Drug Test News Report: Breaking News about Drugs of Abuse and Drug Testing

Last updated: February 04, 2023 7:27 PM

Biden makes progress on 'unity agenda' outlined in 2022 -- Biden's unity goals would be hard for anyone to argue against: improving mental health, supporting veterans, beating the opioid epidemic and fighting cancer.

Boston Globe - 5 hours ago

Cocaine capital: Antwerp fears drug-related attacks may rise

Deutsche Welle - 10 hours ago

Met seizes 10 kilos of cocaine worth £1million in drugs bust

Evening Standard - 11 hours ago

Australia to Legalize MDMA And Magic Mushrooms for Medical Use -- The psychedelic substances will be used in the treatment of depression and post-traumatic stress

Voice of America - 16 hours ago

San Diego County sheriff's deputy arrested, accused of bringing cocaine into jail property

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 20 hours ago

George Brothers - These Florida brothers ran one of the largest opioid 'pill mills' in US history. The FBI says it was linked to thousands of deaths

CNN - 1 day ago

MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the First Time

Wired News - 1 day ago

Doctor's opioid prescription conviction tossed after U.S. Supreme Court ruling

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a doctor accused of unlawfully prescribing addictive opioids in Arizona and Wyoming after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in his favor that made it harder to prosecute such cases.

Reuters - 1 day ago

The solution to the opioid crisis can't be a quick fix

The Globe and Mail - 1 day ago

I'm holding crack cocaine in my hand - but in Vancouver, the police don't care

Telegraph UK - 1 day ago

Australia to legalise MDMA and magic mushrooms for medical use

SYNDEY: Australia's drug watchdog on Friday announced that psychedelic substances MDMA and psilocybin — more commonly known as ecstasy and magic mushrooms — will soon be used in the...

International The News - 1 day ago

Minnesota's unique THC beverage industry threatened by marijuana legalization bill

Star Tribune - 1 day ago

Australia to legalise MDMA and mushrooms for medical use

Evening Standard - 1 day ago

Therapeutic Goods Administration approves MDMA to treat PTSD patients

Australian Broadcasting Corp - 1 day ago

TGA approves psilocybin and MDMA for use in treating depression and PTSD

Australian Broadcasting Corp - 1 day ago

Spotlight: Dr. Evan Darzi on creating a cannabis breathalyzer that detects only recent THC use -- 'We're not in the business of trying to lock people up. Actually, it's quite the opposite'

National Post - 2 days ago

Alleged Waikiki cocaine dealer is charged in Marine's death

Stars and Stripes - 2 days ago

Hong Kong criminalizes CBD and ranks it in the same category as HEROIN and cocaine - saying its benefits 'lack scientific proof'

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Ashton Kutcher told a wild story about taking an edible after having a vasectomy and becoming convinced that he and Mila Kunis lost all their money

“The minute weed became legal in California, I got banned from doing it.”

BuzzFeed News - 3 days ago

Vancouver decision to decriminalise heroin 'wrought with consequences' -- Vancouver has decriminalised small amounts of heroin, fentanyl, meth and ecstasy in a public...

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Hong Kong bans CBD, ranking it alongside heroin and cocaine

International The News - 3 days ago

Canada begins trial making heroin and other hard drugs legal in order to 'save lives'

Daily Express - 3 days ago

Opioid Response Team launches as alternative for Chicago overdose emergencies

Chicago Tribune - 3 days ago

Canada province tests decriminalising hard drugs including heroin, cocaine

International The News - 4 days ago

THC-infused candy tempting to kids -- Troy Farah

Salon - 4 days ago

Opioid overdoses, fatalities see downward trend in Anne Arundel County, Annapolis in 2022

The Baltimore Sun - 5 days ago

Baltimore County doctor sentenced to four months’ home detention for role in opioid scheme

A federal judge sentenced a doctor to four months of home detention for charges of conspiring with others to improperly dispense opioid medications at his Baltimore County pain clinic.

The Baltimore Sun - 6 days ago

Israel overlooking looming opioid epidemic, report suggests

Physicians for Human Rights sounds the alarm on lack of public awareness about perils of opioid abuse, Health Ministry’s lacking response

YNET News - 1 month ago

Israeli pharma Teva Pharm expects to start paying U.S. opioid settlement in 2023

YNET News - 4 months ago

Inside Purdue Pharma’s Media Playbook: How It Planted the Opioid “Anti-Story”

OxyContin’s makers delayed the reckoning for their role in the opioid crisis by funding think tanks, placing friendly experts on leading outlets, and deterring or challenging negative coverage.

ProPublica - 8 months ago

New Documents Show How Drug Companies Targeted Doctors to Increase Opioid Prescriptions

A trove of documents published as part of a legal settlement offers an unvarnished look inside the financial relationships between pharmaceutical companies and the medical community — from the perspective of drug companies themselves.

ProPublica - 8 months ago

I've seen the ruined lives behind the cocaine habits of the dinner party set who love to brag about their ethical values, writes HARRIET SERGEANT

Daily Mail - 11 months ago

Heroin addict babies, leeches, dodgy spivs? Come on, nurse - it's meant to be Christmas!

Daily Mail - 11 months ago

4 Olympic Games staffers from U.S. and U.K. arrested for using cocaine

Tokyo Reporter - 1 year ago

We Are Releasing the Full Video of Richard Sackler's Testimony About Purdue Pharma and the Opioid Crisis

ProPublica - 1 year ago

Opioid Overdoses Keep Surging in Chicago, Killing Black People on the West Side

ProPublica - 2 years ago

Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers