Effects of Severe Weather on Behavioral Health
When a severe storm is on the horizon, communities focus on safety and emergency response. However, communities must also prepare for and respond to the [...]
New analysis highlights patterns of adult medical marijuana use
An analysis of medical marijuana use among adults in the United States indicates that more than 21 percent of medical marijuana users reside in states that have not legalized its use; suggesting that physicians might be recommending medical marijuana regardless of legalization in their respective...
Preoccupation with muscle mass may spur steroid use among non-athlete men
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/CC0 A new viewpoint written by scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Harvard Medical School describes that a growing number of young, non-athlete men are using androgenic-anabolic steroids (AAS) and other appearance and performance...
Journal issue addresses nonmedical use of prescription drugs
Photo by ©iStock.com/pagadesign A special issue of the journal Addictive Behaviors features more than a dozen articles related to understanding and addressing the serious public health issues related to the nonmedical use of prescription drugs. Many articles are funded by the National Institute...
Teen substance use shows promising decline
The 2016 Monitoring the Future (MTF) annual survey results released today from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reflect changing teen behaviors and choices in a social media-infused world. The results show a continued long-term decline in the use of many illicit substances, including...
National Institute on Drug Abuse to hold teleconference discussing key findings of 2016 Monitoring the Future Survey on teen drug use
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a teleconference on Tuesday, December 13, to discuss the results of the 2016 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. The survey, conducted earlier this year by scientists at the University of Michigan, tracks annual drug use and attitudes among...
Registration opens for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day
High schools can now register for the 10th annual Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day, a web chat to be held on January 26, during National Drug & Alcohol Facts WeekSM, which runs from January 23 – 29, 2017. Registrations are taken on a first–come, first-served basis and are limited to about 100...
Surgeon General Issues Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
The U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, recently released a groundbreaking report, Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, [...]
Data Reveal Veterans have Lower Rates of Marijuana Use than Civilians
According to combined 2002 to 2012 data from SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), approximately 1 in 16 veterans used marijuana in [...]
SAMHSA Releases App to Help Treat Opioid Use Disorder
Meet MATx, SAMHSA’s latest resource to improve access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder. MATx was developed to support practitioners who currently provide [...]