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British singer, songwriter and television presenter Lily Allen recently admitted considering heroin after the official confirmation of her divorce in June 2018. She confessed in July 2018 that she did think about trying the drug in order to self-medicate and relieve stress arising from her breakup with ex-husband Sam Cooper.

Intake of grain-based foods with folic acid may help curb the risk of developing severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia, according to a recent study conducted by a research team at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

After the legalization of medical marijuana in Oklahoma in June 2018, the activists are now aiming toward gathering enough votes to decriminalize the drug’s recreational use. Green the Vote, an organization that aims to get marijuana legalized in the state, is supporting two state questions – 796 and 797.

“Riverdale” star Camila Mendes, who opened up about her eating disorder to fans long ago, is no more hesitant to accept that she still continues to remain in “that vulnerable state.” While speaking with a magazine recently, the 24-year-old actress confessed that she is still struggling with the symptoms of the mental problem and dealing with its side effects.

Drug traffickers across the United States seem to be using the image of President Donald Trump to boost their sales. According to a news release of the Indiana State Police, the department arrested 129 people as part of a series of drug busts, and recovered “Trump-shaped” ecstasy pills. According to the police, the orange pills had Trump’s face imprinted on one side.

Robinson Cano, a Yankees veteran, recently faced suspension for 80 games after being tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug (PED). He was tested positive for a substance called furosemide, which, according to him, is not a PED. Cano said that the substance was prescribed to him by a certified doctor in the Dominican Republic to treat his medical ailment.

Non-medical use of prescription opioids like fentanyl is becoming a significant public health concern, increasingly resulting in deadly overdoses all over the United States, according to the World Drug Report 2018 released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on June 26, 2018.

In a first, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug derived from marijuana for the treatment of two extreme forms of epilepsy – Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet syndromes. Both the epilepsy forms are incapacitating and are responsible for early mortality. Patients living with these syndromes could suffer from several recurrent seizures in a day and life span is reduced drastically.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that it will not consider gender dysphoria as a mental disorder anymore, reclassifying it as a sexual health condition. Renaming it as “gender incongruence,” this major revision has been incorporated in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).

Over the past few months, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have been in the news for taking stringent actions against those facilitating opioid abuse and addiction across the United States.

A new comprehensive rule by the Donald Trump administration will make it easier for millions of small businesses and self-employed people to purchase health insurance plans that bypass several requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by not only reducing the costs, but also the benefits to the policy holders.

To cut down the black marketing for cannabis and arrests for illegal possession of small amounts of the drug, Canada recently legalized marijuana possession, home growing and sales for adults. The statute was announced following the recommendations made by a federal task force on marijuana legalization.

Actress, model, and activist Rose McGowan has been indicted by a grand jury on a felony charge of cocaine possession. Now, she will face trial on Jan. 15, 2018 for the charges in Virginia. According to the court documents, authorities found cocaine in her wallet after she left it on a United flight at Dulles International Airport in January 2017.

In a development that will dilute U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ stance on marijuana enforcement, President Donald Trump has said he may support a bipartisan bill, seeking an end to the federal ban on cannabis. The move could redefine the marijuana industry and put a stop to the threat of a crackdown by the Justice Department.

The sudden demise of chef, author and television personality Anthony Bourdain has shook the entire restaurant industry. He was reportedly found hanging in his hotel room in France on June 8, 2018. An inspiration to the culinary professionals, Bourdain never shied away from talking about his struggles with addiction and mental illness that is common with majority of the people working in accommodation and food industry.

Stringent measures adopted by authorities to put an end to over prescriptions is not helping much in this area. In one such incident, a 65-year-old New York doctor has been charged with homicide and other grave offenses for overprescribing opioid painkillers and other drugs.

Federal cases for drug-related crimes have been falling since 2013. Over the past five years, federal criminal cases involving marijuana have witnessed the biggest decline, according to data released by the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) on June 5, 2018. Since fiscal year 2013, cannabis-related criminal cases recorded a decline of 45.8 percent.

Men with prior experience with psychedelic drugs have a lower probability of engaging in violent activities towards their intimate partners said a recent study, published in in the Journal of Psychopharmacology in May 2018. Though, the use of drugs, like methamphetamine or cocaine, was linked with greater aggression and intimate partner violence (IPV), the researchers found that psychedelics had the opposite effect.

Canada is all set to legalize cannabis later this year. However, doctors in the country are already anticipating a negative consequence out of it. They believe that a rare form of cannabis allergy is likely to trouble people with symptoms like sniffles or hives, which are also seen in case of pollen allergy.