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 ...

Breaking the silence: Erasing stigma of seeking help for substance-use disorders in military

By LeoDante Ognibene, Recovery Centers of America at Raritan Bay (South Amboy) - July 3, 2024 Recovery Centers of America at Raritan Bay (https://recoverycentersofamerica.com/locations/raritan-bay/), a substance-use disorder ...

Drug Abuse: NANS seeks collaboration with NDLEA

Published on July 1, 2024 By Gift Oba (https://dailypost.ng/author/gift-oba/) To combat the problem of drug abuse among youths in the society, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has ...

Global drug users numbered 292 million people in 2022, a 20% increase over the past decade: UNODC

By Rajat Ghai (https://www.downtoearth.org.in/author/rajat-ghai-2362) Published: Thursday 27 June 2024 iStock photo for representation There has been a concerning rise in global drug use, with users worldwide numbering 292 ...

Over 3 million annual deaths due to alcohol and drug use, majority among men

25 June 2024 | WHO Media Team A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0.6 million deaths to psychoactive ...

Drug Use in Mexico Increases Risk of Visual Impairment

2024/06/23Latin American Post In Mexico, the consumption of psychoactive substances, both natural and synthetic, poses a significant public health issue and raises the likelihood of developing visual impairments or blindness, according to a ...

NIH-funded intervention did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates over evaluation period

June 16, 2024 From NIDA A data-driven intervention that engaged communities to rapidly deploy evidence-based practices to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths – such as increasing naloxone distribution and ...

Teen Drug Use, by the Numbers

May 21, 2024 By Steven Ross Johnson (https://www.usnews.com/topics/author/steven-ross-johnson) GETTY STOCK IMAGES Alcohol, marijuana and nicotine through vaping remained the most commonly used substances among teens in 2023, ...