While the U.S. has recently seen a welcome downturn in drug overdose deaths, a new study from Northwestern Medicine is the first to pinpoint when the tide began to turn—identifying August 2023 as the national inflection point ...
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Cocaine, a drug of abuse, activates just a portion—10% to 20%—of the neurons in the brain's nucleus accumbens, a critical region linked to motivation and addiction. Though small in numbers, this activated neuronal population ...
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Everyday human behavior is guided and shaped by the search for rewards. This includes eating tasty meals, drinking something refreshing, sexual activity and nurturing children. Many of these behaviors are needed for survival. ...
Jun 4, 2025
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"Tusi," also known as "tucibí" or "pink cocaine," is a drug concoction that emerged in Latin America and Europe within the past decade and is becoming increasingly popular in the U.S.
Apr 21, 2025
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From 2022 to 2023, there was a decrease in the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose death in the United States, according to a report published in the February Health E-Stats, a publication of the National Center for Health ...
Feb 21, 2025
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A doctor from the University of Palermo in Italy has published a case study of an adult cocaine user who experienced reduced withdrawal symptoms when given GLP-1 therapy. In the case study published in the Journal of Medical ...
As more Australian jurisdictions begin drug checking trials at festivals and in the community, experts are exploring how the data could reach significantly more people.
Feb 10, 2025
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In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising "free" cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he tries to avoid overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. KFF Health News is identifying ...
Jan 9, 2025
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A study analyzing data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) found that past-year recreational ketamine use among adults has increased dramatically since 2015, including significant shifts in associations ...
Jan 8, 2025
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Cannabis, cocaine and heroin have interesting life stories and long rap sheets. We might know them today as illicit drugs, but each was once legal.
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