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Young women experience less craving for cannabis following alcohol consumption

Alcohol and cannabis are commonly used together by young adults and rates of their co-use are increasing. Recent research has found that following any amount of alcohol use, young women experienced less craving for cannabis, ...

Health

Innovative toolkit blazes trail for healthcare providers to learn with patients struggling with opioid use, chronic pain

It's difficult to overstate the corrosive impact of Canada's ongoing opioid crisis. Since 2016, there have been over 40,000 opioid-related deaths across the country, devastating Canadian families from all walks of life. Opioid-related ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Study finds pregnant women who vape face fewer toxins than smokers

Pregnant women are exposed to lower levels of toxic chemicals if they vape during pregnancy compared with if they smoke cigarettes, according to new research led by scientists at City St George's, University of London and ...

Addiction

More smokers quit after big hike in California tobacco tax

Researchers from the University of California San Diego and UC San Francisco have found that Proposition 56, a major tobacco tax increase that was overwhelmingly approved by California voters in 2016, was associated with ...

Addiction

New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies

As the opioid epidemic persists across the United States, a team of researchers from Brown University has developed new diagnostic techniques for detecting opioid compounds in adults with opioid use disorder and infants with ...

Addiction

Should we be concerned about children seeing alcohol ads?

Alcohol advertising is everywhere—on TV, bus shelters, and social media. As a parent, keeping track of what your child sees can seem impossible. So, should we be concerned about children being exposed to alcohol ads?

Oncology & Cancer

Alcohol-fueled cancer deaths are on the rise in the US

A new study led by experts at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, is the first to look at trends over time in alcohol-linked cancer mortality across the United ...

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Employment may support recovery from problem drinking

Having a job may give people a better chance at recovery following treatment for alcohol use disorder. Nationwide data from people who received outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder found that people with full-time ...