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Rise in Overdose Deaths Seen Among Adults With Lower Educational Attainment
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 – Lower educational attainment is associated with higher growth in overdose death within the United States, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in JAMA Health Forum....
Big Rise Seen in Gun Deaths, Overdoses Among U.S. Kids
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 – America's kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns. That's the crux of a new study that looked...
Third of Medicaid Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Don't Get Treatment
MONDAY, Oct. 2, 2023 – Medications that cut cravings have been shown to help with opioid use disorder, yet nearly a third of Medicaid recipients dealing with opioid addiction aren’t getting them, a ne...
Drug Decriminalization Not Tied to Change in Fatal Drug Overdose Rates
FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2023 – There is no evidence of an association between legal changes that removed or substantially reduced criminal penalties for drug possession in Oregon and Washington and...
Oregon Decriminalized Possession of Small Amounts of Drugs. Fatal ODs Didn't Skyrocket
THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 2023 – Critics of a law that decriminalized drug possession in Oregon have blamed the policy for rising overdose deaths in the state, but a new study finds no evidence of that....
Unsafe Neighborhoods Have Higher Levels of Child Abuse
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – Having safer neighborhoods, where families feel less stress, can help prevent child abuse, according to new research that supports this long-suspected theory. When parents...
Talking to a Loved One Battling Substance Abuse: Staying Positive Is Key
SATURDAY, Sept. 23, 2023 – A conversation with a family member or loved one struggling with addiction can be the catalyst for getting help. But it’s important to choose your words carefully when d...
Substance Abuse Greatly Raises Odds of Heart Attack, Stroke During Pregnancy
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – Substance abuse and pregnancy may be a dangerous combination. New research finds that pregnant women with a history of substance abuse had a dramatically increased risk of...
Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – Patients initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder who are prescribed a 24-mg dose are more likely to remain in treatment longer than those prescribed 16...
Fatal Drug Overdoses Quadrupled From 1999 to 2020
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 – Drug overdose deaths increased 4.3-fold in the United States from 1999 to 2020, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the American Journal of Medicine. Tarek...
Extended-Release Buprenorphine Not Necessarily Cost-Effective
TUESDAY, Sept. 19, 2023 – For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), treatment with extended-release buprenorphine is not cost-effective when transmucosal buprenorphine is available, according to...
Concurrent Use of Fentanyl, Stimulants Common in Overdoses
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 – By 2021, stimulants were the most common drug class found in fentanyl-involved overdoses, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Addiction. Joseph Friedman,...
Fatal ODs Involving Fentanyl Plus Coke, Meth Rose 50-Fold Over a Decade
THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 – The "fourth wave" of the U.S. overdose crisis involves the use of illicit fentanyl mixed with stimulants such as cocaine or methamphetamine, and it’s killing people in d...
New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller. But experts now warn that...
HHS Recommends Reclassification of Marijuana to Lower-Risk Drug Category
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has asked the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug under the Controlled Substances...
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