July 7, 2016 Age for marijuana use may vary across Canada, legalization official says Minimum ages for marijuana consumption may vary across Canada when it becomes legal, but authorities will be firmly against drug tourism and cross-border movement of the substance, the Liberal government's point man on the issue said on Wednesday.
July 7, 2016 'Special K' party drug to be trialled as treatment for alcoholics British scientists are recruiting volunteers to test whether ketamine, also known as the party drug "Special K", may be helpful in reducing relapse rates among people with severe alcoholism.
July 6, 2016 Regular religious services tied to lowered suicide risk Attending religious services at least once a week may offer spiritual and social protection against suicide, a large U.S. study suggests.
July 5, 2016 'Stigma' leaves many reluctant to seek Narcan, say Connecticut health officials It’s been 10 months since pharmacist Edmund Funaro Jr. completed a training program to be able to prescribe the opiate overdose reversal medication naloxone, and yet he has not written one prescription for the drug.
June 30, 2016 Following prevention guidelines linked to lowered risk for cancer Keeping active and eating healthy really does seem to reduce the odds of getting certain cancers and dying from them, according to a new review of past research.
June 28, 2016 US medical schools expand training to curb painkiller abuse At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem.
June 24, 2016 Connecticut city warns of 'tainted' heroin amid overdose spike Officials in New Haven have declared a public health emergency following a string of overdoses linked to a batch of heroin mixed with fentanyl.
June 24, 2016 Overweight young men may face high liver disease risk later in life Being overweight at 18 to 20 years old may signal that a man is headed for severe liver disease decades later, according to a large, long-term study from Sweden.
June 23, 2016 The Chinese connection fueling America's fentanyl crisis Last spring, Chinese customs agents seized 70 kilograms of the narcotics fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl hidden in a cargo container bound for Mexico.
