Crude suicide mortality rates over time, by opioid agonist therapy (OAT) exposure. Credit: Addiction (2024). DOI: 10.1111/add.16680 Treating opioid use disorder significantly lowers the very high rate (eight times the…
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Vaping rates hit record lows for U.S. high school students
Is vaping finally losing its coolness for American teens? The latest tally of federal data finds that 550,000 school kids, mostly high schoolers, quit using e-cigarettes in 2024. Vaping rates…
AI and optimization model leads to equitable treatment resource distribution
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The opioid epidemic is a crisis that has plagued the United States for decades. One central issue of the epidemic is inequitable access to treatment for…
Researchers use AI to find non-opioid pain relief options
Credit: Google DeepMind from Pexels An estimated one in five Americans live with chronic pain and current treatment options leave much to be desired. Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D., Director of Cleveland…
What to know about the UK’s growing drug problem
One 10 ml vial of 1000 mg ketamine. Credit: Psychonaught/Wikipedia There is growing awareness of the problems caused by the use of a fast-acting drug called ketamine. Often referred to…
Teens Risk Brain Damage in New TikTok “Chroming” Trend
Videos on TikTok are contributing to a resurgence in “chroming,” the dangerous practice of inhaling toxic fumes from household items like markers or nail polish. The study analyzed over 100…
Maternal cannabis use linked to genetic changes in babies
Significantly differentially methylated CpG sites in response to PCE that overlap between each ALSPAC timepoint analysed (0 y, 7 y and 15–17 y). The genes in which the CpG sites reside are listed…
Interactive tool tracks opioid abuse and dependence state by state
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain FAIR Health has released the Opioid Tracker, a free, interactive tool tracking opioid abuse and dependence state by state. A brief released simultaneously offers a user’s…
Study shows alcohol-dependent men and women have different biochemistries, so may need different treatments
Men/women differences first 3 months of treatment. Credit: Tom Parkhill A new study reveals hormonal and biochemical factors that affect alcohol dependence (also known as Alcohol Use Disorder), suggesting that…
More than half of people who use party drugs take ADHD medicines without a prescription, new research shows
by Rachel Sutherland, Amy Peacock, Caroline Salom, Jodie Grigg and Raimondo Bruno, The Conversation Credit: Alex Green from Pexels Each year, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center at UNSW…
