Half of adults aged 20-39 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have had a substance use disorder in their lifetime, according to University of Toronto...
April 7th, 2021Adolescents and teenagers who experiment with marijuana and prescription drugs are more likely to get hooked on them than young people who try these drugs for the first...
November 18th, 2020Smoking and drinking among 15-16-year-old students are showing signs of decline – but there are concerns over potentially risky cannabis use and challenges posed by...
In recent years, heroin and other opioid fatalities have escalated to crisis proportions, intensifying the need for evidence-based recommendations for educational and...Addiction News
The war on drugs has done more harm than good and must be replaced by legal regulation, say eminent doctors at the helm of a new think-tank. University of Cape...
April 28th, 2019Every year on 20 April marijuana advocates from Johannesburg to California celebrate cannabis culture, writes The Conversation. The publication ran a serious of articles...
Major dark web drug suppliers have started to voluntarily ban the synthetic opioid fentanyl because it is too dangerous, the UK National Crime Agency has said, writes...
November 5th, 2018Nearly three-quarters of US employers feel guilty about how they have handled employees’ drug or alcohol addiction-related problems, according to a survey of 737...
The number of people in England hooked on drink or drugs who are being treated for their addiction is falling, prompting claims of a crisis in substance misuse services,...Public Health
A study has exposed major flaws in the fast-tracking of some drugs available to the US public without any stringent clinical evidence of their benefits.
Researchers...
