Understanding Methamphetamine
Throughout the last decade there has been a sharp increase in methamphetamine and cocaine use as well as cocaine and methamphetamine...
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- Apr 9
Impact of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic on Ambulatory Hepatitis C Testing
The CDC estimates that 2.5 million individuals in the United States are living with chronic hepatitis C (HCV).
- Nov 24, 2020
A New Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders? Prazosin in the Treatment of AUDs
By Dr. Mark Gold and Dr. Lantie Jorandby Alcohol Use Today At least 95,000 people (approximately 68,000 men and 27,000 women) die from...
- Aug 27, 2020
Buprenorphine, Suboxone and the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in 2020
Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) and opioid use disorder treatment programs are essential parts of our response to overdose
- Jul 28, 2020
Opioid Use Disorders and Opioid Overdose Epidemics
Improving Narcan availability is the best chance of saving lives from overdose.
- Jun 29, 2020
Understanding Genetic Influences on Problematic Alcohol Use
Researchers learn more about genetic influences on SUD, and what we learn can guide later innovations in treatment and prevention.
- May 19, 2020
How Marijuana Makes Cocaine More Compelling
“Cross-sensitization” refers to extreme responses to one substance after earlier use of a different drug.
- Apr 14, 2020
Addiction and Sadness
he COVID-19 pandemic, through its inundation of pain, its deaths and job losses and isolation, breeds generalized sadness—and puts individu
- Mar 3, 2020
New challenges in the opioid epidemic
New OUD research summarized for helps officials, practitioners, families, patients, and communities
- Feb 19, 2020
Why Marijuana Doesn't Help with Stress
Why some individuals turn to marijuana for stress relief.
- Feb 6, 2020
The newly discovered brain path linking nicotine to diabetes
The CDC says that tobacco products elevate the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes by 30-40 percent.
- Jan 28, 2020
Punishment, the brain, and compulsive drinking
Punishment, the brain, and compulsive drinking. What leads only some individuals who drink heavily to drink compulsively?
- Dec 27, 2019
Physician substance use disorders: contingency management encourages recovery?
Imagine if the medical profession barred anyone being treated with pharmacotherapy for depression from returning to practice
- Dec 20, 2019
We know vaping can cause serious lung problems. A new study says it might also cause cancer
Researchers asked tens of thousands of individuals about their use of tobacco products, e-cigarettes and their health.
- Dec 12, 2019
Suicide might be a root cause of more opioid overdoses than we thought
If all overdoses are considered “accidental” until proven otherwise, we may be missing higher rates of suicide and depression
- Nov 14, 2019
Alcohol use disorders are complex, but new research should improve practice
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are one of the most common and least-treated health conditions in the world
- Nov 7, 2019
Is our addiction crisis fueling the all-time high in reported STD cases?
The CDC, in a recent report, is now sounding the alarm over astonishingly large increases in the prevalence of STDs.
- Oct 31, 2019
The fentanyl crisis is only getting worse
Synthetic opioids like fentanyl accounted for around 3,000 deaths in 2013—by 2018, they accounted for over 30,000
- Oct 24, 2019
How much social media is too much for teens?
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released results from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
- Oct 17, 2019
Can CBD be used to treat Angelman syndrome? Here’s what new UNC research says
Angelman syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder, in part involving powerful epileptic seizures this study describes as "common"