Patients hospitalized with schizophrenia have more severe symptoms and spend longer in hospital if they have a concurrent substance use...
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US arrests hundreds, seizes weapons in Puerto Rico crackdown
US authorities said today they have arrested some 320 people in Puerto Rico, seizing more than 170 firearms and some...
Kentucky Attorney General: Growing hemp would violate federal law
Farmers received a warning Wednesday that if they plant industrial hemp in Kentucky next spring they’ll be violating federal law...
New Zealand: Another result of bad drug policy
A Christchurch R18 store was given the green light to sell psychoactive substances by the Government despite strong objections from...
US: Some drug tests fail to detect synthetic marijuana – study
Drug tests required for people on parole or probation often fail to detect the use of synthetic marijuana, a substance...
Weed ghettos for tourists anger Netherlands neighbours
Drug tourism has always been a big issue, and a big business, in the Netherlands. That land of “laissez-faire,” with...
Paris: Two Britons, three Italians charged over France cocaine haul
Two Britons and three Italians were charged Tuesday with smuggling 1.3 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated 200 million euros...
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter’s tragic secret: ‘I had my first drink at age 2’
For decades, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter was a little boy lost. A troubled childhood in a dysfunctional family, coupled with...
Canada: St. Albert teens in hospital after suspected overdose
Two St. Albert teens are in hospital after a suspected overdose.Further reading
Ireland: Study finds children less likely to smoke, drink or do drugs
Irish children are less likely to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol or take cannabis than in the late 1990s, a study...