DRUGS

TGA approves psilocybin, MDMA for treating depression and PTSD

Published on: February 4, 2023
09:36

Sydney, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Australia´s medical regulator has passed the use of psychedelics to treat some mental health conditions, making the country one of the first in the world to officially recognize MDMA (ecstasy) and psilocybin as medicines.

USA: Nitazene opioid complicates public health response to overdoses

Published on: January 27, 2023
16:39

Washington, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Nitazene, a synthetic opioid up to 40 times more powerful than fentanyl is scrambling the public health response to the addiction crisis in a rising number of U.S. cities.

Syria foils drug smuggling attempt to Jordan

Published on: September 20, 2022
08:22

Damascus, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Syrian security forces confiscated large quantities of drugs in the province of Deraa, 100 kilometers south of the capital, near the border with Jordan.

Panama seizes more than 86 tons of drugs so far this year

Published on: September 3, 2022
10:41

Panama City, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Government authorities highlighted today that so far this year more than 86 tons of drugs have been seized in Panama, a figure that could surpass that of 2021.

ANVISA authorizes use of vaccine and drug against monkeypox in Brazil

Published on: August 26, 2022
17:55

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has just authorized the use of a vaccine and drug to fight monkeypox virus, which has killed one person and infected 4,144 people in Brazil so far.

Panama´s SENAM seizes nearly 2 tons of cocaine

Published on: August 15, 2022
18:12

Panama City, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Panama's National Aeronaval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) on Monday managed to seize 1,900 kg of drugs stashed away inside a container aboard a ship from Turbo, Colombia, and heading to Slovenia.

Mexico seizes nearly two tons of cocaine in Michoacan

Published on: August 5, 2022
01:00

Mexico, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) More than 1.5 ton of cocaine have been seized by the Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) off the coast of Michoacan, the military corps reported on its website on Thursday.

Panama has seized 70 tons of drugs to date this year

Published on: July 17, 2022
10:18

Panama City, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The Panamanian government on Sunday reported that various security agencies have seized 70 tons of drugs to date this year.

Drug pollution threatens water quality of 43.5% of the world´s rivers

Published on: July 8, 2022
16:48

Washington, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) 43.5% of the world's rivers contains harmful levels of pharmaceutical drugs, according to a study published in the US journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Development of new antibacterial treatments is inadequate – WHO

Published on: June 22, 2022
16:15

Geneva, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Development of new antibacterial treatments is inadequate to address the mounting threat of antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday. The 2021 report described the antibacterial clinical and preclinical pipeline as stagnant and far from meeting global needs. Since 2017 only 12 antibiotics have been passed, 10 of which belong to existing classes with established mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

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