Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new scientific review of 148 studies enrolling over 4.3 million adult chronic pain patients treated with prescription opioid painkillers has found that nearly one in…
Tag: Addiction
Australian teens want action on gambling
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research looking at young people’s attitudes to gambling harms reveals Australian teens feel strongly about the lack of action by government to protect them from…
New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse
As opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, cemented reputations as hotspots of the crisis. In Philadelphia, over…
Unsafe neighborhoods could drive up smoking rates
It may sound far-fetched, but new research suggests that living in dangerous neighborhoods could trigger an unintended health harm: higher smoking rates among residents. “High levels of neighborhood threat shape…
European countries differ in their drinking styles, study finds
Drinking patterns identified in Europe, based on alcohol per capita consumption and drinking status indicators. CD = current drinkers; HED = heavy episodic drinkers; LA = lifetime abstainers. Credit: Addiction…
Study finds e-cigarette users now more likely to quit traditional cigarettes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new paper in Nicotine & Tobacco Research finds that smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes are now more likely to stop smoking regular cigarettes. In…
The risks of mixing alcohol and sports wagering
UNLV psychology professor and addictions expert Shane W. Kraus partnered on research into the links between sports gambling and binge drinking. Credit: Becca Schwartz/UNLV It turns out that money isn’t…
the road to legal cannabis
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Germany is set to join the global cannabis revolution on Monday, with a law coming into effect legalizing recreational use of the drug. It is the…
Lab tests show THC potency inflated on retail marijuana in Colorado
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cannabis flower sold in Colorado claims to contain much more tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, than it actually does, according to my findings published in the peer-reviewed journal…
How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rural America has long suffered from an epidemic of methamphetamine use, which accounts for thousands of drug overdoses and deaths every year. William Garriott, an anthropologist…
