A pile of cocaine hydrochloride. Credit: DEA Drug Enforcement Agency, public domain With the Paris Olympics and Paralympics wrapped up, and leading Australian sports codes coming to an end of…
Tag: Addiction
Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment
A mobile team offering medication treatment to people with opioid use disorder showed promise in getting patients in Philadelphia to return for follow-up visits, according to a peer-reviewed study I…
Buying smokes? Everyone under 30 now must show ID
A new, tougher rule on the sale of tobacco products will require retailers to check the IDs of any buyers under the age of 30, the U.S. Food and Drug…
UK doctors urge government to act over ‘vaping epidemic’
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Leading UK doctors urged the government Wednesday to pass legislation to tackle “a vaping epidemic,” in particular among young people, by banning disposable e-cigarettes and all…
Could psychedelic-assisted therapy change addiction treatment?
Redwoods. Credit: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (2024). DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00208 After years of being seen as dangerous “party drugs,” psychedelic substances are receiving renewed attention as therapies for…
Researchers to test new approach for detecting cannabis in breath
An illustration showing a researcher analyzing breath samples in the lab. Credit: NIST With cannabis now outpacing alcohol as Americans’ daily drug of choice, there is a critical need for…
Prescription painkiller misuse and addiction are widespread in chronic pain patients
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…
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…
