Drug abuse among women witnesses alarming surge

Ayesha Saghir (https://tribune.com.pk/author/12595/ayesha-saghir) April 16, 2024 LAHORE: The prevalence of drug usage, notably smoking, is on the rise among women in Pakistan, posing a significant concern for public health. While ...

Sierra Leone declares emergency over drug kush - made from human bones

By Umaru Fofana,BBC News, Freetown Share AFP Sixty-three percent of patients at Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital have been admitted for kush-related issues Sierra Leone's president has declared a national ...

Into the unknown- A clear breakthrough, but an uncertain future for drug policy at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Posted on 09 Apr 2024Authors：Ian Tennant；Ana Paula Oliveira；Jason Eligh；John Collins；Mira Sztanojev At the 67th session of the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), member states met to take stock of progress made in ...

A knowledge-based approach to tackling Afghanistan’s drug abuse crisis

This story has been adapted from UN News. Kabul (Afghanistan) - There are many dangers lurking in the shadows just off the bustling streets of the Afghan capital Kabul, but none is more threatening than the drug abuse crisis that is ravaging the ...

Semaglutide (Ozempic) May Help Reduce Cannabis Use

Posted March 28, 2024 | antidepressant (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/ssris) in 1985. Within a few years, it was noted that patients taking bupropion were reporting a decrease in their tobacco use, and by 1997, Wellbutrin received FDA ...

Drug overdoses have reached record high, per latest CDC report: ‘Grim statistics'

Published March 26, 2024 4:13pm EDT By Melissa Rudy Drug overdoses reached a new high last year in the U.S., according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nearly 108,000 people died from drug overdoses ...

Germany legalises cannabis possession for personal use from April

Published On 22 Mar 202422 Mar 2024 German laws on cannabis use now among most liberal in Europe, but medical experts warn it ‘makes you stupid’. A cannabis or hemp plant in a box at the Hemp Museum in ...

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 ...