Vaping was sold as a safer alternative. But rising health concerns, fire risks and youth addiction suggest a different reality, Esme Gordon Craig warned in the Guardian. “I’m 24 – and I’m on the frontline of a nationwide vaping disaster”…
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EUDA sets out ‘One Safety’ vision
EUDA executive director Dr Lorraine Nolan addressed the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, setting out the priorities of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network for 2026. EUDA also published Prison and drugs: strengthening…
Novel benzo Bromazolam in Schedule I
Yesterday we shared the 1st bromazolam quantitative analysis. Now the US Drug Enforcement Administration has temporarily placed bromazolam, an unregulated benzodiazepine, under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. The emergency order will remain in effect until 16 March 2028.
Trump’s addiction order: pitfalls
President Donald Trump’s executive order, Addressing Addiction through the Great American Recovery Initiative, emphasizes evidence-based treatment, long-term recovery and coordination across sectors: priorities that align with best practices. But everything will hinge on execution, funding stability and broader healthcare coverage…
Emotional triggers>addiction relapse
In this 7:54-minute video, psychologist and sex addiction recovery expert Doug Weiss explains why addicts struggle to manage their emotions and how emotional triggers fuel addictive behaviors. Drawing from more than 30 years of counseling people, he shares practical insights…
Went to rehab – now runs a $900million company
Kristina Saffran was sent to a rehabilitation facility multiple times to fight her eating disorder. She recovered using a treatment plan called family-based therapy and went on to start a company based on the same approach: Equip, valued at almost…
Research news roundup
The Partnership to End Addiction collated recent research on Substance use links to early experimentation, Social network influence on daily drinking, Prevalence of cannabis use by state legal status, Racial and ethnic differences in medications for opioid use disorder and overdose, and…
The right schedule for marijuana (and other drugs) does not yet exist
Controlled Substances Act schedules often force regulators into a Hobson’s choice between the extremes of overcriminalizing or overcommercializing drugs. Scholars broadly agree that marijuana policy in the US is neither coherent nor evidence based, even as they disagree on the…
“Good riddance” to “hated” drug site
“Some have waited years, many years, for this day. The drug consumption site in Calgary and a mobile drug unit will be closed down June 30. The Alberta government will put taxpayer money into other services,” the Calgary Herald reported.…
