Recent News Headlines : Drug Test

JAMIE BACON'S 'TRUE LOVE' DEAD OF 'ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE'


Madison Zoe Fine, 25,was found in a Richmond Hotel room on Dec. 1 before she could make it to a court hearing involving her boyfriend, Jamie Bacon... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 589

PORTUGALS RADICAL DRUGS POLICY IS WORKING. WHY HASNT THE WORLD COPIED IT?


Alvaro Pereira was working as a family doctor in Olhao in southern Portugal... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 78598

'RULE OF LAW' FOR PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR


Rights groups say Mr Duterte has sanctioned extrajudicial killings by vigilantes and by police... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 77

MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET


In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 4941

WHY HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS CHANGED? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS


But secondary school children in England are now more likely to have tried illegal drugs than cigarettes, according to NHS Digital... READ MORE

21st November, 2017 165

WHITE HOUSE REPORT SAYS TRUE COST OF OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOPS $500 BILLION


Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE

20th November, 2017 0

AFGHANISTAN'S BOOMING HEROIN TRADE LEAVES TRAIL OF ADDICTION AT HOME


In 2001, the last year of its rule, the Taliban outlawed opium cultivation, but they have since reversed course... READ MORE

16th November, 2017 300

FDA WARNS OF INJURY, DEATH WITH HERBAL SUPPLEMENT KRATOM


But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 2

'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'


'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 2499

IMPENDING CLOSURE OF LOWERTOWN POP-UP INJECTION SITE 'BITTERSWEET,' SAY VOLUNTEERS


Catherine Hacksel is a volunteer with Overdose Prevention Ottawa and calls the closure of the Raphael Brunet Park tent site 'bittersweet.'... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 13

HOW AMERICA'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS EXPLODING IN DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO BACK YARD


This year an estimated 65,000 Americans will die after overdosing on opioids, whether it be prescription painkillers or illegal street drugs like heroin... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 141

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1948

TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID EPIDEMIC A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY


Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1249

U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD JUST 'SAY NO' TO OPIOIDS


Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 5619

OFFICIALS SAY TRUMP'S OPIOID EMERGENCY WON'T MEAN NEW MONEY


Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 6

FDA HOPES TO LIFT STIGMA ON USING DRUGS AS TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION IN FACE OF RESISTANCE


FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 22

ROGER CRYSTAL WENT TO BUSINESS SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW TO TREAT ADDICTION


He was lying there with his liver and intestines exposed, and all he wanted to do was shoot up on heroin, Crystal says... READ MORE

24th October, 2017 133

DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES


Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2433

A SPACE TO SHOOT UP, BUT NO SPACE FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT


Jonathan worries he may die before getting into an Ottawa treatment bed... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1100

DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST


Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 1437

DUTERTE PULLS POLICE OFF CONTROVERSIAL DRUGS CRACKDOWN


Police say they have killed over 3,850 people in anti-drugs operations since Mr Duterte took office last year... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 226

RODRIGO DUTERTE PULLS PHILIPPINE POLICE OUT OF BRUTAL WAR ON DRUGS


Donald Trump, however, has praised Duterte for what he said was an unbelievable job in a fight against illegal drugs... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 429

MELANIA TRUMP TOURS WEST VIRGINIA INFANT DRUG REHAB CENTER


West Virginia also by far has the highest rate of drug overdose deaths... READ MORE

11th October, 2017 7

MELANIA TRUMP TOURS WEST VIRGINIA INFANT DRUG REHAB CENTER


AP -- First lady Melania Trump has toured a West Virginia drug addiction recovery center for infants in the heart of the nation's opioid epidemic... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 0

DUTERTE SUPPORT TUMBLES AS MINORS DIE IN PHILIPPINE DRUG WAR


Duterte's son has denied involvement in drug smuggling as part of a Senate probe... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 2145

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT SEES BIGGEST RATINGS DIP, BUT POPULARITY INTACT


The survey was conducted just a few days after thousands of Filipinos rallied to denounce Duterte, his anti-drug crackdown and what they called an emerging dictatorship... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 176

DUTERTE'S 'DRUG WAR' IS FUELING THE SPREAD OF DISEASE


Community groups in Cebu City have long provided clean -needles, sometimes with support from local authorities, sometimes against their wishes... READ MORE

6th October, 2017 646

'THE GREATEST DRUG FIENDS IN THE WORLD'


America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 1434

IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE TO LEAVE ALCOHOL OUT OF THE DRUGS DEBATE


Interesting in the light of the government's drug strategy but puzzling in that neither piece mentioned alcohol... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 347

DUTERTE SAYS HIS SON WILL BE KILLED IF HE IS INVOLVED IN DRUGS


As president, Duterte has said he would be happy to slaughter 3 million drug addicts, and described children shot dead in the drug war as collateral damage ... READ MORE

21st September, 2017 1606

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DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR DRUG TEST AHEAD OF NEXT DEBATE


Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE

16th October, 2016 47718

RODRIGO DUTERTE'S NEXT TARGET: 9-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN


Human rights groups and advocates for child welfare counter that the lives of children living at the margins of the drug trade are anything but pampered... READ MORE

26th February, 2017 15967

'EL CHAPO' ARREST SPARKS HOMICIDE SURGE AS FACTIONS FIGHT TO FILL VACUUM


Mexico had just started emerging from its bloody battle with drug cartels, with murder rates dropping for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014... READ MORE

31st March, 2017 13396

'ADDICTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE': SCOTT OAKE OPENS UP ABOUT SON'S BATTLE WITH DRUGS


Bruce had been assaulted over a drug debt, so he turned to his parents... READ MORE

7th June, 2017 12613

AMID OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHITE HOUSE MAY CUT DRUG CONTROL OFFICE BUDGET


Drug office budget cuts being considered by Trump White House... READ MORE

6th May, 2017 8601

NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE


Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE

17th December, 2016 8354

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE SAYS HE PERSONALLY KILLED CRIMINALS


Rights groups have previously accused Duterte of running vigilante death squads in Davao that killed more than 1,000 suspected criminals... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 7810

BRITISH BARON'S DAUGHTER SHOT DEAD IN PHILIPPINES


Aurora Moynihan UK peer's daughter shot dead in Philippines... READ MORE

20th September, 2016 7143

'LONG-TERM TREATMENT SAVED MY LIFE,' SAYS FORMER B.C. ADDICT WHO OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL 17 TIMES


It took the sisters two years to get into the program, which used suboxone to transition them off fentanyl... READ MORE

18th December, 2016 6560

43 PERCENT RISE IN ESTIMATED OPIUM HARVEST


Figures from government and UNODC show 10 percent increase in poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication... READ MORE

23rd October, 2016 5630

EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS


Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE

16th September, 2016 5252

'A SMALL BAND-AID ON A BIG CUT'


Nice work, says Lynch as the man comes back to life after repeated shots of Narcan... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 5245

NO ONE STARTS OUT WITH A NEEDLE IN THEIR ARM


We try to place everyone as easily and quickly as possible, says Leonard Campanello, the chief of police in Gloucester... READ MORE

11th July, 2015 4823

MDMA MAY POSE GREATER DANGER TO WOMEN THAN MEN, SAY SCIENTISTS


Global Drugs Survey says there has been four-fold increase in female ecstasy users seeking emergency care in last three years... READ MORE

5th November, 2016 4434

DURHAM POLICE WILL GIVE ADDICTS HEROIN TO INJECT IN 'SHOOTING GALLERIES'


A part government-funded pilot scheme in Darlington, London and Brighton involving 127 chronic addicts found that giving them heroin significantly reduced both their drug usage and crime... READ MORE

5th March, 2017 4133

TED CRUZ WANTS EL CHAPO TO PAY FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL


Ted Cruz wants to build the border wall using a different kind of brick... READ MORE

26th April, 2017 4059

AS OVERDOSE DEATHS HIT RECORD LEVELS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES FACE MASSIVE CUTS


Its 2016 annual report, published last week, which also aggregates data from Turkey and Norway, found the UK also had the highest proportion of heroin addicts... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 3209

AS AN OPEN-AIR HEROIN CAMP IS CLOSED, OPTIONS NARROW


Now people come to Kensington from around the city, state and country in search of heroin... READ MORE

21st July, 2017 2774

'EL CHAPO' GUZMAN SECRETLY MET SEAN PENN IN MEXICO


Three months after drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman escaped from prison, he met actor Sean Penn for a secret interview in a dense Mexican jungle... READ MORE

10th January, 2016 2759

MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN, PERCOCET SUED BY U.S. GOVERNMENTS OVER OPIOID CRISIS


Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE

16th July, 2017 2507

INDIAN STUDENT DRAGS DRUNK ATTACKER TO POLICE BY HIS HAIR


I also asked the police officers to teach the accused a lesson so that he would not dare to molest a woman ever again... READ MORE

21st March, 2015 2476

KETAMINE SHOULD BE KEPT OFF WORLDWIDE ILLEGAL DRUGS LIST, DOCTORS SAY


But China and some other Asian countries, including Thailand, have problems with ketamine abuse... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 1928

'THEY BROUGHT ME BACK AGAIN': ADDICTS WHO OD REVIVED ON THE SPOT AT POP-UP SAFE INJECTION SITES


Fentanyl, which is exponentially more potent than heroin, is behind a huge spike in overdose deaths across the country... READ MORE

25th November, 2016 1665

WHAT WE LEARNED PHONING EVERY DRUG REHAB FACILITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA


The drug is supposed to be the first line of treatment for opioid addiction in B.C... READ MORE

11th September, 2016 1659

FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION POLICE MUG SHOTS SHOW DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF METH AND OXYCODONE


The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE

13th June, 2015 1655

OPIUM USE BOOMS IN AFGHANISTAN, CREATING A 'SILENT TSUNAMI' OF ADDICTED WOMEN


Several women going through withdrawal pleaded to go home, swearing they would never touch drugs again... READ MORE

20th June, 2017 1305

MONTREAL OPENS FIRST MOBILE SUPERVISED INJECTION CLINIC IN NORTH AMERICA


It's an emotional day, said Louis Letellier de St-Just of Cactus Montreal, the organisation responsible for one of the sites... READ MORE

19th June, 2017 1261

'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' HEROIN SKETCH SPARKS OUTRAGE


Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE

19th April, 2016 1017

BUT NOW EXPERTS FEAR THE PROGRAMME HERE IS BEING ABANDONED


More than half of addicts given heroin were off it within three years... READ MORE

22nd October, 2016 992

TRUMP CALLS OPIOIDS 'NO GOOD,' URGES PEOPLE NOT TO ABUSE THEM


Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE

8th August, 2017 799


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