New government data reveal that cannabis overdose deaths accounted for more than one in five of all unintentional and undetermined overdose deaths recorded in the United States between January 2021 and June 2025, with the youngest age group hit hardest of all. How Common Are Cannabis Overdose Deaths? The findings come from the Centers for...
Vapes for smoking cessation may work better than tools such as nicotine gum and patches. That is the headline finding of an updated Cochrane review that has reopened debate on the subject. The review was published this month and covered in JAMA. It pooled data from 80 studies and nearly 30,000 participants. Researchers added nine...
A sweeping new analysis of more than 180 studies has confirmed what clinicians have long suspected. Cannabis use and psychosis onset move together, and the link grows stronger with age. The study appeared in Biological Psychiatry. It pooled data from 18,272 cannabis users and 52,801 non users across 149 studies. As a result, it stands...
Cannabis addiction is climbing sharply among American adults in their forties. That is the finding of new research tracking decades of drug use across the United States. The share of adults aged 40 to 50 reporting symptoms of cannabis use disorder almost doubled over eight years. It rose from 3.3% in 2017 to 6.5% last...
Researchers in the United States have set out plans for a major review into how chronic pain and substance use are connected, hoping to answer questions that have gone largely unexamined for more than a decade. The protocol, published in PLOS One and led by Andrew H. Rogers of the University at Buffalo alongside colleagues...
Record breaking ketamine seizures have been reported by Border Force, with officers intercepting almost 1,300kg of the Class B drug in the first three months of 2026 alone, the highest amount recorded in 15 years. The figures, obtained exclusively by ITV News, offer a rare look at just how much of the drug is being...
New figures show Glasgow addiction services staffing sat more than 22 full time posts below budget last year. The shortfall has added to concern over the strength of the city’s frontline recovery support. Freedom of information data obtained by The Herald reveals the scale of the gap. Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership finished...
Alcohol related cancer deaths in the United States have doubled over the past three decades. That is the central finding of a major new study published in The Lancet Regional Health Americas. Researchers found that annual deaths rose from 11,361 in 1990 to 23,126 in 2023. The trend touches far more than the liver. The...
Public Health Scotland has published its latest statistics on alcohol harm in Scotland, and the results tell two different stories. Deaths linked to drinking fell sharply last year. Hospital admissions held firm, though, and the gap between Scotland’s richest and poorest communities remains vast. Public Health Scotland updated the Alcohol Consumption and Harms Dashboard on...
Cannabis Smoking in America Reaches a Record High America’s relationship with cannabis has reached a new milestone. Gallup’s latest Consumption Habits poll shows that cannabis smoking in America has overtaken cigarette smoking for the first time on record. Seventeen percent of Americans now say they smoke cannabis, while just 11% say they smoke cigarettes. The...