For twenty years under U.S. military control, Afghanistan was the world’s largest source of illicit opium. After the U.S. defeat and withdrawal, that system collapsed—fast. UNODC Report During the U.S./NATO

Kratom is a mind-altering herbal compound from South East Asia. It's an edgier variety of psychoactive flora that I'm not sure I recommend. I'm a big fan of cognitive enhancers, which Kratom is not; for

Imagine a world where every time you drink a beer the alcohol content varies from 1% to 99% and you never know what the alcohol content will be, and have no way of monitoring your intake. How many people

One of the lesser known elements of the 2014 Crimea annexation is what catastrophe it caused for Ukrainian addicts and those sick with HIV/AIDS and TB and other chronic diseases. Ukraine and Russia have

A number of states have pursued lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and others involved in the industry. Just recently, Nevada successfully reached a settlement of $45 million for that crisis that is

Purdue Pharma has recently plead guilty for its role in helping to fuel the "opioid crisis" around the United States. What Did They Do? They are pleading guilty to allegations that they knowingly

Former billionaire and pharmaceutical executive John Kapoor will go to jail for five years and six months. His sentencing is the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid

Drug overdose patients rushed to some emergency rooms in New York’s Hudson Valley are asked a series of questions .The information is entered into a new overdose-tracking system that provides near real-time

Opioid overdoses kill more than 130 people in the U.S. daily in an unprecedented crisis that continues to spiral out of control. The pharmaceutical companies behind these drugs are now facing mounting

According to CBC, The Timmins Police Service (SPT) warns the public that carfentanil, a drug 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, was detected in drugs seized during a police operation last July.

YouTube user by the name of Dagogo Altraide has put up at his ColdFusion channel, an excellent documentary that can cast a new light on the widespread notion of narco lords… The name of Sackler Family,

Vancouver's cannabis activism is incredible, and I'm proud to be part of it. The Cannabis Substitution Project gives away high-dose edibles to prevent the overuse of opiate drugs, like heroin and fentanyl,

Opioids are a growing worry in the US for everyone in the workspace; 2 in 3 HR professionals say that their workplace had been or will be affected by the rise of prescription drug abuse. But in order to

The opioid push that is going on in the United States today is seeing a lot of unwanted attention. With physicians able to freely prescribe opioids to their patients based on their symptoms, they continue

Because of their power and addictive nature, opioid painkillers need highly visible warning labels, said Matt Hancock, the United Kingdom's secretary of state for health and social care. According to Hancock,

On April 23, 2019, New Jersey attorney general Gurbir S. Grewal announced that the state had launched a new tool ( to help fight the opioid epidemic. This data tool, the Integrated Drug Awareness Dashboard,

U.S. FDA approves Teva Pharmaceutical’s first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, which is used to reverse opioid overdoses.

Holistic approaches ( to opioid addiction treatment have garnered a lot of attention recently. Holistic drug addiction treatment focuses on using natural and healthy techniques to help the client with

The Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study gave $40 million worth of grants to Yale School of Medicine. The purpose of these grants is to study opioid addiction treatments states a press release from Yale

The NIDA, National Institute on Drug Abuse, believes there is no evidence showing marijuana will wean people off an opioid addiction. Using marijuana as a treatment to do so may deny the person a chance