Around 1% of Australian adults have tried heroin in their lifetime and 2.7% have used pharmaceutical opioids for non-medical purposes in the past 12 months.
Jan 11, 2023
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(HealthDay)—Children exposed to opioids in the womb may have heightened risks of long-term mental and physical health issues, a new study suggests.
Jun 28, 2019
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Over 25,000 Canadians have died from opioid overdose since 2016—with 6,306 people dying in 2020 alone.
Mar 14, 2022
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As more states legalize cannabis consumption, many more people will likely use medical marijuana as a supplement to or substitution for prescription drugs, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Jan 15, 2019
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A new study in animals suggests that the social and interpersonal problems associated with opioid addiction might be reversible.
Apr 4, 2020
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Mice given cocaine showed rapid growth in new brain structures associated with learning and memory, according to a research team from the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco. The findings suggest a ...
Aug 25, 2013
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Barely three months ago, the anti-malarial drug that President Donald Trump touted seemed like such a sure bet against COVID-19 that Susanna Naggie had a tough time setting up a national clinical trial comparing it to placebo. ...
Jul 6, 2020
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The incidence rate of infective endocarditis—a rare but often fatal inflammation of the heart valves—among patients with cocaine use disorder or opioid use disorder increased from 2011 to 2022, with the steepest increase ...
Dec 12, 2022
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Less than half of Americans who received treatment for opioid use disorder over a five-year period were offered a potentially lifesaving medication, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and ...
May 10, 2022
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Chronic use of opioid painkillers like hydrocodone and oxycodone significantly increases the risk of dysphagia, difficulty swallowing, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Jul 28, 2022
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