Tag: drug

X Launches Prevent Alliance to Combat Synthetic Drug Abuse

X is taking another step in combating the promotion of illegal substances in the app, by signing up to the Prevent Alliance, which aims to establish more definitive rules and approaches to combat synthetic drug promotion within social apps. Today we are joining with cross-sector partners to launch the Prevent Alliance, a global initiative focused [...]read moreX Launches Prevent Alliance to Combat Synthetic Drug Abuse

X Launches Prevent Alliance to Combat Synthetic Drug Abuse

X is taking another step in combating the promotion of illegal substances in the app, by signing up to the Prevent Alliance, which aims to establish more definitive rules and approaches to combat synthetic drug promotion within social apps. Today we are joining with cross-sector partners to launch the Prevent Alliance, a global initiative focused [...]read moreX Launches Prevent Alliance to Combat Synthetic Drug Abuse

Snap Outlines Drug Enforcement Measures for Fentanyl Awareness Day

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day, and Snapchat is marking the event by highlighting the various initiatives that it’s implemented to both stop the spread of drug-related content in the app, and provide education to its user community. Snapchat says that it’s continually improving its systems in order to proactively find and shut down dealers’ [...]read moreSnap Outlines Drug Enforcement Measures for Fentanyl Awareness Day

Snap Outlines Drug Enforcement Measures for Fentanyl Awareness Day

Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day, and Snapchat is marking the event by highlighting the various initiatives that it’s implemented to both stop the spread of drug-related content in the app, and provide education to its user community. Snapchat says that it’s continually improving its systems in order to proactively find and shut down dealers’ [...]read moreSnap Outlines Drug Enforcement Measures for Fentanyl Awareness Day

Ryan Garcia Partied Hard At L.A. Nightclub Hours Before Flunked Drug Test Revealed

Play video content TMZSports.com Ryan Garcia clearly wasn’t sweating his flunked drug test in the hours before it became known to the public … ’cause TMZ Sports has obtained video of him partying hard at an L.A. hotspot on Tuesday night — seemingly without a care in the world. Garcia hit up Bootsy Bellows in [...]read moreRyan Garcia Partied Hard At L.A. Nightclub Hours Before Flunked Drug Test Revealed

Billy Idol Reveals He’s ‘California Sober’: ‘I’m Not the Drug Addict That I Was’

Billy Idol is getting candid about his past struggles with drug addiction and how he’s managed to get clean and “California sober.” The “White Wedding” rocker recently spoke with People about his substance abuse issues, and how a near-death motorcycle accident in 1990 finally convinced him to kick the habit. “I really started to think, [...]read moreBilly Idol Reveals He’s ‘California Sober’: ‘I’m Not the Drug Addict That I Was’

Xaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it’s ‘ready’ to start developing drugs

Advances in generative AI have taken the tech world by storm. Biotech investors are making a big bet that similar computational methods could revolutionize drug discovery. On Tuesday, ARCH Venture Partners and Foresite Labs, an affiliate of Foresite Capital, announced that they incubated Xaira Therapeutics and funded the AI biotech with $1 billion. Other investors [...]read moreXaira, an AI drug discovery startup, launches with a massive $1B, says it’s ‘ready’ to start developing drugs

UFC Superstar Jon Jones Denies Threatening Drug Tester, She’s In The Wrong!

UFC champion Jon Jones is adamantly denying any wrongdoing after a drug tester showed up at his place unannounced … saying the whole interaction was as cordial as could be. Jones — a 36-year-old fighter — claims he was at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico last weekend … when out of nowhere, a UFC-certified [...]read moreUFC Superstar Jon Jones Denies Threatening Drug Tester, She’s In The Wrong!

In Colombia, hunting poachers, not drug traffickers | Wildlife News

Cali, Colombia – On January 20, 2023, a Colombian task force burst into a home in this city, looking for contraband. Nearly a dozen officers scattered throughout the house, searching every room, peering into cabinets and closets, and poking under beds and couches until they found what they came for in a cardboard box: a [...]read moreIn Colombia, hunting poachers, not drug traffickers | Wildlife News

Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023 | Death Penalty News

In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year. At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International (HRI), an NGO that has been tracking the use of the death penalty for drugs since 2007. “Despite not [...]read moreRecord number of people executed for drug offences in 2023 | Death Penalty News