USA. Surgeon Gets Life in Prison for Role in Opioid Death Johnny Clyde Benjamin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Florida, was sentenced to life in prison on July 6 in a federal district court in Fort Lauderdale for his role in the overdose death of a…

USA. It’s time for methadone to be prescribed as part of primary care Opioid use disorder, which claims 115 lives a day by overdose in the United States, is a complex, chronic medical condition, but one that can be successfully treated with p…

USA. The Feds Are Raiding the Offices of Doctors Who Prescribe Addiction Medication Addiction doctors are worried about federal retribution against their treatment programs, and they're terrified for their patients, whose lives are at risk from ove…

Portugal. How Portugal Is Kicking its Heroin Habit (Video) Back in the 1990s, Portugal faced a heroin crisis. Most people knew someone affected by the lethal drug. Just two decades later, the country has one of the lowest drug-related death rates i…

Schweiz. Bedingte Geldstrafe für Psychiater wegen fahrlässiger Tötung Das Bundesgericht hat die Verurteilung eines Psychiaters wegen fahrlässiger Tötung bestätigt, der einem Gefängnisinsassen Methadon und Valium v…

Schottland. Minor drug users 'should not be charged' A Scottish government adviser has said people caught with small amounts of illegal substances should no longer be prosecuted.  Dr Roy Robertson wants the country's forthcoming substance mis…