Worrying use of heroin substitute
The decision by the Cyprus National Addictions Authority (Cnaa) to terminate the administering of Oxycontin as a substitution treatment for heroin addiction has led...
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Realities regarding the ongoing worldwide drug epidemic
It’s always important to make sure you talk to your kids about drugs, considering they are young and very impressionable. Sometimes, however, no matter what...
Heroin use down, cannabis up
By George Psyllides The number of heroin users has dropped in recent years but there was has been a simultaneous rise in cannabis users, a...
Drug seizures snowball
By Constantinos Psillides THE CYPRUS Drug Squad (YKAN) has been making headlines this last month, regarding a string of drug busts that yielded a record...
Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over executions
By Charlotte Greenfield and Matt Siegel Indonesia owes it to Australia not to execute two Australian drug offenders on death row, Prime Minister Tony Abbott...
Cannabis used at least once by 10pct of Cypriots
Around 10 per cent of the general population in Cyprus has used cannabis at least once, it emerged on Friday, though Cyprus ranked low in...