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27 Feb 2024

Can Dehydration Lead To Stroke, As Mentioned By Zerodha's Nithin Kamath?

Drug abuse, trauma or brain injury, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases are other reasons that result in strokes among young and fit persons.

20 Dec 2022

'Saffronisation of country will solve Drug Menace...': BJP MP in Lok Sabha

Participating in a discussion in Lok Sabha on substance abuse in the country, Shetty said the day 80% of the people associate themselves with the BJP, there would be no need to discuss such issues in the House.

13 Dec 2022

Has Kashmir surpassed Punjab in drug abuse? New study makes shocking claims

Heroin is the most used drug in the valley, said the study There have been many deaths due to drug overdose in the valley

17 Apr 2022

Sanjay Dutt reveals he started doing drugs to become ‘cool’ and impress women

"Ten years of my life I was in my room, or in the bathroom, and not interested in shoots," reveals Sanjay Dutt on his battle with drugs abuse.

21 Jun 2021

Imtiyaz Dar announces free membership for youth undergoing drug abuse

Imtiyaz Dar is an entrepreneur and an extremely talented fitness coach His passion to keep himself up to the optimum levels of fitness has brought him to the forefront of the field.

24 Sep 2020

Kangana slams 'Bullywood' after NCB summons Deepika, others in drugs case

Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh have been summoned by the NCB in the ongoing drugs probe.

18 Sep 2020

Bollywood is deliberately being shown as a dark world: Ramesh Sippy

The filmmaker stated that the drug allegations against 'Bollywood' are wrong and incorrect. He said that he won't deny that drugs aren't used at all in the industry, however, he mentioned, it is used in the same way it is anywhere else in the world.

15 Sep 2020

Kangana seeks Rs 2cr as damage from BMC over demolition of her office

Kangana is locked in a public spat with the Shiv Sena, which heads the ruling coalition in the state, after her statement comparing Mumbai to 'Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir' irked the ruling party in the state.

03 Sep 2019

Justin Bieber says child stardom led to drug abuse, suicidal tendencies

Bieber says it has taken him years to bounce back from all the "terrible decisions".

04 Jan 2018

Nine backpackers critically ill after drug overdose in Australia

As per the WA Police, Hyoscine is a prescription drug – also known as Scopolamine – used in low doses as a sedative and for the treatment of travel sickness.

15 Oct 2017

Modi govt renews war on drug trafficking with new policy

With a new national policy, driven by the PMO, set to be put in place soon, the Centre renews its war on drug trafficking.

10 Sep 2017

Manohar Parrikar calls for meet to discuss drowning, drug abuse cases

The state has recently witnessed three different incidents of drowning involving four persons including two youth from a Ahmedabad based institute.

25 Jun 2017

Your mental health is at risk if you indulge in binge drinking, cocaine abuse

Poorer attention was linked with frequent and infrequent binge drinking and use of drugs, in particular, stimulants.

03 May 2017

Prenatal cocaine exposure increases drug abuse risk among teens

The study showed that in utero exposure to cocaine doubles the risk of tobacco and marijuana use as early as age 15 and substance abuse by 17.

24 Apr 2017

Prateik Babbar talks about battle with drug addiction, says I'm work in progress

The actor said that his fans were under the impression that he was leading a "happy life", and were unaware about the dark truth of his life. And that is the reason he decided to talk about it in public.

13 Apr 2017

Personalised treatment for alcoholism a step closer

Neurons fired as the specific calcium channels at play, called L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (LTCCs), boosted the release of a neurotransmitter called GABA.

30 Mar 2017

Tackling drug addiction: Donald Trump creates commission to deal with opioid crisis in US

Terming the situation a "total epidemic" and one of the "biggest problems" that the US has at present, Trump said that drug abuse has become a crippling problem throughout the country.

27 Feb 2017

Men, beware! Using cocaine at the time of conceiving could put your son at risk of memory loss

Further, cocaine use in dads caused epigenetic changes in the brain of their sons, thereby changing the expression of genes important for memory formation.

26 Feb 2017

Brain scans play pivotal role in identifying teens at drug abuse risk

Psychologists are aware that kids who score high on tests of novelty seeking are on average a bit more likely to abuse drugs.

15 Dec 2016

SC orders Centre to formulate plan to combat drug abuse amongst children

Hearing a petition by Nobel laureate Kailah Satyarthi's NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, which had besides other things sought setting up of district level drug addiction centres, the apex court expressed concern over the growing menace of the drug abuse amongst children.

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