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Join us at NAME 2019, Kansas City
A recent report in The Guardian stated that opioid overdoses in the US increased by 30% in a 14-month period between 2016 – 2017. Following 142,000 US hospital overdoses between July 2016
October 18, 2019
Europe, General
Screening in the Emergency Department
On a global scale, emergency departments have been providing critical access to the health care system for many years, however, more recently visits to the emergency department has been an opportunity to
October 10, 2019
Europe, General
Randox Toxicology – Evidence MultiSTAT
Using our revolutionary Biochip Array Technology (BAT), the Evidence MultiSTAT is an automated analyser that enables on-site simultaneous detection of up to 21 classical, prescription and synthetic drugs from a single sample.
September 20, 2019
Europe, General
Prescription Drugs – UK
Health chiefs within the UK are worried that hundreds of thousands of people are becoming addicted to prescription drugs. A Public Health England Review found that a quarter of adults were using
September 19, 2019
Europe, General
TIAFT 2019
Joao Matias of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has stated that “Cocaine use is going up”. Britons use more cocaine than almost any other country in Europe. In
August 30, 2019
Europe, General
Drug Related Deaths – Scotland
In the past year, Scotland’s drug related deaths have increased dramatically by 27%. Almost levelling the fatality rate per capita with the US. The latest figures showed the majority of fatalities was
July 30, 2019
Europe, General
Scotland: Zero Tolerance
Scotland is set to introduce a new “zero tolerance” policy to those caught driving under the influence of drugs. Ministers in Scotland want to make it easier for police officers to target
June 25, 2019
Europe, General
New Drug Testing Policy Introduced in Egypt
In early May 2019, over 550 Egyptian state employees were referred to the Egyptian public prosecution office after being forced to take a drug test under a new law. The Ministry of
June 11, 2019
Europe, General
Pregabalin Reclassified
Pregabalin, also known by its brand name Lyrica, has been reclassified in the UK as a class C drug. Pregabalin is an anti-epileptic drug that is also used to relieve chronic pain.
June 4, 2019
Europe, General
Cocaine on Matchday
There has been an established link between disorder at football games and increasing cocaine use in society, according to Deputy Chief Constable Mark Roberts, the UK’s lead on football policing. Over the
May 14, 2019
Europe, General