USA. FDA grants marketing authorization of the first device for use in helping to reduce the symptoms of opioid withdrawal Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted a new indication to an electric stimulation device for use in helping to…

Gröhe: "Unabhängige Forschung für verlässliche Gesundheitsinformationen" BMG startet institutionelle Förderung der Cochrane Deutschland Stiftung Ab sofort fördert das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit die deutsche…

Afghanistan Opium Survey 2017 - Cultivation and Production (UNODC and Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Counter Narcotics, November 2017) https://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan/Afghan_opium_survey_2017_cult_prod_web…

Afghanistan. Afghan opium production jumps to record level, up 87 per cent: Survey Opium production in Afghanistan increased by 87 per cent to a record level of 9,000 metric tons in 2017 compared with 2016 levels, according to the latest Afghanista…

Afghanistan. Afghanistan's child opium problem Children as young as nine as becoming opium addicts in Afghanistan as the amount of the drug produced in the country hits record levels. Findings suggest that the area of land used to cultivate opium…

USA. Police dogs trained to ignore marijuana RIFLE, Colorado - Police dogs in Rifle, Colorado, are being trained to ignore marijuana in order to sniff out other drugs. Departments all over the state will soon be taking part in this program, and t…