Assembly lawmakers moved to triple penalties for underage tobacco sales in a bid to stop teenagers from using electronic cigarettes lawmakers say have proliferated in recent years. The bill, which passed the chamber's floor in a 66-7 vote with four abstentions…
TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, October 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Riverside Recovery of Tampa earned #1 Addiction Treatment Center status in Florida according to the official 2026Newsweek rankings. The Newsweek list of America’s Best Residential Addiction Treatment Centers has featured Riverside Recovery for 5 years in…
GŪD Essence is preparing to open its third location. According to the Black-woman-owned cannabis and holistic wellness ecosystem‘s website, the next GŪD Essence location is expected to open in Midtown Titusville at 1220 S Washington Ave. “GŪD Essence is expanding…
ERIE, Pa. — Erie County law enforcement and public health agencies are monitoring an emerging synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine, though no confirmed cases have been identified in Erie County. Cychlorphine, also known as N-propionitrile chlorphine, is a non-fentanyl synthetic opioid…
Results showed patients who received erector spinae plane block consumed fewer opioids on postoperative day 0 after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. Results showed patients who received the erector spinae plane block had reduced opioid consumption on postoperative day 0 compared…
A dramatic reduction in opioid prescriptions and addiction and overdose deaths is being accomplished during the Trump administration, according to new analysis announced this week by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. However, while U.S. opioid addiction and…
The U.K. approved the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in April 2026, making it the first country in the world to successfully implement a plan to phase out all tobacco products over time. Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, is prohibited from purchasing…
WHO Representatives and Heads of Country Offices from 13 countries gathered at the WHO Academy in Lyon, France, on 29–30 September 2026 for the sixth Executive Leadership Programme for Tobacco Control, strengthening the leadership skills, strategic partnerships and collaboration needed to accelerate progress…
WHO Representatives and Heads of Country Offices from 13 countries gathered at the WHO Academy in Lyon, France, on 29–30 September 2026 for the sixth Executive Leadership Programme for Tobacco Control, strengthening the leadership skills, strategic partnerships and collaboration needed to accelerate progress…
Twice, Lela Brantley did everything she was supposed to do and still ended up homeless. She stopped using substances. She moved into a recovery center with her small children. She secured a Section 8 affordable housing voucher and got on the…
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