Former Liverpool FC prodigy jailed for role in major drug ring

By PA Media Ewan Gawne,BBC News Share GMP Ex-Liverpool youth player Jamie Cassidy was "drawn in" to crime by his old brother, a court heard A former Liverpool football prodigy has been jailed for more ...

Progressive California and Oregon revive the war on drugs amid fentanyl crisis

March 21, 2024, 4:14 AM CST By Alicia Victoria Lozano (https://www.nbcnews.com/author/alicia-victoria-lozano-ncpn1112366) PORTLAND, Ore. — The war on drugs, once a weapon in the nation's fight against substance abuse and related ...

Crack and fentanyl abuse on the rise in Germany

Oliver Pieper (https://www.dw.com/en/oliver-pieper/person-40275588) 03/17/2024March 17, 2024 Germany is facing an alarming rise in crack cocaine and fentanyl abuse, with nearly 2,000 drug-related deaths reported in 2022. Experts are calling ...

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 ...