addiction
Health minister orders preparing study to establish psychiatric and addiction recovery center
Egypt
January 3, 2023
Health minister orders preparing study to establish psychiatric and addiction recovery center
Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar issued directives to prepare an integrated study to establish a large-scale center for…
Video: Mo Salah’s anti-drug ad causes fourfold increase in drug addiction treatment requests
Life & Style
October 19, 2022
Video: Mo Salah’s anti-drug ad causes fourfold increase in drug addiction treatment requests
Mohamed Salah’s anti-drug abuse ads caused a fourfold increase in drug addiction treatment requests, and has boosted trust between patients…
Egyptian authorities designate popular cough medicines as narcotic drugs
Egypt
March 4, 2021
Egyptian authorities designate popular cough medicines as narcotic drugs
The Egyptian Drug Authority has added to its list of narcotic substances 14 over-the-counter drugs, including a number of common…
Louvre in Paris removes Sackler name after opioid protests
World
July 18, 2019
Louvre in Paris removes Sackler name after opioid protests
PARIS (AP) — France’s Louvre Museum in Paris has become the first major institution to remove the Sackler family name…
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison
World
July 18, 2019
Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison
Once one of the world’s most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to…
Selfies and the self: what they say about us and society
World
June 27, 2019
Selfies and the self: what they say about us and society
The selfie craze speaks volumes about the era in which we live: how images race around the globe and can…
Schools reckon with social stress: ‘I’m on my phone so much’
Technology
June 7, 2019
Schools reckon with social stress: ‘I’m on my phone so much’
BUFFALO, NY (AP) — High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a distraction in her class. But not…
UK proposes banning social media ‘likes’ for children
Technology
April 15, 2019
UK proposes banning social media ‘likes’ for children
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to “like” posts on Facebook and other…
Hawaii considers raising legal smoking age — to 100
Health & Fitness
February 5, 2019
Hawaii considers raising legal smoking age — to 100
Would-be cigarette smokers in the US state of Hawaii might have to wait a very long time for their first…
US life expectancy drops again as overdoses climb
World
November 29, 2018
US life expectancy drops again as overdoses climb
Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb — taking more than…