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TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

How to save a fentanyl victim: Key facts about naloxone

A stash of burnt pills is scattered on the grounds of the Mazzeh military air base on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on December 11, 2024.

Syrian rebels expose Assad's labs with Captagon, 'poison' drug fueling deadly trade

By DR. ITAY GAL

No more needles?

No more needles? MIT unveils needle-free microjet inspired by squids for painless drug delivery

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Israel, Hezbollah war disrupts Syria's lucrative Captagon trade

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line

Use of Ozempic.

Weight loss injections ease knee pain

By DR. ITAY GAL

An employee of the public prosecutor's office, the Department of Criminal Evidence, looks at illegal drugs, which are to be set on fire, in Sanaa February 29, 2012.

Bombing Hezbollah’s drug empire is the key to weakening its power

By MICHAEL OREN

Greek authorities present confiscated guns, money and Captagon amphetamine pills after dismantling a criminal ring near Elefsina, south west of Athens, Greece, March 6, 2017.

Captagon crisis: Middle East’s $5.7 billion drug trade fuels Hezbollah

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An employee of the public prosecutor's office, the Department of Criminal Evidence, looks at illegal drugs, which are to be set on fire, in Sanaa February 29, 2012.

Hezbollah’s Captogan drug trade challenges Israeli security, regional stability

Israeli Chief of Police Daniel Levi near the scene of a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2024.

Operation Emergency Brake: Police confiscate around 450 dangerous weapons

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The cannabis greenhouse uncovered in the Negev, September 22, 2024.

Tunnel housing 400 cannabis plants uncovered by police in Negev

By YANIR YAGNA

View of road 10, on the border with Egypt, April 7, 2023.

IDF searches for driver who accelerated toward soldiers along Egyptian border

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. September 3, 2024.

IDF soldiers believed to have unknowingly consumed drug-laced cookies mysteriously donated to base

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Gisele P. (R) sits beside her daughter Caroline Darian (C) and her son (L) at the courthouse during the trial of her husband accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on September 2, 2024.

French man on trial for drugging and inviting others to rape his wife

By REUTERS

Illustrative image of drug abuse

Jerusalem resident arrested for sexual assault of minor, date-rape, drug offences

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A view of a yacht (R) whose crew members allegedly caused a forest fire with fireworks launched from the vessel on the island of Hydra, in a marina in southern Athens suburb, Greece June 23, 2024.

Greece dismantles gang trafficking drugs from Europe to Israel on yachts

By REUTERS

Selling Drugs (illustrative photo)

New Zealand charity apologizes for handing out meth-laced candy

By REUTERS

Orit Oged

Israeli artist Orit Oged admits involvement in drug-related double murder

By YOAV ETIEL

Pills on health form

Israel set to start selling pharmaceuticals outside of pharmacies

By DR. ITAY GAL