Colombia Capital Hopes Pot Can Cure Hard Drug Addicts

Colombia capital hopes pot can cure hard drug addicts
In coming weeks, Bogota is embarking on a controversial public health project where it will begin supplying marijuana to 300 addicts of bazuco — a cheap cocaine derivative that generates cracklike highs and is as addictive as heroin. … While the … Read more on The Seattle Times

Smartphones 'as addictive as cocaine'
… ''smashes phones up to stop" himself. BBC Radio 5 live's Breakfast spoke to Mr Benson, who spent £10,000 on his addiction, and to his psychotherapist, Steve Pope, who says for some people smartphones are "as addictive as cocaine or any other drug". Read more on BBC News

Today in healthcare: Thursday 9 May
The use of traditional drugs is declining in the UK and the US, cocaine use is dropping, but prescription drug abuse is growing and new substance abuse is growing. Drugs New psychoactive substances, which have been …. In his first major speech since … Read more on The Guardian (blog)