One challenge of border control authorities and police forces across the globe is keeping pace with illicit drugs termed New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), also referred to as ‘legal highs’.
Identifying “designer drugs,” or so-called “legal highs” quickly is a public health challenge plaguing hospital emergency rooms, forensic labs, and law enforcement agencies globally. These are ...
New synthetic drug associated with overdose deaths arrives in Portugal; man arrested; “Highly toxic substance is “stronger ...
At the end of 2023, the health crisis caused by fentanyl use in the United States set alarm bells ringing. However, the situation may get even worse with the emergence of another family of synthetic ...
In what is being described as a proactive move, Guyana has launched a National Early Warning System (EWS) on drugs to strengthen the country’s ability to detect, monitor, and respond to potential ...
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Global drug addiction mortality rates double despite fewer new cases
The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...
Lawmakers set aside the money in the state budget to study ibogaine, which may help treat PTSD and other ailments.
Between 2011 and 2022 the number of opioid-related deaths in England and Wales was more than 50% higher than figures given by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), according to a new report from ...
BOGOTÁ — By the 1970s, Colombia had convinced itself that its only social and economic problem was drug trafficking — ignoring corruption, ideological vendettas, the breakdown of the social fabric and ...
Researchers from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan found that “cyberdelic” VR experiences — computer-generated ...
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