“Inside UK’s drug mule factory as gangs reveal ruthless tricks to snare ‘young & dumb’ girls chasing Instagram holidays. Over half are under the age of 30, with a high concentration between 17 and 24,” The Sun headlined. People from slightly…
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EUDA webinar: ketamine in Europe
This European Union Drugs Agency webinar on 27 May aims to provide insights into the European ketamine market and will expand on health-related harms caused by non-medical ketamine use. This webinar presents the findings of a recent Ketamine in Europe: EMPACT…
Congress must not walk away from the addiction crisis
“Long before Congress found the will to act on the addiction crisis, the recovery community was already doing the hard work… Throughout my years in Congress, I have had the privilege of learning from these advocates… The progress we have made…
Don’t cut alcohol research funding
“Alcohol is our worst substance use problem: Don’t cut research funding,” urged William F Wieczorek, chair of the Friends of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol use still claims about 178,000 lives each year in the US…
Book reads for mental health
Healio shortlisted 4 books to read in this Mental Health Awareness Month: How do you feel? for those who look after others, Loving someone with suicidal thoughts, Building happier kids and Just one heart that combines cardiology, neuroscience and mindfulness…
I’m a judge in addiction cases
“When I am deciding whether to sentence a person to prison or probation for a felony they committed that stemmed from a substance abuse disorder, I ask if they want treatment. If they answer, ‘Yes,’ I ask, ‘What’s your sobriety…
Where US drug deaths are rising
Nationally, overdose is wtill going down. In the West, it’s going back up, Filter magazine warned. The CDC’s latest monthly provisional overdose death count showed that the crisis is fastest in New Mexico with a projected rate of overdose increasing…
Māori-led meth recovery model
A Māori-led methamphetamine recovery programme was hailed as a global leader in addiction research and recovery. He Haerenga ki te Whakaora, run by Mātai Medical Research, combined clinical science with mātauranga Māori to help people achieve sustained abstinence. “Te ao…
Australia: GPs on AOD stigma
GPs joined other health professionals as the faces of the Raise It campaign shining a light on stigma linked to alcohol and other drug use. It focuses on the lived experiences of clinicians working in an imperfect system. “I witnessed…
