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Cannabis vaping continues its rise in teens
Use of cannabis without vaping declined, but use of other substances also increased among adolescents who vaped cannabis.
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Multistate opioid crackdown nets indictment against seven physicians
“Today’s takedown targets medical providers across the country whose greed drove them to abandon this responsibility in favor of criminal profits...
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Hospital readmission remains common for teens with nonfatal drug overdose
Opioids were the main cause of both incident and recurrent hospitalizations according to the 2016 Nationwide Readmissions Database.
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Substance use disorders increase risk for death from COVID-19
“We’ve been worried about seeing what consequences SARS-CoV-2 was going to have on users of these substances, especially in light of the great...
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Alcohol dependence drug the next antianxiety med?
“These results indicate that disulfiram can be used safely by elderly patients suffering from anxiety and insomnia and has the potential to become...
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Mental illness tied to COVID-19 breakthrough infection
“Individuals with psychiatric disorders “should be prioritized for booster vaccinations and other critical preventive efforts.”
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Has the anti-benzodiazepine backlash gone too far?
With respect to prescribing benzodiazepines, has the pendulum swung too far in the “just say no” direction?
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Adolescent overdose deaths nearly doubled in 2020 and spiked again in 2021
Illicit drug use hasn’t changed much among adolescents in the last decade, but the drugs, particularly fentanyl, have become more dangerous,...
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Trichotillomania: What you should know about this common hair-pulling disorder
There may be subtypes of trichotillomania: one that’s more like an OCD and one that’s more like an addiction.
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Bellies up to the bar, the weight gain is on us
Plus: A slime-time robot, fish that do math, and the unsung heroes of the soil.
From the Journals
Medications for opioid addiction vastly underutilized
“The overdose crisis in the U.S. is continuing unabated, unfortunately, and medication access is an important tool to target and reduce overdose...