Addiction
Brazil has 370,000 regular crack cocaine users: study
Brazil has 370,000 regular crack cocaine users in major cities, including 50,000 minors, an official study found Thursday.
Sep 19, 2013
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Health
New Zealand youth engaging in less risky pursuits
Drinking, drugs and other risky behaviours are on the decline according to a nationwide report on New Zealand youth launched at Parliament recently.
Aug 2, 2013
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Pediatrics
Gunning for trouble: Study of young assault victims finds risky mix of gun possession, aggression
They're young. They've been injured in an assault – so badly they went to the emergency room. And nearly one in four of them has a gun, probably an illegal one. What happens next?
Jul 8, 2013
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Medications
DEA settles Walgreens painkiller case for $80M
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has reached an $80 million civil settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over violations of rules governing the distribution of powerful prescription painkillers.
Jun 11, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
First trial—investigating magic mushrooms as a treatment for depression—delayed by UK and EU regulations
The world's first clinical trial to explore the use of the hallucinogenic ingredient in magic mushrooms to treat depression is being delayed due to the UK and EU rules on the use of illegal drugs in research.
Apr 8, 2013
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Addiction
Study to look at the impact of legal alternatives to illegal drugs
The use of legal substances that mimic the effects of illegal drugs appears to be on the rise in Australia, yet little is known about their long-term impact on users.
Nov 14, 2012
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Health
Pot, gay marriage, assisted suicide on US ballots
(AP)—Voters in some U.S. states will get a chance on Election Day to decide intriguing topics that President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney have ignored, including death penalty repeal, marijuana legalization ...
Oct 30, 2012
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Medications
Global 'war on drugs' a failure, future in regulation, prevention: experts
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP), a new international lobby group for liberalisation, called Wednesday for what it termed the failed war on drugs to be replaced by policies oriented to regulation and prevention.
Oct 24, 2012
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Addiction
Illegal drug users more likely to use new synthetic drugs and pharmaceuticals
(Medical Xpress)—Methamphetamine users' use of synthetic cannabis products (such as Kronic) increased from ten per cent in 2010 to 41 per cent in 2011 an annual report on illegal drug use shows. Many of these synthetic ...
Oct 18, 2012
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Medications
Most prescription drugs manufactured overseas—are they safe?
Most pharmaceutical drugs in Canada are manufactured overseas in countries such as India, China and others, yet how can we be confident the drug supply is safe, writes a drug policy researcher in an opinion piece in CMAJ ...
Sep 10, 2012
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