A multi-disciplinary study has shown that the recent substantial increase in prescriptions for two drugs, pregabalin and gabapentin, used widely for a range of neurological disorders is closely correlated with a rise in the ...
May 11, 2017
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Ryan Brown grew up playing sports and the cello, shooting games of pool in his basement, surrounded by friends.
May 4, 2017
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The past few years have seen an explosion of heroin abuse and deaths from opiate overdose. But little is known about the molecular underpinnings of heroin addiction. A new study in Biological Psychiatry found that heroin ...
Mar 14, 2017
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A small human pilot study, along with a number of animal studies, are revealing that cannabinoids, extracts of cannabis legally sold as medical marijuana, could reduce cravings and ease withdrawal symptoms in heroin users. ...
Feb 2, 2017
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The 2017 Public Policy Poll: Public Safety, Substance Use and Mental Health—conducted by the Center for Public Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University—found ...
Jan 18, 2017
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Methadone, the first pharmacological treatment for heroin addiction, was pioneered 50 years ago by Rockefeller University's Mary Jeanne Kreek and her colleagues. Since then the drug, which is widely used in treatment programs ...
Dec 12, 2016
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An estimated quarter of a billion people between the ages of 15 and 64 years, abused at least one drug in 2014 but that figure and the number of drug-related deaths have remained relatively steady over recent years, according ...
Jun 23, 2016
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It is becoming easier for friends and family of heroin users or patients taking strong painkillers to buy an antidote that can reverse the effect of an overdose, as policymakers look for ways to fight a growing epidemic.
Jun 3, 2016
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Across the United States, heroin users have died in alleys behind convenience stores, on city sidewalks and in the bathrooms of fast-food joints—because no one was around to save them when they overdosed.
May 8, 2016
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As soon as the home pregnancy test strip turned blue, Susan Bellone packed a few things and headed straight for Boston Medical Center's emergency room. She'd been using heroin and knew she needed medical help to protect her ...
Mar 29, 2016
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