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    Research You Can Use: Rapid Treatment of HCV for People Who Inject Drugs to Increase Cure Rates
    • Dec 17, 2021

    Research You Can Use: Rapid Treatment of HCV for People Who Inject Drugs to Increase Cure Rates

    Click here for CME/CE information and disclosures Rapid Treatment of HCV for People Who Inject Drugs to Increase Cure Rates Supported by...
    Research You Can Use: A Strategy Toward Hepatitis C Elimination
    • Sep 29, 2021

    Research You Can Use: A Strategy Toward Hepatitis C Elimination

    Supporting Opioid Substitution Treatment and Hepatitis C Treatment in People Who Inject Drugs: A Strategy Toward Hepatitis C Elimination...
    Understanding Methamphetamine
    • Sep 7, 2021

    Understanding Methamphetamine

    Throughout the last decade there has been a sharp increase in methamphetamine and cocaine use as well as cocaine and methamphetamine...
    Impact of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic on Ambulatory Hepatitis C Testing
    • Apr 8, 2021

    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).
    A New Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorders?  Prazosin in the Treatment of AUDs
    • 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...
    Buprenorphine, Suboxone and the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in 2020
    • 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
    Opioid Use Disorders and Opioid Overdose Epidemics
    • Jul 28, 2020

    Opioid Use Disorders and Opioid Overdose Epidemics

    Improving Narcan availability is the best chance of saving lives from overdose.
    Understanding Genetic Influences on Problematic Alcohol Use
    • 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.
    How Marijuana Makes Cocaine More Compelling
    • 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.
    Addiction and Sadness
    • 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
    New challenges in the opioid epidemic
    • Mar 3, 2020

    New challenges in the opioid epidemic

    New OUD research summarized for helps officials, practitioners, families, patients, and communities
    Why Marijuana Doesn't Help with Stress
    • Feb 18, 2020

    Why Marijuana Doesn't Help with Stress

    Why some individuals turn to marijuana for stress relief.
    The newly discovered brain path linking nicotine to diabetes
    • 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.
    Punishment, the brain, and compulsive drinking
    • 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?
    Physician substance use disorders: contingency management encourages recovery?
    • 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
    We know vaping can cause serious lung problems. A new study says it might also cause cancer
    • 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.
    Suicide might be a root cause of more opioid overdoses than we thought
    • 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
    Alcohol use disorders are complex, but new research should improve practice
    • 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
    Is our addiction crisis fueling the all-time high in reported STD cases?
    • 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.
    The fentanyl crisis is only getting worse
    • 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
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