The closing of a residential drug treatment facility because of a $400,000 deficit has caused concern among Vigo County officials who rely on the program as an alternative to incarceration.

A registered nurse placed emergency room patients at risk at the North Bay and District Hospital where she stole painkillers to feed her drug habit while she was on duty, a report says.[...]

Kumasi, June 29, GNA - Dr Akwasi Osei, a Chief Psychiatrist at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has expressed worry about the disturbing dimension that substance abuse is assuming in the country. He said young people were increasingly falling on petroleum products to get high.

Alcohol� kills about 1000 New Zealanders each year, says a leading doctor who is calling for a clampdown on sales.

Ahead of the International AIDS Conference, scheduled to kick off July 18, health experts on Monday called for a rethinking of international drug policies to incorporate greater scientific evidence and increase access to HIV prevention, treatment and care, the Associated Press reports (6/28). "Many of us in AIDS research and care confront the devastating impacts of misguided drug policies every ...

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