News about addiction

“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.

13 August 2025 15:32

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

10 April 2025 16:02

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

26 March 2025 11:02

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,

14 January 2025 09:34

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

19 December 2024 17:14

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

18 November 2024 14:14

Kazakhstan to keep methadone therapy for now The government of Kazakhstan has announced it would continue the controversial methadone therapy until 2015.

29 October 2014 18:02

Methadone should be banned: Kazakh MP A Member of the Kazakhstan Parliament demanded to urgently ban methadone from being used in Kazakhstan.

06 October 2014 18:30

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.

21 August 2014 14:04

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.

13 August 2014 10:17

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.

13 August 2013 13:24

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.

27 May 2013 20:12

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.

23 January 2013 12:24

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.

17 August 2012 11:03

Every fifth Kazakhstan citizen is an alcoholic: expert The official numbers can be easily multiplied by 10: expert.

25 June 2012 17:30

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.

25 June 2012 11:42

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.

26 October 2011 16:58

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