Teens and young adults who experience social problems related to alcohol may be at risk of relatively rapid development of alcohol use disorder (AUD), a new study suggests. Other behaviors that meet certain diagnostic criteria ...
Jun 24, 2024
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New research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business explains how pharmaceutical companies were able to saturate the country with massive quantities of opioids, despite efforts by the Drug Enforcement Administration ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Young adults (aged 18–25) who use alcohol have varying personal reasons for not drinking on some days—reasons that could be harnessed to improve the effectiveness of programs preventing and treating alcohol use disorder ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Gut bacteria may be associated with differences in brain structure and clinical symptom severity in people with alcohol use disorder.
Jun 24, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to authorize the first menthol-flavored e-cigarettes has drawn the the ire of health advocates who say the decision undermines efforts to end the youth vaping epidemic in America.
Jun 24, 2024
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In coordinated raids last September, multiple California agencies stormed a network of illegal cannabis-growing warehouses across Oakland while state cannabis regulators singled out a salmon-colored warehouse complex surrounded ...
Jun 24, 2024
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A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), titled "Mental health service use before first diagnosis of a psychotic disorder" and published in JAMA Psychiatry, found that nearly 75% of young Ontarians ...
Jun 21, 2024
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Khat—the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis—seemed to have secure legal status in Kenya despite being illegal elsewhere. It had been declared an official cash crop in 2016, and efforts were under way ...
Jun 21, 2024
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A concerning number of Australian women are drinking at dangerous levels despite knowing that it is likely to be causing them harm, warn Flinders University researchers.
Jun 21, 2024
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In France, the majority of people with an opioid use disorder—87%—receive access to medication designed to treat it. In the United States, where more than 100,000 people are dying annually from drug overdoses, less than ...
Jun 20, 2024
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