Three years of official monitoring data deliver an uncomfortable verdict. Medicinal cannabis harm in Australia keeps rising. The system that...
Crisis & Alerts
Alcohol and Drug Use Linked to Half of Oxford Student Sexual Assaults
Half of the sexual assaults reported by Oxford students involved a perpetrator who had used drugs or been drinking beforehand....
First National Wastewater Drug Testing Report Reveals Shifting US Drug Trends
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has published its first ever wastewater drug testing report. It offers an...
UK Judge Tells Domestic Abuser Courts Are “Sick and Tired” of Drink-Fuelled Attacks
A Newcastle judge has issued a blunt warning over alcohol-fuelled domestic violence, telling one offender that UK courts have had...
Nicotine Use Is Rewiring Teenage Brains, and Girls Face the Steepest Cost
New research from the University of Gothenburg has drawn a direct line between nicotine use in adolescents and rising rates...
Fewer Americans Struggling With Substance Use Disorder, But Millions Still Miss Out on Treatment
A newly released national survey has revealed a modest but notable drop in the number of Americans living with a...
Marijuana Rescheduling in the US: No Standard, No Proof, No Case
Picture a parent standing in a dispensary, looking at a shelf of gummies, vapes and high-potency extracts, trusting that if...
The Silent Damage of Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
A major review published in JAMA has laid out the clearest picture yet of alcohol-related liver disease, a condition that...
Spanish and Dutch Police Dismantle Network Behind Europe’s Largest MDMA Seizure
Spanish and Dutch police have just confirmed the largest MDMA seizure Europe has ever seen: 947 kilograms in total, 859...
Chief Inspector Warns Drug Use and Violence Are Spiralling in England’s Prisons
A damning report has laid bare the scale of drugs behind bars across England and Wales. It warns that a...
Cannabis, Culture and the War of the Tribes
A major new review published in The Lancet Psychiatry examining global cannabis policies ought to have settled the argument. Instead, it will almost...
Overdose Deaths Among Older Australians Reach Record Levels, New Report Reveals
New national data has revealed that overdose deaths in Australia have climbed to their highest level on record. People in...
Synthetic Drugs Crisis: The Prevention Questions Nobody Asked
A New York Times podcast on the global drug crisis raises urgent concerns, but leaves the most important questions unasked....
Vietnam’s New Anti-Drug Campaign: More Like Japan and Singapore, Less Like Thailand
As Vietnam launches its toughest anti-drug campaign yet, it is choosing its model. And it isn’t the one its neighbour...
Where Older Americans Face the Highest Alcohol Death Rates
A new study from Woodlands Grove Recovery Campus found alcohol-related deaths among adults 65+ are disproportionately concentrated across Western and Mountain West...
Houston Nightclub Raid Uncovers Suspected Prostitution, Drugs and Illegal Alcohol at East Freeway Club
In the early hours of Saturday morning, Houston police carried out a nightclub raid on the East Freeway after months...
Native American Overdose Deaths Remain a National Crisis Despite Overall Decline
Native American Overdose Deaths Remain High as US Figures Fall For the first time in a quarter century, deaths from...
US Overdose Deaths Drop for the First Time Across All Four Waves of the Crisis
For the first time in the recorded history of the US overdose epidemic, death rates have declined across all four...
Melbourne’s Alcohol Wars: How Organised Crime Is Targeting Hospitality Venues Across the City
Melbourne’s alcohol wars are now impossible to ignore. Since February 2025, criminals have struck nearly 20 hospitality venues across the...
How Spice Vapes Are Being Sold to Children Through TikTok and Flooding UK Schools
How Dealers Flood Schools With Spice Vapes Through TikTok Spice vapes in schools are quietly destroying young lives across Britain....
Cychlorphine: The New Synthetic Opioid More Potent Than Fentanyl Claiming Lives
A dangerous new synthetic opioid is causing a rise in cychlorphine deaths across the United Kingdom and the United States....
A New Drug Adulterant Is Quietly Spreading Through America’s Fentanyl Supply
A little-known veterinary sedative is making its way into the illegal drug supply across the United States, and health authorities...
A Drug Ten Times Stronger Than Fentanyl Is Spreading Across the United States
Health officials across the United States are raising urgent alarms about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid ten times more potent than...
Kratom Poisonings Have Risen by 1,200% in a Decade, and a New High-Potency Product Is Making Things Worse
Kratom Poisoning Reports Surge. Experts Say the Worst May Be Yet to Come. The number of kratom poisoning cases reported...
Syria’s Captagon Crisis: How a Narco-State’s Legacy Is Threatening Global Drug Safety
The Pill That Outlasted a Revolution Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in late 2024. Many hoped his departure would end one...
County Lines Gangs Are Tightening Their Grip on Scotland’s Young People, Charity Warns
Drug gangs running county lines networks have intensified their targeting of vulnerable young people across the Highlands. Workers at Barnardo’s...
A Deadly New Drug Is Quietly Entering the Illicit Supply Chain And It Is Far Worse Than Xylazine
A veterinary sedative used to tranquillise elephants is now showing up in the illegal drug supply across New York State....
New Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Linked to 16 Deaths Across Tennessee
A dangerous cychlorphine opioid is sweeping across Tennessee, and public health officials are raising the alarm. Knox County authorities have...
The Zombie Drug: Why Xylazine Is Every Parent’s Nightmare
Something is spreading through the illicit drug supply right now, and most people have never heard of it. The xylazine...
America’s Opioid Overdose Crisis Is Not Over. People Are Just Getting Used to It.
The Numbers Are Falling, But That Is No Reason to Celebrate The United States recorded approximately 72,000 deaths linked to...
Deadly New Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Emerges as a Lethal Threat Across the US
Health officials and law enforcement agencies across the United States are raising alarms about cychlorphine, a potent new synthetic opioid...
Drunk Driving Murder Charge After Driver Kills Motorist at Four Times the Legal Limit
A California man now faces a drunk driving murder charge after prosecutors say he ran a red light at high...
Drug Surveillance Systems and the Challenge of Detecting Powerful New Opioids
The Drug Opioid Surveillance Systems Missed In forensic laboratories in Tennessee and Ohio, toxicologists began encountering something they could not...
Belgium on the Brink: How Drug Trafficking Is Threatening the Rule of Law
Drug trafficking in Belgium has reached a breaking point. Senior judges and prosecutors are now warning that cocaine smuggling networks...
UK’s First Ketamine Clinic for Young People Opens as Teen Drug Use Reaches Alarming Levels
Ketamine Addiction in Teenagers Is Destroying Young Lives. Most Parents Have No Idea. Ketamine addiction in teenagers is now a...
Quebec on Pace to Record Back-to-Back Years with 600 Drug Overdose Deaths
Quebec is heading towards its second consecutive year of more than 600 drug overdose deaths, and those working on the...
The Fentanyl Cartel Crisis That Starts With a Party Favour and Ends With a Body Count
In a recent episode of The Dr. Phil Podcast – Latest from Mexico: Cartels Know No Boundaries, Dr. Phil McGraw...
The World Is Losing the Plot: Global Drug Policy in Freefall
Here is a number worth sitting with: 316 million people used illicit drugs in 2023. Not a projection. Not a...
The Rise of the ‘Psychological Hangover’: Why 1 in 8 Brits Now Suffer from Hangxiety
One in eight British drinkers wake up with more than just a headache. New figures show a sharp rise in...
UK Warning over Prescription Drugs Causing Impulsive Behaviour
Families Devastated as Common Medications Linked to Compulsive Gambling and Hypersexuality A BBC investigation has uncovered disturbing evidence about prescription...
UK Coroner Rules Medical Cannabis Prescription Contributed to Man’s Death
A UK coroner has made a landmark ruling that highlights medical cannabis risks after a prescription contributed to the death...
Ten Years of Fentanyl: How the Deadly Drug Still Grips San Francisco, USA
The fentanyl epidemic has pushed San Francisco’s coroner’s office to breaking point. During a 24-hour span on 8 August 2023,...
UK Faces Growing Threat from Nitazenes, Drug More Potent Than Heroin
A Cumbrian charity supporting people battling addiction has raised the alarm over a worrying synthetic drug threat emerging on Britain’s...
THC Vape Pens in Schools: North Carolina’s Growing Safety Crisis
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — THC vape pens are creating enormous problems across North Carolina classrooms. Moreover, law enforcement officials say...
Rising GHB-Related Deaths and Hospitalisations in Australia Demand Stronger Prevention Focus
A landmark study from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney, published on 3 February 2026...
Rise in Youth Alcohol Mortality Raises Alarm in Northern Ireland
A disturbing surge in youth alcohol mortality has prompted urgent warnings from medical professionals in Northern Ireland. The release of...
Two Arrested After Probation Search Uncovers Illegal Drugs and Weapons in Smithville, USA
A routine probation search arrests operation in Smithville has led to serious criminal charges. Officers discovered illegal firearms and controlled...
Alcohol-Specific Deaths in Northern Ireland Reach 20-Year High as Calls for Action Intensify
Alcohol deaths in Northern Ireland have reached an unprecedented crisis point. New figures reveal alcohol-specific deaths have hit their highest...
UK Synthetic Opioid Deaths May Be 33% Higher Than Reported
Hundreds of people may have died from nitazenes without anyone knowing. These synthetic opioids are up to 500 times stronger...
US Childcare Worker Fired After Allegedly Drugging Multiple Toddlers with Laxatives
A childcare worker in Illinois stands accused of secretly drugging toddlers under her care, leaving parents shocked and children suffering...
School Complaints Led to Major Drug Bust of 2,500 Vapes in Florida
An investigation that began with complaints about vaping in schools has led to a major arrest. Specifically, Martin County Sheriff...
Scotland’s SNP Shamed Over Drug Deaths Failure as Rehab Targets Missed
The Scottish Government faces mounting criticism over its handling of the Scottish drug deaths crisis. Ministers failed to deliver promised...
Summer Camp Leader Drugged Wife with Temazepam to Conceal Child Sexual Abuse
A former veterinarian who ran a children’s summer camp admitted to sedating his wife with powerful tranquillisers. Jon Ruben drugged...
Charlotte Chess Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky Died from Accidental Drug Overdose, Medical Examiner Confirms
The chess world continues to mourn the loss of Daniel Naroditsky. The Charlotte-based grandmaster passed away unexpectedly last October. Officials...
Record-Breaking Surge in British Columbia Drug Poisonings Linked to Veterinary Sedative
British Columbia faces an alarming escalation in drug poisoning incidents. Paramedics set a new single-day record responding to overdose emergencies...
The Hidden Danger: Novel Benzodiazepines Spreading Across Australia
Australia is facing a growing crisis with novel benzodiazepines flooding unregulated markets nationwide. Between 2020 and 2025, detections of these...
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The Teenager Who Became a Cartel Courier, Then Spent a Decade in Federal Prison
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Victims Who Survived Overdose in the United States
After overdoses left them with brain injuries and lasting complications, many Americans now struggle to get proper care. This is...