Summary: A new study reveals a direct correlation between elevated temperatures and increased hospital visits due to alcohol and substance disorders. Not only does this shed light on unforeseen implications…
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Elevated temperatures and climate change may contribute to rising drug and alcohol disorders
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hospital visits from alcohol- and substance-related disorders are driven by elevated temperatures and could be further affected by rising temperatures due to climate change, according to…
Prescribing just a few opioid tablets to patients discharged from emergency departments can ease pain but prevent misuse
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Half of patients discharged from the emergency department need only five tablets or fewer of morphine 5mg or an equivalent opioid pain killer, according to new…
Overdose deaths from fentanyl laced stimulants have risen 50-fold since 2010
A simplified schema of the four waves of the US overdose mortality crisis. Waves 1 and 2 include deaths involving commonly prescribed opioids, and heroin, respectively, but excluding fentanyl co-involved…
Tobacco and Cannabis Combo Ups Anxiety and Depression Risk
Summary: A new study indicates a link between the co-use of tobacco and cannabis and heightened rates of anxiety and depression. Analyzing data from the COVID-19 Citizens Health Study, researchers…
Alcohol makes you more likely to approach attractive people but doesn’t make others seem better looking: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s “liquid courage,” not necessarily “beer goggles”: New research indicates that consuming alcohol makes you more likely to approach people you already find attractive but does…
Bringing addiction care ‘inside the house of medicine’
International per-person consumption of prescription opioids (2010–12). This period coincides with the peak of opioid prescribing in the USA and Canada. Credit: The Lancet (2022). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02252-2 As civilization ground…
Recreational drugs detected in more than 1 in 10 cardiac intensive care patients
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Recreational drug use may be a factor in a significant proportion of admissions to cardiac intensive care, with various substances detected in 1 in 10 such…
Study supports government initiative to give free vapes to disadvantaged people who want to quit smoking
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A government scheme to give out free vapes to smokers appeals to most but not all, according to new research from the University of East Anglia…
Taking kratom claimed her son’s life. now she and others are warning of the dangers
J.D. Butler was planning a future with his girlfriend at his favorite New York City restaurant when that future came to a sudden, crushing halt. “They were planning on when…
