Complexity, safety and challenges: emergency responders' experience of people affected by methamphetamines - Jones R, Jackson D, Woods C, Usher K.
Providing care to methamphetamine-related callout events in the pre-hospital environment is often complex and resource-intensive, requiring staff to manage agitation and violence related side effects of methamphetamines. In Australia, emergency responders ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 25, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Drug Overdose Deaths Rose More Among Black and Indigenous Americans During COVID-19 Pandemic
As COVID-19 consumed the U.S. in 2020, another health crisis was also raging: the drug overdose epidemic. Nearly 92,000 people died from drug overdoses that year, a 30% increase from 2019.
While overdose deaths rose across the population, the increase in deaths was far steeper among Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people, according to data published July 19 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Overdose deaths rose 44% among Black people from 2019 to 2020, and 39% among American Indian and Alaska Native persons, according to the CDC’s ana...
Source: TIME: Health - July 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Drugs healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and their association with suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury among incarcerated methamphetamine users in Japan - Takahashi M, Yamaki M, Kondo A, Hattori M, Kobayashi M, Shimane T.
This study estimated the prevalence of ACEs in a nation... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Prevalence, demographics, and cognitive dysfunction among methamphetamine-dependent individuals with childhood maltreatment - Chen J, Wang DM, Fan F, Fu F, Wei D, Tang S, Tian Y, Du Y, Zhu R, Li Y, Wang L, Zhang XY.
Previous studies have shown that dependent individuals (DIs) have higher rates of childhood maltreatment and poorer cognitive performance compared with healthy controls. However, little attention has been paid to the cognitive dysfunction of DIs with child... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
NTSB: Dad, not boy, was driving truck that hit golfers' van
Investigators say a Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people,... #collegegolfers #systeminvestigators #newmexico #pickuptruck #golfers #vaninvestigators #ntsb #methamphetamine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NTSB: Driver in fatal Texas bus crash tested positive for methamphetamine
The NTSB has released the preliminary report on the Andrews, Texas, bus crash that killed several members of a golf team from the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico. #hobbs #thentsb #golfteam #newmexico #buscrash #methamphetamine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth on the Darknet
FDA OCI, Tyler Pham, Fairfax VA, conspiracy, distribute, meth, darknet, tablets, Adderall, methamphetamine, addy4cheap, Empire Market, Cryptonia, Lien Kim Thi Phan, Hon Lam Luk, Chantilly VA, Duong Nguyen, Springfield VA, Dat Nguyen, Alexandria VA, Trieu Hoang, Springfield VA, Rx drugs, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - July 13, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
More than 5K pounds of meth seized in 'monumental' California bust
More than 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine smuggled into the US from Mexico was seized in southern California, authorities said. #meth #methamphetamine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suspected truck driver in Texas migrant deaths was on meth, lawmaker says
The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in blazing heat during a Texas smuggling attempt was allegedly under the influence of methamphetamine when police... #meth #migrants #migrantdeaths #smugglingattempt #lawmaker #truckdriver #methamphetamine #lawenforcement (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: UN Drug Report Shines Light On Cannabis, Cocaine and Methamphetamine Trends
[UN News] Legalized cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related health impacts, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed in a new report released on Monday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
NIH scientists identify new brain mechanism involved in impulsive cocaine-seeking in rats
Muscarinic acetylcholine M2 receptors regulate lateral habenula neuron activity and control cocaine seeking behavior (Source: NIDA News)
Source: NIDA News - June 28, 2022 Category: Addiction Tags: Amphetamines, Cocaine, News Release, Methamphetamine, Treatment Research Source Type: news
UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends
Legalized cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related health impacts, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed in a new report released on Monday. (Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security)
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - June 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Demographic and geographic shifts in the preferred route of methamphetamine administration among treatment cases in the US, 2010-2019 - Pro G, Hayes C, Montgomery BEE, Zaller N.
BACKGROUND: Methamphetamine use disorder has increased rapidly in the past decade. Injecting is also increasing and has multifaceted implications for disease severity, overall health, and treatment outcomes, but less is known about where or among whom inje... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 20, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
British Columbia to Face Overdose Crisis With Decriminalization British Columbia to Face Overdose Crisis With Decriminalization
In 2023, it will no longer be a criminal offense to possess up to 2.5 mg of cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine, or opioids. The effort is intended to reduce stigma and facilitate treatment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention News Source Type: news
