Law Enforcement Shifts Tactics as Dark Web Becomes the New Marketplace for Drug Trafficking In May 2023, a multinational effort by U.S. and European law enforcement officials led to nearly 300 drug traffickers being arrested in several countries and $ 53 million in contraband being seized. Read More » Narconon…
Vaping Cannabis and Self-Reported Anxiety and Depression Go Hand-in-Hand While some cannabis supporters say the use of the drug may curb anxiety and depression, recent data shows when young people vape cannabis, they continue to report similar levels of anxiety and depression. Read More » Narconon…
Rising Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors Shed Light on Expansion of Addiction Crisis to America’s Elderly Much of the focus regarding America’s addiction epidemic has been on the effects that drugs and alcohol have on young people. Sadly, senior citizens have largely been forgotten as the addiction epidemic spread across all demographics. Read More »…
Heavy Alcohol Consumption Now Linked to Brain Inflammation A recent scientific study published in a journal dedicated to brain health showed a clear connection between heavy drinking and brain inflammation. Critically, such inflammation was found to cause a long list of unique and potentially life-altering health problems for alcohol addicts. Read More » Narconon…
New Study Shows Conservative Opioid Prescribing More Safe for Patients in the Long Run When the debate around curbing opioid prescribing began many years ago, some public health advocates expressed concern that more conservative prescribing practices would deny chronic pain patients access to pain relief. Read More » Narconon…
Parental Involvement Tied to Drop in Teen Drug Use A broad study analyzing several risk factors and overall health metrics for teens had an interesting finding. The researchers found that, for teens whose parents were more involved in their lives, those teens had better health outcomes and were less likely to engage in drug experimentation…
As Fentanyl Surges into the Drug Supply, America’s Youth at Highest Risk Ever for Drug Overdoses Every society has its core mandate to protect its youth. Unfortunately, new research shows that teen and young adult drug-related death rates in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. Read More » Narconon…
The Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose and the Long-Term Health Problems It Causes By the time emergency medical technicians get to a person who has overdosed, that individual may have already suffered severe brain hypoxia, or brain damage from a lack of oxygen caused by the effects of drugs on their lungs. Read More » Narconon…