Pendang, Kedah has most drug abuse cases in Malaysia, data shows

By Austin Camoens (https://www.nst.com.my/authors/austin-camoens) - August 22, 2024 @ 5:10pm Saifuddin said data gathered by four agencies showed that the Pendang district in Kedah had the highest number of drug ...

Charity's 'unique' approach to tackle rise in addicts

Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley BBC News, West of England Steve Knibbs BBC News, Gloucestershire BBC Mike Major is leading a project which sees people with "lived experience of addiction" helping patients in ...

5 surprising myths about college drug use

Cannabis use has become common across college campuses, and today's weed is stronger than what some parents may have used when they were in school. LanaStock/iStockphoto/Getty Images Dr. Jill Grimes is the author of ...

Several cannabis oils, softgels are being recalled in Canada. Here’s why

By Saba Aziz (https://globalnews.ca/author/saba-aziz/) Global News Posted August 12, 2024 10:24 am Updated August 12, 2024 1:55 pm Thousands of cannabis (https://globalnews.ca/tag/cannabis) products are being pulled off the shelves ...

Fresh concerns about drug and alcohol issues in resort

Shelagh Parkinson Local Democracy Reporting Service PA Media A presentation showed drug deaths in the Lancashire resort were almost four times higher than the rest of England Drug and alcohol abuse and poor mental ...

How South Kashmir’s Shopian became ‘best performing district’ for curbing drug use among children

Written by Naveed Iqbal (https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/naveed-iqbal/)Srinagar | Updated: August 5, 2024 16:43 IST As per district police data, while 44 cases were registered under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act ...

To address the fentanyl crisis, greater access to methadone is needed

July 29, 2024 By Dr. Nora Volkow This blog was also published in the seb_ra (https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/loving-hug-at-home-royalty-free-image/1574705604) Over the past several years, the increasing prevalence of ...

How a summer camp aims to break a cycle of addiction between generations

By Nancy Chen (https://www.cbsnews.com/team/nancy-chen/), Samantha Wender (https://www.cbsnews.com/team/samantha-m-wender/) July 29, 2024 / 8:04 PM EDT / CBS News Camp Mariposa may seem like a storybook summer camp, but campers say their ...

Arrest after €8m drug raid in Dublin

July 20, 2024 From BBC An Garda Síochána A search operation was carried out in the Dublin 11 area A man has been arrested following the seizure of more than €8m worth of suspected ...

New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse

Published: July 16, 2024Authors: rose dramatically (https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates) from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (https://phillyrespond.com/), and Camden, New Jersey ...

Most Americans don’t know that primary care physicians can prescribe addiction treatment

June 28, 2024From NIDA Results from a national survey (http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19094?utm_source=For_The_Media utm_medium=referral utm_campaign=ftm_links utm_term=062824) indicate ...

Council funds detox unit despite rising costs

By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporting Service Google The Level provides 24-hour treatment and care to adults A drug detox service in Nottingham will continue to operate for another two years after the city ...