Uki Atkinson News Today

PEOPLE’S National Party (PNP) spokesperson on health Dr Alfred Dawes, in adding his voice to calls from local lobbyists for a ban on the sale of disposable vapes to counter rising addiction in adolescents, says more research should be done to unearth the impetus behind the growing trend. “I would support any initiative that has been shown to be effective in decreasing the use of vaping as well as any...

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ON the heels of a decision by the British Government to ban the sale of disposable vapes by 2025 so as to tackle the rising number of children becoming addicted to nicotine, Jamaica Coalition for Tobacco Control (JCTC) says the Jamaican Government should muster the strength to follow suit, instead of being straitjacketed by wealthy tobacco industry interests. “That has been our position for many years. From the whole business...

WITH official confirmation now in hand that the sweets consumed by Ocho Rios Primary School students in October — resulting in them being rushed to hospital — contained a mind-altering element, th...

AN official of the National Council on Drug Abuse has warned that if preventive measures are not implemented now, more disturbing cases of drug-laced products could reach Jamaica's shores, and hav...

With schools on break and more children at home, the police are urging parents and guardians to be on the lookout for drug use among their kids. Commissioner of Police Major General Antony Anderson, speaking during the Jamaica Constabulary Force...

RESEARCH analyst for the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) Uki Atkinson says the entity has observed an increase in the use of magic mushroom, more popularly known as "shrooms" among youth in ...

THE National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) says with ''new psychoactive substances becoming a real and serious threat" globally it will remain bullish in pushing for the development of an early war...

STEVE Ashley, president of the Association of Friends and Families of Substance Abusers (AFAFOSA), while rapping successive governments for discounting the link between drug abuse and the country'...

THE National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA), which has been on a cross-country drive to stoke awareness about problematic drug use, says it will be looking into reports by some officials about "neck...