harvard shows that a ...

New Hampshire drug deaths fell 33% in 2024, NHFPI study finds

By:William Skipworth (https://newhampshirebulletin.com/author/wskipworth/)-September 30, 202510:13 am the National Institute on Drug Abuse (https://nida.nih.gov/sites/default/files/21974-new-hampshire-opioid-summary_0.pdf), putting New ...

Benefits of treating opioid use disorder in county jails

September 23, 2025 by Brian Doctrow, Ph.D. The opioid epidemic in the U.S. led to more than 80,000 deaths in 2023 alone. People who use opioids are more likely to be incarcerated than the general population. The great majority of people who ...

Drug Abuse: Marwa asks families to acquire drug test kits at home

Brig General Buba Marwa …Says early intervention necessary to prevent full- blown addiction among youths By Kingsley Omonobi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General ...

$4.5M NIDA grant will fund research to improve methadone treatment quality

Today By Ann Hess, U of A College of Nursing New clinical trial aims to reduce work-related trauma and traumatic stress symptoms among methadone treatment staff to improve treatment quality and patient retention. Researchers will use ...

Toward the development of e-cigarettes as smoking-cessation therapeutics

September 8, 2025 By Dr. Nora Volkow Image ©Getty Images/AleksandarGeorgiev (https://www.gettyimages.com/search/photographer?photographer=AleksandarGeorgiev) Since e-cigarette technology emerged over two ...

UNODC Trains Kwara Teachers on Drug Abuse Prevention

by Abdulraheem Muhammed September 10, 2025 in NEWS Thirty secondary school teachers in Kwara State have received training on drug abuse prevention under the “Unplugged Teachers Training” programme facilitated by the ...

Yaba’s grip: how cheap methamphetamine is fuelling Thailand’s addiction crisis

Yaba (https://news.sky.com/video/the-hunt-for-smugglers-fuelling-a-meth-explosion-in-southeast-asia-13407128), a cheap and potent methamphetamine-caffeine pill often dubbed “crazy medicine” ...

Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History

August 26, 2025 The Coast Guard achieved its largest-ever drug seizure in a single operation in its history Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded over 76,000 pounds of illegal drugs, valued at $473 million, at Port Everglades, ...

A Quiet Epidemic: What the Data Tells Us About Addiction in Egypt

By Farah Samir August 18, 2025 Addiction in Egypt is far more widespread than public conversation suggests. Behind closed doors, in homes, hospitals, and rehab centers, thousands are caught in a cycle of substance use, mental health struggles, ...

Quitting smoking linked to better recovery from drug and alcohol addiction

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Aug 13 2025 Adults who smoke cigarettes and are addicted to alcohol or other drugs were more likely to achieve sustained remission of their substance use disorder symptoms if they also quit smoking, according ...

Positive drug tests down sharply in schools

By JULE HUBBARD WILKES JOURNAL-PATRIOT STAFF / Aug 6, 2025 Updated 7 hrs ago The number of Wilkes County high school students testing positive in random drug tests decreased from 30 out of 432 tested in the 2023-24 school year to 13 ...