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People seeking online support for addiction recovery may encounter cynical marketing by the addiction treatment industry that sometimes prioritizes financial gain over clients' health and well-being, according to a study ...
Feb 24, 2025
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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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Methamphetamine deaths in the U.S. rose 61-fold from 1999 to 2021, according to a study, highlighting a growing crisis in addiction and public health.
Jan 13, 2025
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A newly published study by Akshaya Bhagavathula, NDSU associate professor of epidemiology, highlights the growing disparities in substance use disorders (SUD) mortality in the United States.
Oct 17, 2024
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As of December 1, 2023, 40 states have laws regulating the use of opioid litigation proceeds, a 25% increase from the 32 states that had enacted laws as of August 2022, according to new data published by the Center for Public ...
Sep 19, 2024
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The rate at which young Americans are ending up in hospital ICUs after using fake Oxycontin pills spiked with fentanyl is soaring, especially in the U.S. West, a new report warns.
Jul 26, 2024
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This week Victorian premier Jacinta Allan announced the state will trial a drug checking service beginning this summer festival season, describing it as a "simple and commonsense way to save lives."
Jun 25, 2024
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Researchers from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) at St. Michael's Hospital and Public Health Ontario have analyzed health data from the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario and ICES, and found that there ...
Jun 18, 2024
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The toxic drug crisis is Canada's longest-standing public health emergency, but many are unaware of the brain injury epidemic that underlies it. June is brain injury awareness month, and as researchers investigating the intersections ...
Jun 17, 2024
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Massachusetts experienced a 10% drop in opioid-related overdose deaths from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year decline over the past two decades and a trend that is expected to continue based on early data from 2024, according ...
Jun 13, 2024
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