New federal survey data have delivered a sobering picture of teen marijuana addiction in the United States. More than half of young people who used the drug in the past year now meet clinical criteria for a use disorder. The figures come from the 2025 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. It was conducted...
New research has confirmed what many carers and clinicians have long suspected. Youth in foster care who live with a mental health diagnosis are far more likely to misuse alcohol, cannabis or nicotine than their peers. They also respond less well to the brief support sessions designed to help them cut down. The study appears...
New drug testing data reveal that fentanyl concentrations across the western United States have climbed to their highest levels on record, a trend researchers say could be fuelling a fresh rise in overdose deaths. The findings come from Millennium Health’s latest Signals Report, published in July 2026, which examined more than 976,000 clinical urine drug...
Children exposed to opioids before birth face a higher risk of vision problems, attention difficulties and learning delays once they reach school age. That is the finding of a major systematic review published in the journal Addiction. The review was led by Dr Louise Marryat of the University of Glasgow. It brings together the clearest...
NHS doctors have cured more than 100,000 people across England of hepatitis C in a single decade. The country is closing in on hepatitis C elimination and aiming to become one of the first nations in the world to wipe out the virus entirely. A national testing and treatment drive has turned what was once...
Workplace substance misuse is becoming one of the biggest wellbeing concerns for UK employers in 2026. New research from PAM Group’s Health at Work study points to a marked rise in employees turning to drugs and alcohol. Many use substances to cope with everyday stress. Legal access to prescribed cannabis is widening. Illegal ketamine use...
Friday 21 August marks National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day in the United States. Each year, the date exists to confront one of the deadliest public health threats facing young people today. The Drug Enforcement Administration says fentanyl overdose prevention has become an urgent national priority. This synthetic opioid now kills more Americans under 50...
He built an empire on control. Yet he told his psychologist that empathy felt like latency, a lag his system could no longer afford. The man in question is a senior clinician turned chief executive, and chair of several boards. By every visible measure, he is a titan of the modern economy. Behind the boardroom...
Methamphetamine lung injury is a diagnosis doctors are only now starting to recognise. Physicians in South Texas believe it has been hiding behind a string of unexplained pneumonia cases. Young, otherwise healthy adults keep arriving in emergency departments struggling to breathe. Their oxygen levels are low and their chest scans look like severe infection. Yet...
A new study has found a link between social media addiction and rising ADHD symptoms in teenagers. The pattern was strongest among adolescent boys. Researchers published the findings in JAMA Network Open. The study followed 11,286 young people across five annual assessments. It formed part of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. This is one...