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...
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...
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...
NHS Grampian has opened a specialist clinic to support people living with ketamine bladder harm, as the health board warns that cases linked to the drug are on the rise. The new service, based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, will care for patients referred with ketamine bladder injury, giving them what the health board describes as...
Nearly six decades ago, only one in five Americans supported legalising cannabis. By 2013, however, that figure had climbed past half the population. The shift did not happen by accident. It followed a careful campaign that started with compassion for the sick. Instead, it ended with a multi billion pound industry selling some of the...
Mapping the Nation’s Drinking Habits New analysis of alcohol consumption in the UK has revealed sharp differences in drinking habits among almost 1.7 million adults. The gaps run between generations, sexes and income brackets. Together they offer the clearest picture yet of who is most likely to drink beyond safe limits. The study comes from...
Millions of people reach for herbal remedies and vitamin tablets every year. They want a natural boost to their health. Yet a small handful of these products carry a far darker reputation. Liver damaging supplements are more common on pharmacy and health food shop shelves than most shoppers realise. Doctors are increasingly warning that natural...
Needle and syringe sharing among people who inject drugs has climbed to its highest level in ten years. That is the headline finding from new figures published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The data comes from the 2024 Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of HIV and viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs....
Scotland’s health secretary said in October that Glasgow’s drug consumption room had “demonstrably” saved lives. New figures about the Glasgow drug consumption room tell a more complicated story. They were released under freedom of information law. The Thistle sits in Glasgow city centre. It opened in January 2025 as the first sanctioned safer drug consumption...