Tag: drug addiction
White House Commission Suggests 56 Strategies to Combat Opioid Crisis
Thursday the Opioid Commission tasked by President Donald Trump sent the White House a list of 56 methods to mitigate the opioid crisis. It...
Injecting drugs increases Hep C risk for more women than men
Recent research looked into the risk of contracting Hepatitis C between men and women who inject drugs and discovered that women are more vulnerable...
State attorneys general implore Congress to fund addiction treatment
A majority of state attorneys general joined in a bipartisan coalition earlier this week and urged Congress to permit Medicaid funding toward larger substance...
Overdoses killed almost two people a day in Minnesota last year
New data revealed that an average of two people died a day from drug overdoses in Minnesota in 2016. The figures, released by the Minnesota...
Jeff Sessions praises record-setting drug seizures in San Diego
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made an appearance in San Diego on Wednesday to commemorate the record-breaking 450,000 pounds of illicit drugs seized by...
Pope Addresses Drug Trafficking and Addiction in Colombia
In a recent trip to Medellin, Pope Francis lamented the lives lost to drug trafficking, cartels, and addiction in Colombia. Colombia remains one of...
Trump acknowledges National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
September 2017 is officially National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month, according to a proclamation by President Donald Trump. The proclamation, which was posted on the...
New Zealand’s National Party announces $82 million crackdown on drugs
New Zealand’s National Party has promised an $82 million crackdown on drugs and gangs if the party is re-elected. The funding, which is also backed...
National Recovery Month aims to empower families and communities
September is National Recovery Month, an initiative sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to boost awareness and celebrate the...
Using the genetics of addiction to improve treatment
Substance use disorders result from genetic and environmental factors combined, which led researchers to look at changes in gene expressions to predict susceptibility to...
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