Smoking drugs now linked to more overdose deaths than injecting drugs, report finds

By a new report (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7306a2.htm?s_cid=mm7306a2_w) from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, published Thursday, looked at information from crime scene investigations, witness ...

FDA approves first state request to import drugs from Canada

By President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign (https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/politics/biden-health-care-costs/index.html). Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, is also highlighting his ...

‘Enormous mistake': Business leaders, residents fed up with blue state drug laws issue 2024 ultimatum

By Hannah Ray Lambert (https://www.foxnews.com/person/l/hannah-ray-lambert) Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/) Published December 29, 2023 6:00am EST A group of political and business leaders are urging Oregon's legislators to reform the ...

Taliban Maintain Poppy Crackdown, US Fears Farmers’ Return to Cultivation

January 03, 2024 3:12 PM Akmal Dawi (https://www.voanews.com/author/akmal-dawi/yugmo) FILE - Taliban acting Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, center, speaks at a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 31, ...

Overdoses spike again in Portland, highlighting need for detox beds

7:33 PM EST January 4, 2024 ｜ Jack Molmud - Portland police and Preble Street both said there are not enough beds for people who are suffering from drug addiction as the number of overdoses rises. PORTLAND, ...

Families' lawsuit against Snapchat alleging the platform enables drug dealers allowed to move forward

ByKatie Kindelan (https://abcnews.go.com/author/katie_kindelan) suing Snap Inc. (https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/parents-kids-died-after-drugs-snapchat-speak-ahead-104040833), the parent company of Snapchat, won a legal victory ...

Hall-Long and Gibney: Holidays remind of link between drug abuse, mental illness

Posted Tuesday, January 2By Lt. Gov. BethanyHall-Long and Dr. Sandra Gibney Dr. Bethany Hall-Long is Delaware’s 26th Lieutenant Governor and Chair of Delaware’s Behavioral Health Consortium. Dr. Sandy Gibney is founder and ...

Inside the ‘zombie’ drug epidemic sweeping West Africa

2 January 2024News Source (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/kush-synthetic-drug-addiction-epidemic-west-africa/)

Potental increase in demand for drug recognition experts with marijuana legalization

BY STEVE MAUGERI CLEVELAND PUBLISHED 5:41 PM ET JAN. 01, 2024 CLEVELAND — Deputy Cody Karena is a drug recognition expert, or DRE, at the Monroe County Sheriff’s office in ...

‘Widespread cocaine usage’ found after testing wastewater in NM schools

DEC 20 By Lauren Taylor (Reporter), Alex Peebles (Producer), Ian Kennedy (Editor) New Mexico health officials said they found widespread cocaine usage when testing wastewater for opioids and stimulants ...

Ukraine is legalizing medicinal marijuana to treat stress and cancer among war survivors

Dec 22, 2023 Matthew Loh (https://www.businessinsider.com/author/matthew-loh) The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted in a bill that legalizes medicinal cannabis.JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images and Ruslan Stefanchuk/Verkhovna Rada ...

Mass drug courts: Treating the disorders that lead to persistent crime

Published 2023/12/27By Mimi Wishner Segel and Shira Stoll (https://www.nbcboston.com/author/shira-stoll/) Massachusetts is home to 31 drug courts where teams help treat mental health and substance abuse disorders that often lead to persistent ...