After more than a decade without a national alcohol strategy, and alcohol‑specific deaths increasing dramatically since Covid lockdowns, the need for sustained, evidence‑based action is urgent. In 2025, IAS published A Healthier Future: A long‑term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the…
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How do THC forms differ?
Asst Professor Aaron W Harrison of Trinity University seeks to answer the question of Delta-8, delta-9, THCA? What sets the different THC forms available in regulated cannabis products apart. The types of THC products available and the regulations around them, which…
Episode 2 of High Stakes is here
Heather Bacchus and Eric Burton join Kevin Sabet for Episode 2 of High Stakes to discuss THC Inc, a documentary exposing how corporate weed is causing irreversible harm. They explore the rise of Big Marijuana, high-potency THC, the dangers to adolescent brain…
Parents sue OpenAI after son overdosed
A Texas couple whose son died of an overdose in 2025 after using OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool to get information about drugs sued the technology company yesterday, blaming the AI platform for his death, CBS News reported. Specifically, the platform advised…
US drug strategy takes a hard turn
Last week’s Trump Administration National Drug Control Strategy marks a sharp ideological and operational departure from the more health-oriented approach that had been promoted in recent years, IDPC complained. It objected to prioritising law enforcement, militarisation and abstinence-based messaging over…
Using MOUD in hospitals: consensus
Yale School of Medicine et al engaged 42 national experts in hospital-based addiction treatment in a consensus-building process to develop best practices for hospital-initiated medications for opioid use disorder. Consensus was reached on hospital-initiated MOUD and treatment of opioid withdrawal.
1st WHO report on nicotine pouches
On Friday, the World Health Organization will release its 1st global report on nicotine pouches, Exposing marketing tactics and strategies driving the growth of nicotine pouches, warning that these are aggressively marketed to young people. The report comes in the lead-up…
2.2million Australian middle-aged men drink at risky levels
The 1st national in-depth study to examine alcohol use among Australian middle-aged men found that 2.2million are drinking at levels that put their health at risk of harm. Flinders University, with the Alcohol and Drug Foundation, analysed national data from…
Australia: Dalgarno Institute news
The Dalgarno Institute published its latest Fence Builder e-news, updating readers on Alcohol and breast cancer, Binge drinking and liver disease, Alcohol toll in high-stress professionals, E-cigarettes linked to lung and oral cancer, Celebrity sobriety stories, and more.
