Promoting Good Practice In Prevention
THE YALE LAW JOURNAL – VOLUME 134 – 2024-2025 by Taleed El-Sabawi & Sarah Katz – 28 Mar 2025 Note:Links to References not given here. Abstract Family separation has long served as a mechanism of social control and punishment in the United States, disproportionately targeting Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized families under the guise of child welfare. […]
Read more...by International Journal of Drug Policy – Volume 139, May 2025 – Brandon del Pozo et al. Highlights • Studies show an association between police opioid seizures and fatal overdose. • This model presents physical and behavioral causes of this positive relationship. • Reducing the disruptive outcomes of police opioid seizures can reduce overdose. • Police […]
Read more...by United Nations – Office on Drugs and Crime – April 3rd 2025 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently developed Friends in Focus, a new youth-based peer-to-peer drug prevention programme that aims to meaningfully involve young people in prevention efforts. It was peer-reviewed by a global group of experts in the field of […]
Read more...From The White House – April 3, 2025 The Administration will focus on six key areas in its first year Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is announcing the release of the Trump Administration’s Drug Policy Priorities, a comprehensive and coordinated blueprint to reduce the devastating impact of illicit drugs on […]
Read more...by Rodielon Putol – Earth.com staff writer – 04-06-2025 Nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Despite warnings from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), more people across the U.S. are misusing the substance – often with tragic results. AD Once a common feature in dental offices […]
Read more...by DFAF – Save Our Society From Drugs <clincoln-dfaf.org@shared1.ccsend.com> 10 April 2025 Rather than investing in prevention strategies and expanding access to treatment and recovery services, British Columbia, Canada, chose to enact radical harm reduction policies—policies that are now being linked to a significant worsening of the opioid crisis. In March 2020, British Columbia […]
Read more...by Drug Free America Foundation <hhorning> 10 April 2025 15:45 As marijuana becomes more accessible across the U.S., it’s easy to assume that legality equals safety. But that assumption can put both individuals and workplaces at risk. Whether you’re a small business owner trying to protect your team or an employee navigating changing laws, […]
Read more...by Kyle Jaeger – April 10, 2025 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has notified an agency judge that the marijuana rescheduling process is still on hold—with no future actions currently scheduled as the matter sits before the acting administrator, who has called cannabis a “gateway drug” and linked its use to psychosis. It’s been almost three […]
Read more...by AddictionPolicy Forum – Apr 3, 2025 Adults under 50 who use marijuana may face a significantly higher risk of heart attack, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Researchers analyzed data from more than 4.6 million adults and found that individuals under 50 who use […]
Read more...by Robyn Oster – April 2025 The Office of National Drug Control Policy released the Trump Administration’s Drug Policy Priorities, which lay out the administration’s plan for its first year. It lays out 6 priorities: Reduce the Number of Overdose Fatalities, with a Focus on Fentanyl: This includes harm reduction efforts including increasing availability of naloxone and […]
Read more...by Nicolas Traino with Lucie Valais – 20/03 /25, then PL with AFP – 04/09 /25 The Academy of Medicine relies on certain studies carried out in countries where cannabis has been legalized to reaffirm its opposition to legalization in France. The French Academy of Medicine reiterated, this Wednesday, April 9, its long-standing opposition […]
Read more...by Alan Earls Editor – Franklin Observer – 4-12-2025 The new top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts underscored her opposition this week to supervised drug use sites and issued a “guarantee” that the Trump administration will never allow states like Massachusetts to skirt the federal law criminalizing the long-debated facilities. U.S. Attorney Leah Foley, who took office […]
Read more...As reports show highest rates of deaths after drug misuse among older people, experts take a look at the health risks by Damon Syson – Daily Telegraph, London – 12 April 2025 A recent report from the Office for National Statistics revealed that older people continue to register the highest rates of drug misuse mortality. […]
Read more...Kara Alexander is jailed for life after drowning her sons, aged two and five, in a bath after smoking the drug Kara Alexander has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her children Credit: Metropolitan Police/PA A judge has warned against the dangers of drugs after a skunk-smoking mother drowned her young sons […]
Read more...From NIHCM Newsletter / April 2025 Alcohol & Substance Use Learn about the latest news on substance use, including views on alcohol, and how fentanyl deaths are declining. Alcohol Awareness: April is alcohol-awareness month and an opportunity to reflect on the impacts of alcohol use and how alcohol-related deaths have increased over the last decade, with a sharp increase […]
Read more...This video illustrates findings of research by LHSC Canada, showing a potential biological link between cannabis use and psychosis – this can be seen by clicking the link shown below: LHSCCanada Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lafj4KjVRIA
Read more...International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 140, June 2025, 104808 by Raminta Daniulaityte – College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, United States et al. “I don’t know how you can overdose smoking them:” Highlights • Smoking was viewed as protective against overdose compared to other routes of use. • Beliefs about inconsistency of blues […]
Read more...Experts warn of rising dependence on anti-anxiety medications, which often start as short-term solutions but lead to addiction; with withdrawal posing serious risks, specialists stress need for medical oversight, alternative treatments, and early intervention by Eitan Gefen – 17th March 2025 Victoria Ratliff awakens in her lavish suite, the Thai sun piercing through the curtains. She […]
Read more...by Sean Murray – Mon, 17 Mar, 2025 “It’s important to realise, in terms of the harms of gambling, it’s not confined to a particular gender. Sometimes it’s considered that it ought to be a certain socioeconomic group or certain educational background. But it’s actually across the board.’ Towards the end of the Irish Examiner’s chat […]
Read more...Sunday، 16 March 2025 – 12:40 PM Medhat Wahba, the official spokesperson for the Fund for Combating and Treating Addiction and Drug Abuse, confirmed on Sunday, March 16, 2025, that the United Nations’ selection of Egypt as the first country in the world to implement the CHAMPS initiative for children under the age of […]
Read more...The world’s first injectable CBD product is raising concerns By Lester Black, Cannabis editor – March 13, 2025 The Food and Drug Administration warned a California cannabis company on Monday that its injectable hemp CBD could be posing “serious harm” to public health, telling the company that its product is violating federal law. Pico IV sells a purified version […]
Read more...United Nations – Office on Drugs and Crime March 14th 2025 Just this week, the Youth Forum 2025 took place during 10 – 12 March on the sidelines of the 68th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). This year, 32 youths from 25 countries were selected through a rigorous process, aiming to invite youths […]
Read more...National Crime Agency exposes increasing ketamine use in England amid surge in ‘drug cocktails’ by Tony Diver, Associate Political Editor, The Telegraph (London) 21 February 2025 Drug use in England Ketamine 2023: 10,600 kilograms consumed 2024: 24,800 kilograms consumed Hotspots: Norwich, Liverpool and Wakefield Street value: Unknown Cocaine 2023: 87,600 kilograms consumed 2024: 96,000 […]
Read more...by Lindsey Leake August 27, 2024 at 4:30 PM EDT The modern marijuana consumer may be shedding the lazy stoner stereotype, yet new research shows employees who use and abuse the drug are more likely to miss work. While the modern marijuana consumer may be shedding that lazy stoner stereotype, new research shows that employees […]
Read more...Original Investigation Substance Use and Addiction January 21, 2025 Zev Schuman-Olivier, MD1,2; Hannah Goodman, BA1; Joseph Rosansky, PhD1,2; et alAlaine Kiera Fredericksen, MSW, LICSW1; Javier Barria, MPH1; Gareth Parry, PhD1,2; Randi Sokol, MD3,4; Paula Gardiner, MD1,2,3,4; Benjamin Lê Cook, PhD1,2; Roger D. Weiss, MD2,5 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(1):e2454950. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54950 visual abstract icon Visual Abstract Key PointsQuestion During buprenorphine treatment, does group-based mindfulness training reduce opioid use, craving, and anxiety compared with group recovery support? Findings In this randomized clinical trial including 196 adults prescribed buprenorphine […]
Read more...PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317036 March 7, 2025 1 / 24 Citation: Onohuean H, Oosthuizen F (2025) 1 Biopharmaceutics Unit, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kampala International University Western Campus, Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda, 2 Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa * onohuean@gmail.com Abstract Introduction There is an […]
Read more...by WRD News Team – March 12, 2025 The global fight against addiction has taken an important step forward with the launch of the Hyannis Consensus Blueprint, an initiative that offers a comprehensive, balanced drug policy supported by leading experts and organisations. Speaking at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Dr. Kevin Sabet, President and […]
Read more...Mar 5 – Updated: Mar 12 A randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open found that incorporating online group mindfulness sessions into buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) significantly reduced opioid cravings compared to treatment as usual. The study, led by Dr. Zev Schuman-Olivier and colleagues from Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School, […]
Read more...by Drug Free America Foundation – www.dfaf.org As marijuana continues to be legalized for recreational use across more U.S. states, the impacts on various aspects of society are becoming clearer. A recent study published in the JAMA Health Forum shines a spotlight on an unsettling trend: an increase in on-the-job injuries among […]
Read more...The attached guide describes Planet Youth – a prevention model which has proved very successful in practice. Planet Youth relies heavily on the Icelandic Prevention Model, as summarised below. (This graphic is borrowed from the ‘Planet Youth Guidance Program – Information Guide’) as attached. To access the full Planet Youth document: Click on the ‘Source’ […]
Read more...by Ioulia Kondratovitch – 10 March 2025 – Law and Crime Prevention UNODCA “new black market” for synthetics and drug trafficking through war zones are fuelling instability around the world, the chief of the UN drugs and crime office said. Today, the illicit drug market is becoming more unpredictable, driven by the impact of synthetic […]
Read more...Cathy Deacon Mar 13, 2025 Writer states that primary prevention, heading off drinking problems before they start, should be a focus Dear Ms Clarke, (Ms. Yvonne Clarke MLA for Porter Creek Centre – where I reside) and other MLAs of the Yukon government. In the fall of 2024, the Yukon’s chief medical officer stated that the […]
Read more...by Anonymous | Thursday, Mar 13, 2025 Drugs are everywhere—in movies, music videos, social media, and school hallways. Over the years, more young adults have been experimenting with substances at younger ages. The drugs of choice have also changed: before, the “cool” substances were tobacco and alcohol; nowadays, they’ve been replaced by marijuana, nicotine, and […]
Read more...United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Vienna (Austria), 13 March 2025 – “Investing in your health, safety, and well-being is an investment in a stronger, more sustainable world.” Ms. Ghada Waly, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), emphasized the vital role of youth in substance use prevention. Speaking at the Opening […]
Read more...by Brian Mann, NPR March 15, 2025 This story originally appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Pennsylvania is seeing roughly 2,000 fewer drug deaths a year. Nationwide, the number of annual deaths from drug overdoses has dropped by more than 30,000 people a year. On a blustery winter morning, Keli McLoyd set off on foot across Kensington. […]
Read more...United Nations Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section March 14th 2025 Just this week, the Youth Forum 2025 took place during 10 – 12 March on the sidelines of the 68th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). This year, 32 youths from 25 countries were selected through a rigorous process, aiming to invite […]
Read more...Photo: Nikoleta Haffar Vienna (Austria), 10 March 2025 — The 68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) commenced today, gathering 2100 representatives from over 100 Member States to discuss international drug policy. At the opening, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Waly delivered a warning on the evolving drug landscape, highlighting the […]
Read more...by Mia Holloman, Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness – March 11, 2025 A strong Army starts with healthy Soldiers and communities. When Soldiers are at their best, they’re ready for any mission. The Army Substance Abuse Program is committed to preventing substance misuse before it becomes a problem, giving leaders the tools to recognize […]
Read more...Photo: UNODC Member states voting at the 68th session of the CND. Vienna (Austria), 14 March 2025 — The sixty-eighth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) concluded today after five days of intensive discussions on global drug policy, international cooperation and the implementation of international drug policy commitments. The strong engagement and high level of […]
Read more...Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna Statement by Press and information team of the Delegation to UN and OSCE in Vienna: Distinguished Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to be here and to speak on behalf of the European Union and its Member States. Albania, […]
Read more...by Emily K. Jenkins, Rod Knight, Olivier Ferlatte, and Rebecca J. Haines-Saah. This special section of the International Journal of Drug Policy brings together empirical and conceptual contributions to youth cannabis research through diverse methodological and critical social science approaches. Specifically, we present a collection of four empirical papers and three commentaries, all engaging with the central […]
Read more...by Professor Onohuean Hope; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kampala International University, Uganda, and Professor Frasia Oosthuizen who holds a BPharm, MSc (Pharmacology) and PhD (Pharmacology) qualifications, all obtained from PU for CHE (now North-West University). Published: March 7, 2025 in the journal PLOS One (stylized PLOS ONE, and formerly PLoS ONE) is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public […]
Read more...By Emma Thies AD – Last update: 25-02-25, 16:58 The Netherlands is one of the largest suppliers of kush: the life-threatening synthetic drug that is a particularly serious problem in West African Sierra Leone. So many people die from the addictive drug strain that group cremations are even held in the country. What exactly is […]
Read more...by mkeller@timesobserver.com – Mar 1, 2025 Jessie Horning, a senior at Sheffield Area High School, is turning a deeply personal struggle into a powerful mission to help others. After achieving six months of sobriety, Horning has become a vocal advocate for comprehensive substance use prevention and education programs aimed at helping students in Warren County […]
Read more...United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime by Ioulia Kondratovitch – UNODC Globally, the number of people who used drugs rose to 292 million in 2022 – a 20 per cent increase over 10 years. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) 2024 World Drug Report shows that the emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and […]
Read more...New Drug Prevention Guide issued to all schools to raise awareness about drug abuse Abdulla Rasheed (Abu Dhabi Editor) Last updated: March 03, 2025 The Ministry of Interior has warned adolescents and young individuals of both genders against the dangers of consuming certain medications, including sedatives, that can lead to addiction and even death due to […]
Read more...Authors: Christopher Williams Kenneth W. Griffin Sandra M. Sousa Gilbert J Botvin – Weill Cornell Medicine www.researchgate.net February 2025 Psychology of Addictive Behaviors Abstract and Figures Objective: School-based health promotion programs can have a positive effect on behavioral and social outcomes among adolescents. Yet, limited classroom time and suboptimal program implementation can reduce the potential impact […]
Read more...Consumption of alcoholic beverages could make people more likely to experiment with other drugs by Melissa Rudy Fox News – Published March 2, 2025 Longevity doctor reacts to alcohol cancer advisory: ‘It’s about time’ Following the U.S. surgeon general’s new advisory warning of alcohol’s link to multiple cancers, Dr. Brett Osborn, a Florida neurosurgeon and longevity doctor, […]
Read more...University of Southern California – Mar 3 2025 A new USC-led study provides the first nationwide picture of who knows about, carries, and uses naloxone to reverse deadly opioid overdoses. Mireille Jacobson, professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and a senior fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & […]
Read more...United Nations The United Nations Office at Geneva 04 March 2025 Synthetic drugs are rapidly transforming the global drug trade, fuelling an escalating public health crisis, according to the UN administered International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). In its 2024 Annual Report, released on Tuesday, the INCB explains that unlike plant-based drugs, these substances can be made […]
Read more...Over the past 20 years, science-based interventions and treatments using a statistical method called mediation analysis have contributed to reduced rates of smoking and drinking among teenagers and young adults in the U.S. Research from Arizona State University has developed these statistical techniques, which save time and money and are now used widely in psychology, […]
Read more...(KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs of KFF — the independent source for health policy research, polling and journalism.) by Aneri Pattani / KFF Health News (TNS) – March 3, 2025 at 8:45 p.m. Jennifer Carroll, a public health […]
Read more...by Monte Stiles, drug-watch-international@googlegroups.com In a decisive victory, the Idaho House of Representatives has passed HJR 4 with an overwhelming 58-10 vote. HJR 4 proposes a constitutional amendment that would give Idahoans the power to proactively determine the state’s future regarding drug legalization and normalization. If approved by the Senate and ratified by voters in […]
Read more...Jump to content National Crime Agency exposes increasing ketamine use in England amid surge in ‘drug cocktails’ by Tony Diver – Associate Political Editor – The Telegraph of London (UK) – 21 February 2025 The National Crime Agency will warn of a rise in the use of several recreational drugs in Britain, including a 10% […]
Read more...By Tina Underwood – February 23, 2025 Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were about 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2023. Of those, about 75 percent, or 81,000, involved opioids. With the aim of reducing those statistics, Lauren Jones ’22, who is in a post-baccalaureate at Harvard […]
Read more...by Ella Denton – Kentucky Health News – The Lexington Times – February 23, 2025 Kentucky has battled the opioid crisis for decades, but a new drug prevention campaign targeting youth could protect future generations. Attorney General Russell Coleman launched the “Better Without It” campaign in partnership with the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville and Western Kentucky University Wednesday, […]
Read more...Release: February 25, 2025 by CDC Media Relations New provisional data from CDC’s National Vital Statistics System predict a nearly 24% decline in drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12 months ending in September 2024, compared to the previous year. This is the most recent national data available and shows a continued steep decline in […]
Read more...George Soros and his Open Society Foundations have been significant supporters of drug policy reform, including efforts to legalize marijuana, but exact figures specifically earmarked for “legalization lobbyists” are not always broken out distinctly in public records. Instead, contributions are typically reported as broader donations to organizations advocating for drug policy reform, which includes lobbying […]
Read more...Teen non-medical misuse of medications may be more common than we believed. by Mark Gold M.D. – Professor of Psychiatry, Yale, Florida and Washington Universities Updated February 27, 2025 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Key points Teen nonmedical misuse of medications may be more common than previously reported. Adolescents misuse dextromethorphan (DXM) products for their dissociative/hallucinogenic effects […]
Read more...Comment by NDPA: The health-promoting benefit of prevention before treatment is well-founded. The latin root of the word ‘prevention’ is ‘praevenire’ which means ‘to come before’ – not ‘during’ or ‘after’ – reactive policies which have their place, but are at best ‘repair jobs’. The PreVenture program is to be welcomed in this context, and we […]
Read more...Opinion – by Hannah E. Meyers, Published Feb. 16, 2025, 6:19 a.m. ET Hannah E. Meyers is a fellow and the director of policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute. In November, Donald Trump made significant electoral gains in New York’s black and Latino neighborhoods, and in the city’s least affluent communities. Now he is poised to take […]
Read more...by Steven T. Bell, Special Agent in Charge – Omaha Drug Enforcement Administration, and Emily Murray. February 18, 2025 In an effort to build on drug education messaging to tribal communities, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division worked with the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and Mandaree High School of North Dakota to develop a […]
Read more...Wall Street Journal by Patricia Kowsmann, Dylan Tokar and Brian Spegele Feb. 18, 2025 Chinese money brokers are teaming up with Mexican cartels, greasing the wheels of the fentanyl trade, U.S. officials say On an October morning in 2022, an alleged drug trafficker drove a white pickup truck into the parking lot […]
Read more...by James Cook, BBC Scotland editor and Anton Ferrie, BBC News contributor Published 19 February 2025, Updated 20 February 2025 James McMillan and Lisa McCuish […]
Read more...Dangerous but common misconceptions can prevent crucial early addiction treatment. Key points: Misconceptions and the ignoring of research-based evidence prevent crucial early treatment of addiction. Drugs of abuse cause health, life, and relationship problems with many long-lasting effects. Teen and young adult drug prevention is necessary and needs funding. Research published in high-quality peer-reviewed journals […]
Read more...by Dan Krauth Eyewitness News – Friday, February 14, 2025 Dan Krauth has more on the letter sent to the newly confirmed attorney general asking her to shut down safe injection sites in New York City. NEW YORK (WABC) — There are places people can go take illegal drugs under the watchful eye of supervisors […]
Read more...COMMENTARY: Public Health – Feb 14, 2025 by Paul J. Larkin – Rumpel Senior Legal Research Fellow and Bertha K. Madras, PhD – Professor of psychobiology at Harvard Medical School, based at McLean Hospital and cross appointed at the Massachusetts General Key Takeaways Today, some members of America’s political class are desensitized to the drug crisis. […]
Read more...The following four papers are as presented in the Partnership to end Addiction research round-up for February 13th 2025. (1) Use of Alternative Payment Models for Substance Use Disorder Prevention in the United States: Development of a Conceptual Framework Journal: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2025, doi: 10.1186/ s13011-025-00635-z Authors: Elian Rosenfeld, Sarah […]
Read more...by CNN Health (selected text) – February 12, 2025 A legal loophole is allowing children who access social media to see enticing advertisements for marijuana with potentially dangerous consequences, according to experts. Under the Controlled Substances Act, it’s illegal to advertise the sale or use of marijuana using federal airwaves or across state lines. But […]
Read more...by Brian Mann – NPR’s first national addiction correspondent – published January 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM EST When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about the journey that led to his growing focus on health and wellness — and ultimately to his confirmation hearings this week for U.S. secretary of health and human services — […]
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Read more...by WRD News Team – January 14, 2025 Forwarded by Shane Varcoe • 05.02.25 Shane Varcoe is currently the Executive Director for the Dalgarno Institute, and has been for over 15 years. Breakthroughs in Addiction Science Over 50 Years January 14, 2025 by WRD News Team Addiction science has undergone tremendous progress over the past five […]
Read more...By: Jake Goldstein-Street – February 7, 2025 4:01 am They’re not old enough yet to drink in bars, but a group of Washington students wants to make nightlife in the state safer. A bill in the state Legislature requested by Lake Washington High School students aims to protect people from drink spiking. The measure would require some […]
Read more...INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY NDPA: THIS ARTICLE IS INCLUDED FOR ITS INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSUMPTION ROOM PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE. NDPA HAS SEVERAL SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT SO-CALLED ‘CONSUMPTION ROOMS’ AND WOULD TAKE ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE CLAIMS MADE IN THIS ARTICLE, NOT LEAST THE HEADLINE CLAIM THAT THIS IS A ‘SAFE’ SITE … (SEE OTHER […]
Read more...INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY MAGGIE PETITO (OF DRUGWATCH INTERNATIONAL) WHO SUBMITTED THIS ARTICLE TO US: “Albania, a nation of 11,000 square miles and population today of some 2.5 million, saw a recent exodus of half of its people, mostly claiming to be “refugees” – exiting to global outposts. Today’s Albania offers numerous benefits besides a lovely […]
Read more...by David G. Evans, Esq., Senior Counsel, Cannabis Industry Victims Educating Litigators (CIVEL) This item was collected by Dave Evans without any covering article. To access the full array of documents: Click on the ‘Source’ links below. An image – the front page of the full document will appear. Click on the image to open the […]
Read more...by David G. Evans, Esq., Senior Counsel, Cannabis Industry Victims Educating Litigators (CIVEL) – Marijuana use makes autism scores worse. Autism Spectrum Disease (ASD) “is the commonest form of cannabis-associated clinical teratology.” (exhibits 1 and 2 ). A tetralogy is a collection of four things having something in common, such as a deformity with four features. This […]
Read more...Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry – 15 January 2024 Patricia Conrod, Ph.D. patricia.conrod@umontreal.ca, Sherry H. Stewart, Ph.D., Jean Seguin, Ph.D., Robert Pihl, Ph.D., Benoit Masse, Ph.D., Sean Spinney, M.Sc., and Samantha Lynch, Ph.D. Abstract Objective: Rates of substance use disorders (SUDs) remain significantly above national targets for health promotion and disease prevention in Canada and the United States. This study investigated the 5-year SUD outcomes following a selective drug and alcohol prevention program targeting personality risk […]
Read more...Guest Commentary written by Vern Pierson – January 27, 2025 Vern Pierson is the district attorney of El Dorado County and was a co-sponsor of Proposition 36. He is a past president of the California District Attorneys Association. A sign warning against selling fentanyl in Placer County hangs over Taylor Road in Loomis on July 24, […]
Read more...by AFP Bureau report – January 28, 2025 PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar shared strategies for drug prevention and fostering resilience, said a press release issued here on Monday. The Welfare and Peace Society, City University of Science and Information Technology (CUSIT) in collaboration with the Higher Education Regulatory Authority (HERA), Anti-Narcotic Force Pakistan and […]
Read more...An update on the progress of national initiatives to address the opioid crisis. by Mark S. Gold M.D. – Addiction Outlook Updated January 31, 2025 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Key points: In 2016, drug experts mapped out solutions to the opioid epidemic. Several major initiatives subsequently were proposed and implemented. Many changes have had profound influences, reducing the […]
Read more...Abstract The prevalence of substance use disorders in adults is higher if substance use is initiated during adolescence, underscoring the importance of youth substance use prevention. We examined whether the use of one substance by adolescents is associated with increased risk for using any other substance, regardless of use sequences. In 2017 we examined data […]
Read more...by David Evans, Senior Counsel, CIVEL (USA) January12, 2025 Article forwarded by Hershel Baker, Drug Free Australia. He opens by saying: “Please find evidence below on a current project to make the marijuana industry legally accountable to their victims in the U.S. if they are SUCCESSFUL, it will become very useful to Victims in many […]
Read more...Newsmaker Interviews by: Gracie Kirschner, John Thomas – Sep 29, 2024 AUSTIN (Nexstar) – Fentanyl poisonings continue to kill thousands of people across Texas. But the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show an encouraging sign. The numbers show a slight decrease in deaths in Texas, mirroring a nationwide decline that started showing […]
Read more...Note by NDPA: This article describes harm Reduction as ” as an alternative to traditional abstinence-based education”. which is seen by NDPA as an unhelpful definition. The valid contribution of Harm Reduction can better be recognised as a strategy working in cooperation with Prevention i.e. it is case of applying ‘both’ rather than ‘either/or’. […]
Read more...by William P. Barr & John P. Walters – 23 Jan 2025 | Hudson Institute (This article forwarded to NDPA by Drug Free Australia) Just weeks after the election, President-elect Trump announced that he would impose a 25% tariff on all Mexican products, and an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese products, until the flow […]
Read more...This is a response from Pamela McColl by email to the then BMJ editor-in-chief Dr Fiona Godlee to the article Drugs should be legalised, regulated and taxed Dear Dr. Godlee Every nation state, representing billions of individuals, on this planet opposes your view on the legalization of all drugs- aside from Uruguay who has in […]
Read more...by Lauren Irwin – WNCT Greenville Roughly one in every three Americans have reported knowing someone who has died of a drug overdose, a new survey found. The poll, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, found that 32 percent of people have known someone who has died of a drug […]
Read more...by Sam Fahmy – January 13, 2025 – Director of Communications, School of Public Health, Georgia State University More than half of study subjects experienced homelessness in the past six months. ATLANTA — A new study led by a Georgia State University […]
Read more...by Jason Buch, Texas Observer – January 13, 2025 A mass overdose event in Austin reveals the state’s backward approach to the ongoing crisis spurred by fentanyl and other super-potent substances. Over the last weekend of April 2024, something in Austin’s drug supply went horribly wrong. The first deaths passed largely unnoticed by anyone other than the […]
Read more...by Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor 14 January 2025 Telegraph, London Watchdog warns weapons and phones are being delivered to inmates with the devices, posing a threat to national security HMP Manchester is among the prisons that have allowed basic security to fall into disrepair making it easier for gangs to […]
Read more...by Nora Volkow, Director, NIDA – January 14, 2025 Dr. Nora Volkow outlines a new roadmap for cannabis and cannabis policy research. In this uncertain and rapidly changing landscape, Dr. Volkow emphasizes that research on cannabis and cannabis policy is badly needed to guide individual and public health decision-making. The greatly increased availability of cannabis […]
Read more...by Kenneth Griffin, Professor, Department of Global and Community Health, New research from Professor Kenneth Griffin shows that the Virtual Reality (VR) program helps students handle complex social situations. This success has led to a new research grant to continue the study. Health-risk behaviors such as binge drinking, drug use, and violence are common among […]
Read more...by researchers Joaquín Rodríguez-Ruiz and Raquel Espejo Siles – University of Córdoba – 14-Jan-2025 A team at the University of Cordoba analyzed more than 8,000 scientific papers on substance use and adolescence to look for the factors that protect adolescents from using them when they are encouraged to do so by those in their social […]
Read more...By Kevin Sabet – Jan 16, 2025 President, Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions Trump Selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To Head of Health and Human Services The Trump-Vance administration has the opportunity to take decisive action to curb the devastating effects of drug normalization and addiction. Americans, meanwhile, are waking up to the harms of the […]
Read more...Nora’s Blog January 8, 2025 – By Dr. Nora Volkow This past year, NIDA commemorated its 50th anniversary, which made me reflect on how far addiction science has come in a half century—from the barest beginnings of an understanding of how drugs work in the brain, and only a few treatment and prevention tools, to […]
Read more...Contemporary issues on drugs As well as providing an in-depth analysis of key developments and emerging trends in selected drug markets, the Contemporary issues on drugs booklet looks at several other developments of policy relevance. The booklet opens with a look at the 2022 Taliban ban on the cultivation and production of and trafficking in drugs […]
Read more...by DFAF.org The Colombo Plan has issued a health alert regarding the growing global threat posed by Benzimidazole (Nitazene) opioids. These highly potent synthetic compounds, which far exceed the strength of fentanyl, are driving significant increases in overdose deaths and public health crises across multiple regions. Nitazene tablets containing 29 mg of […]
Read more...by Miles Martin – milesmartin@ucsd.edu – January 07, 2025 A recent study analyzing data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that past-year recreational ketamine use among adults has increased dramatically since 2015, including significant shifts in associations with depression and sociodemographic characteristics such as race, age and education status. Ketamine use has shown […]
Read more...Maia Davies, BBC News, Published 7 January 2025 Ketamine could be upgraded to a Class A drug as the government seeks expert advice on its classification, the Home Office has said. Illegal use of the drug has reached record levels in recent years, with an estimated 269,000 people aged 16-59 reporting ketamine use in the […]
Read more...Irish teenagers whose friends use cannabis are 10 times more likely to consume the drug themselves, according to the findings of new research. by Seán McCárthaigh 06/01/2025 | 16:16 PM – Breaking News (Ireland) Irish teenagers whose friends use cannabis are 10 times more likely to consume the drug themselves, according to the findings of […]
Read more...In Indiana, Marion, Vanderburgh, Madison and Lake counties had the highest number of residents who listed alcohol as their primary substance upon admission to a facility for treatment. (Adobe Stock) Public News Service – Terri Dee, Anchor/Producer – Monday, January 6, 2025 One popular New Year’s resolution is to quit alcohol consumption. Although easier said than […]
Read more...KCUR-FM – Radio station – | by Suzanne King – Published December 28, 2024 at 3:55 PM CST Since Missouri legalized marijuana in 2018, Dr. Bob Batterson has noticed a change in attitudes. The Children’s Mercy Hospital psychiatrist more often hears from parents wondering if cannabis could help their child’s anxiety, autism or OCD. “I tell them […]
Read more...New York Times DNYUZ December 26, 2024 The cartel operatives came to the homeless encampment carrying syringes filled with their latest fentanyl formula. The offer was simple, according to two men living at the camp in northwest Mexico: up to $30 for anyone willing to inject themselves with the concoction. One of the men, […]
Read more...Author(s): Hannah Elmore, PharmD,John Handshaw, PharmD, BCACP – December 23, 2024 Pharmacists can help address nicotine addiction by recommending FDA-approved smoking cessation methods and educating on the risks associated with electronic cigarette use. Electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes) have emerged as a popular alternative to traditional smoking. This method, known as vaping, involves inhaling an aerosol that […]
Read more...The stats: Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there were 94,112 overdose deaths in the year ending July 2024, a 16.9% decrease from the prior year. All states except Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Montana and Alaska saw decreases. What’s being said: Senior Biden administration officials credited a combination of policies such […]
Read more...Gamblers Anonymous meetings are filling up with people hooked on trading and betting. Apps make it as easy as ordering takeout. Wall Street Journal by Gunjan Banerji Dec. 20, 2024 A new type of addict is showing up at Gamblers Anonymous meetings across the country: investors hooked on the market’s riskiest trades. At […]
Read more...Lydia Wilson – BBC News – Published 14 December 2024 Khat falls into the class C drug category but it isn’t recorded as a specific drug in seizure data A decade ago, a stimulative drug that sold for just a few pounds, was banned in the UK. Known as khat, it’s a plant that’s chewed, […]
Read more...December 19, 2024 / 73(50);1147–1149 Yijie Chen, PhD1; Xinyi Jiang, PhD1; R. Matthew Gladden, PhD1; Nisha Nataraj, PhD1; Gery P. Guy Jr., PhD1; Deborah Dowell, MD1 Summary What is already known about this topic? From 2020 to 2022, among overdose deaths with only illegally manufactured fentanyl (IMF) detected, those with evidence of smoking IMF increased […]
Read more...Provided by GlobeNewswire Dec 17, 2024 3:33pm Millburn, NJ, Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Thousands of residents from New Jersey and throughout the country, including many health care professionals, are now better informed and prepared to act in the fight against the nationwide opioid crisis thanks to the Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Learning Series. […]
Read more...New NIH-funded data show lower use of most substances continues following the COVID-19 pandemic NIH – December 17, 2024 After declining significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, substance use among adolescents has continued to hold steady at lowered levels for the fourth year in a row, according to the latest results from the Monitoring the Future […]
Read more...Polytechnique insights: A REVIEW BY INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE PARIS Guillaume Airagnes Lecturer at Universite Paris Cite Amine Benyamina Professor at Paris Saclay Faculty of Medicine […]
Read more...SAM Drug Report’s Friday Fact report – 11:31 Friday 10th Jan 2025 A study that was published last week in Addictive Behaviors found that alcohol and tobacco are more likely to be used on days when marijuana is used. The study found that individuals consumed an average of 0.45 more alcoholic drinks on days when […]
Read more...People smoke the stuff perfectly openly, without fear, with the threatened £90 fine seemingly a remote possibility. […]
Read more...COMMENT BY NATIONAL DRUG PREVENTION ALLIANCE ON THE ARTICLE BY DREXEL – 15 DECEMBER 2024: NDPA has significant reservations about his article. Drexel (a ‘private university’ in Philadelphia) are asserting that all drug use is stigmatised ,and that such stigmatisation as they observe should be negated. But other specialists in the field counter by giving […]
Read more...Few patients know about evidence-based treatment—or have or seek access to it Fact Sheet December 13, 2024 Projects:Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Overview Alcohol is the leading driver of substance use-related fatalities in America: Each year, frequent or excessive drinking causes approximately 178,000 deaths.1 Excessive alcohol use is common in the United States among people who drink: […]
Read more...PublishedDec 16, 2024 – Contact:Jared Culligan – jculligan@nahb.org This December, join NAHB in recognizing National Drunk and Drug Impaired Driving Prevention Month and be aware of the devastating consequences that result from impaired driving. From 2018 to 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recorded more than 4,700 deaths in drunk driving traffic crashes during the month of […]
Read more...by Brian Anthony Hernandez Published on December 28, 2024 08:00AM EST Teen cigarette use in 2024 was the lowest ever recorded since the Monitoring the Future study started tracking it in the 1970s. A national study discovered that teens in the United States consumed significantly less alcohol and drugs in 2024 compared to past […]
Read more...OPENING STATEMENT BY AUTHOR: Dec 31, 2024 Drug Free Australia has launched a new Substack where we start out with the foundational failure of Australia’s 1985 Harm Minimisation experiment which has literally seen thousands of families (5,400 between 2000 and 2007 alone) needlessly grieving for a lost loved one – all directly as a result […]
Read more...NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse Dec 30 2024 A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared to those who did not. Many of these structural brain differences appeared to exist in childhood […]
Read more...Sima Patra • Sayantan Patra • Reetoja Das • Soumya Suvra Patra Published: December 31, 2024 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.76659 Cite this article as: Patra S, Patra S, Das R, et al. (December 31, 2024) Rising Trend of Substance Abuse Among Older Adults: A Review Focusing on Screening and Management. Cureus 16(12): e76659. doi:10.7759/cureus.76659 This is a large article. To access the full document: Click […]
Read more...SCOPE was formed in 2019 to help prevent opioid addiction, conducting cutting-edge research and education according to the announcement. Wednesday, January 1st 2025, 5:00 AM EST By Sarah Robles Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued an announcement commemorating Scientific Committee on Opioid Prevention and Education (SCOPE) for reaching its first five years of educating the public […]
Read more...by Kastalia Medrano January 2, 2025 In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its first National Drug Control Strategy, which outlined seven goals to be achieved by 2025. On December 30, 2024, the ONDCP released the National Drug Control Strategy Performance Review System (PRS) Report—essentially a progress update on the Biden […]
Read more...An official website of the United States government United States Drug Enforcement Administration January 03, 2025 DEA Headquarters Division – Public Information Office The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has released the 2024 edition of Drugs of Abuse, A DEA Resource Guide, which is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly used and misused drugs […]
Read more...Updated: Jan. 03, 2025, 12:02 p.m.| By Julie Washington, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Do music therapy and acupuncture help patients manage pain without opioids? University Hospitals will use a nearly $1.5 million federal grant to find out. The grant allows UH to develop an Alternatives to Opioids program that educates caregivers about how music therapy […]
Read more...Source : https://marijuanahealthreport.colorado.gov/literature-review/evidence-statements May 2018
Read more...By Sherry Larson, People’s Defender – December 12, 2024 “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Cliché – sure – truthful – absolutely! And when it comes to youth and alcohol, vaping and drug use, it is crucial to begin prevention efforts from an early age. The Adams County Medical Foundation, under the […]
Read more...CDC warns of carfentanil, an opioid that’s 100 times more potent than fentanyl by Fox News – Published Dec. 10, 2024, 11:13 a.m. ET Originally Published by Centers for Disease Control Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the rise of an even deadlier drug. Last […]
Read more...Dec 9, 2024 8:00 am by Diana Yates | Life Sciences Editor, U. of I. News BureauLife SciencesSocial Sciences “I don’t think we’ve had truly robust public policy actions in the U.S. that we can point to that would have resulted in such a sudden and profound downturn in mortality,” says U. of I. health and kinesiology professor […]
Read more...EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS Today’s highly potent marijuana represents a growing and significant threat to public health and safety, a threat that is amplified by a new marijuana industry intent on profiting from heavy use. State laws allowing marijuana sales and consumption have permitted the marijuana industry to flourish, and in turn, the marijuana industry has influenced […]
Read more...PBS Commentary: Dec 1, 2024 3:51 PM EST MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s been called the closest the world has ever come to a vaccine against the AIDS virus. The twice-yearly shot was 100 percent effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and results published Wednesday show it worked nearly as well in men. Drugmaker Gilead said it […]
Read more...JooHee Yoon for Vox Land of the free, home of the blazed. How weed became America’s drug of choice | Vox VOX Writer: Marin Cogan Dec 3, 2024 In the last few decades, marijuana’s had a major glow-up. In 1992, less than 1 million people were using it daily or nearly every day — a […]
Read more...Emphatic Rejection by DrugWatch International COMMENT BY JOHN J. COLEMAN Ph.D, PRESIDENT, DRUGWATCH INTERNATIONAL – 01 December 2024 From: drug-watch-international@googlegroups.com The proposal from the Secretary of HHS and the Attorney General to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III – responding to President Biden’s request to take a second look at marijuana scheduling – […]
Read more...The findings are still valid as to why marijuana should not be rescheduled as determined in the Denial of Petition To Initiate Proceedings To Reschedule Marijuana, by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 81 FR 53767-01(August 12, 2016) Human Physiological and Psychological Effects of Marijuana MARIJUANA AND MENTAL ILLNESS Recent studies show a connection between marijuana […]
Read more...Attached is a submission from Professor Stuart Reece to the Food and Drug Administration in USA for forwarding to the World Health Organization relating to the re-scheduling of cannabis FDA Federal Register Submission for WHO Review and Consideration – Colorado Teratogenicity Patterns Illustrated Email from Stuart Reece April 2018
Read more..."When representing a cause (almost) lost, sound your trumpet, mount your steed and go for the very last charge, failing which you will die of sad old age in the depths of the forgotten fortress, no longer besieged because life has abandoned it for greener pastures."
Jean Raspail
From the website of jeanraspail.net
"Universal prevention initiatives are important elements of a comprehensive prevention strategy that should include selective and indicated prevention initiatives as well. In order to prevent the development of dependence you need all three - and you cannot do without universal prevention. Norms, attitudes, availability are important risk factors for developing drug use problems as well as neighbourhood disorganization and weak family bonds."
Christina Gynna, Deputy National Drugs Policy Co-ordinator, Sweden,
at the ICAA conference in Budapest, 24 October 2005
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