“Flexible for addicts, tough on drug trade”: Tokayev chairs Security Council meeting
Tengrinews.kz - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev chaired a Security Council meeting on combating drug abuse.
How many people are officially diagnosed with gambling addiction in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - First Deputy Minister of Healthcare Timur Sultangaziyev has revealed how many people in Kazakhstan have been officially diagnosed
ChatGPT developers warned users
Tengrinews.kz – A joint study by OpenAI and MIT Media Lab has found that prolonged use of ChatGPT may lead to dependency in some users, citing
How to know if you're addicted to TikTok - experts explain
Tengrinews.kz - Addiction experts have shared the signs of unhealthy TikTok use, why the app is addictive, and how to recognize it in yourself,
Kazakhstan will introduce new system for tracking drug addiction cases
Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan will establish a unified electronic database to track individuals with mental and behavioral disorders related to
Scientists named the drink that blocks alcohol cravings
Tengrinews.kz - A scientific experiment showed that if you drink this beverage before a glass of wine or a mug of beer, the enjoyment of alcohol
Kazakhstan to keep methadone therapy for now
The government of Kazakhstan has announced it would continue the controversial methadone therapy until 2015.
Methadone should be banned: Kazakh MP
A Member of the Kazakhstan Parliament demanded to urgently ban methadone from being used in Kazakhstan.
Gambling, IT, booze addictions rife in Japan: study
Nearly five percent of Japanese adults are addicted to gambling, a rate up to five times that of most other nations, according to a study.
Twitter unveils video ads
Twitter on Tuesday unveiled a new advertising program that delivers "promoted videos" to the tweet stream of users of the popular messaging platform.
US plans lower sentences for drug users
The United States announced plans Monday to reduce its use of mandatory sentences for drug offenses in order to tackle a cycle of poverty and incarceration in overcrowded jails.
First 'methadone baby' born in Aktobe
A man who used to take heroine and replaced it with methadone (a synthetic substitute of heroine) has had a son.
Sao Paulo begins mandatory detention of crack addicts
Brazil's economic capital Sao Paulo on Monday began mandatory detention of drug addicts for rehab, authorities said, amid rising worries over an epidemic of crack cocaine use.
Addiction to heroin can be blocked: research
Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, according to research released Wednesday which could prove a major breakthrough in treating addicts and in pain relief treatments.
Every fifth Kazakhstan citizen is an alcoholic: expert
The official numbers can be easily multiplied by 10: expert.
Kazakhstan Interior Ministry called doctors to disclose information on drug addicts
There should be an agreement between law-enforcement authorities and Healthcare Ministry to make preventive work by authorities and doctors more efficient: expert.
Over 3 thousand drug addicted children registered in Kazakhstan
49,984 people are registered as drug addicts including 4,595 women and 3,071 children.
