Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults reached all time-high in 2021
Marijuana and hallucinogen use in the past year reported by young adults 19 to 30 years old increased significantly in 2021 compared to five and [...]
Percentage of overdose deaths involving methadone declined between January 2019 and August 2021
The percentage of methadone-involved overdose deaths relative to all drug overdose deaths declined from January 2019 to August 2021, according to a new study. Access [...]
NIH scientists identify new brain mechanism involved in impulsive cocaine-seeking in rats
Researchers have found that blocking certain acetylcholine receptors in the lateral habenula (LHb), an area of the brain that balances reward and aversion, made it [...]
Enso Recovery Residence Story
Sober houses help fill the gap in addiction treatment and services Enso Recovery, which runs homes and treatment facilities, is providing [...]
New Report Finds Widespread Perceived Stigma Toward People Who Use Drugs, Have an Addiction, and Are in Recovery
There is a significant disconnect between our knowledge of addiction and mental health disorders and the language that exists today much of which is [...]
Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
Significant reductions in cigarette use were found among U.S. adults with major depression, substance use disorder, or both from 2006 to 2019, according to a [...]
Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
People who reported multiple symptoms consistent with severe substance use disorder at age 18 exhibited two or more of these symptoms in adulthood, according to [...]
Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021
Law enforcement seizures of pills containing illicit fentanyl increased dramatically between January 2018 and December 2021, according to a new study. The number of individual [...]
Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Issues
View the hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions CommitteeChairwoman Murray, Ranking Member Burr, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting the [...]
NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
A large majority of individuals who reported and discussed non-suicidal self-injury on the social media platform Reddit described their experience in terms similar to those [...]