Addiction Medicine
Conference Coverage
Whatever the substance, adolescents’ abuse shares common links
In teens who are daily cigarettes smokers, use of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco shares unique and common associations.
From the Journals
Junk food, energy drinks may damage teen brains
But exercise may counter adverse effects on the teen brain.
Conference Coverage
Pathological video game use can be ‘life-dominating’
SAN DIEGO – Advocate against pathological video game use as part of good health care, expert advises.
From the Journals
Young e-cigarette users graduating to the real thing
Use of noncigarette forms of tobacco can be tantalizing.
News
FDA: No more codeine or hydrocodone cold medicines for children
Risks outweigh benefits for pediatric prescription cough and cold medicines containing opioids.
Opinion
Families are essential partners in treating substance use disorders
Dr. Alison M. Heru
Conference Coverage
Early psychotherapy may predict buprenorphine treatment retention
SAN DIEGO – Psychotherapy associated with higher likelihood of sticking with buprenorphine treatment.
From the Journals
APA guideline backs naltrexone, acamprosate for alcohol use disorder
Best evidence points to those two drugs for AUD patients with moderate to severe illness.
Conference Coverage
Internet addiction ‘an impairing but treatable problem’
Many checklists and diagnostic instruments can be used to determine whether patients’ Internet use can be characterized as excessive.
Feature
California tops state tobacco prevention spending
Nationwide, most of the money from the 1998 tobacco settlement and taxes is going elsewhere in 2018.
Opinion
Massachusetts and the opioid crisis: Can involuntary holds work?
Dr. Dinah Miller asks whether involuntary holds on substance users are an effective way to tackle the epidemic.