Addictions: 2 million deaths from drugs in the United States by 2030 | Global UNAM

Addictions: 2 million deaths from drugs in the United States by 2030 |  Global UNAM

Enrique Cifuentes García warns about the increase in deaths from drug overdose in the United States, reaching a total of 107,622 deaths in 2021, which represented an increase of 15% compared to the previous year. Fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine are the main substances responsible for these deaths. Cifuentes García, from the Mount Sinai Hospital in … Read more

Lush quits social media to preserve the sanity of its community

Lush quits social media to preserve the sanity of its community

Mental health, addiction, self-image… The negative impacts of social networks on users are multiple and concern both the platforms themselves and the companies that place them at the heart of their communication. A problem taken head on by the cosmetics brand Lush, which decided in 2021 to close its Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat accounts. … Read more

Egypt.. Details of the verdict against the “Damietta thug” who amputated a woman’s hand and assaulted her son with a piece of wood

Egypt.. Details of the verdict against the “Damietta thug” who amputated a woman’s hand and assaulted her son with a piece of wood

Al-Marsad Newspaper: An Egyptian court ruled that the accused, known in the media as the “Damietta thug,” who cut off a woman’s hand, injured her son, and attempted to kill her in the Kafr al-Batikh area of ​​Damietta governorate, was sentenced to 15 years in rigorous imprisonment. The “thugs of Damietta” were accused of displaying … Read more

Dismissal of 1,000 employees for drug use. An official clarifies the details

Dismissal of 1,000 employees for drug use. An official clarifies the details

11:29 PM Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Books – Ahmed Abdel Moneim:Dr. Amr Othman, director of the Anti-Addiction and Abuse Control Fund, said that an employee of the state’s administrative apparatus who voluntarily applies for treatment for drug addiction gets treatment free of charge, and in complete confidentiality, through the hotline number 16023. Othman added, during … Read more

Witness.. The head of an addiction treatment center cries during a meeting with a young man who tells the story of how he started using “Shabu” and how he got rid of it

Witness.. The head of an addiction treatment center cries during a meeting with a young man who tells the story of how he started using “Shabu” and how he got rid of it

Al-Marsad Newspaper: A person recovering from shabu addiction revealed the story of his recovery from addiction after he was transferred to an addiction treatment center, in a serious condition. condition Collapse He said during a live broadcast with one of the center’s officials: “I was addicted to shabu, and from a lot of addiction I … Read more