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DOJ: Indiana nurses allowed controlled substances during opioid recovery
“This improvement will increase access to treatment resources, enabling more nurses to complete treatment and progress toward a safe return to...
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Alcohol warning labels need updates to reflect harms: NEJM
The current warning is“so understated that it borders on being misleading.”
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Psychedelic drug therapy a potential ‘breakthrough’ for alcohol dependence
The effects observed with psilocybin were “considerably larger” than those of currently approved treatments for alcohol use disorder.
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Reducing alcohol intake may reduce cancer risk
Study suggests cancer risk can be meaningfully altered by changing the amount of alcoholic beverages consumed.
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Patients who engage in risky ‘chemsex’ benefit from appropriate treatment
Chemsex combines sex, drugs, and smartphones, and physicians know very little about it.
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‘Shocking’ and persistent gap in treatment for opioid addiction
In all 50 states and Washington, D.C., past-year prevalence of opioid use disorder was greater than rates of medication use.
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HCV reinfection uncommon among people who inject drugs
In a new study, most reinfections occurred within 24 weeks of completing treatment.
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No increase in overdose deaths with take-home methadone
The percentage of deaths involving methadone decreased from 4.5% in 2019 to 3.2% in 2021.
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Alcohol’s detrimental impact on the brain explained?
“We are finding harmful associations with iron within those low-risk alcohol intake guidelines.”
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Moderate drinking shows more benefit for older vs. younger adults
Nuanced analysis presents risks of alcohol consumption for individuals of different ages.