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NIH and FDA leaders call for innovation in development of smoking cessation treatments
What:In a new commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine, leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlight recommendations and opportunities to promote innovation in research and [...]
Higher doses of buprenorphine may improve treatment outcomes for people with opioid use disorder
Adults with opioid use disorder who receive a higher daily dose of the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine may have a lower risk of subsequent emergency department visits or use of inpatient services related to [...]
Fewer than half of U.S. jails provide life-saving medications for opioid use disorder
A new look into addiction treatment availability in the U.S. criminal justice system reveals that fewer than half (43.8%) of 1,028 jails surveyed across the nation offered any form of medication for opioid use disorder, [...]
Cannabis and hallucinogen use among adults remained at historic highs in 2023
Past-year use of cannabis and hallucinogens stayed at historically high levels in 2023 among adults aged 19 to 30 and 35 to 50, according to the latest findings from the Monitoring the Future survey. In contrast, past-year use [...]
NIH launches program to advance research led by Native American communities on substance use and pain
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a program that will support Native American communities to lead public health research to address overdose, substance use, and pain, including related factors such as mental health [...]
Doctors reluctant to treat addiction most commonly report “lack of institutional support” as barrier
A new study has identified the top reasons why some physicians may be reluctant to intervene in addiction. The comprehensive review, pulling 283 studies published on this topic within the last 61 years, showed that [...]
Most Americans don’t know that primary care physicians can prescribe addiction treatment
Results from a national survey indicate that many Americans, 61%, are unaware that primary care physicians can prescribe medications for opioid use disorder, and 13% incorrectly believed that they could not. The survey, funded by [...]
Federal Study Examines Care Following Nonfatal Overdose Among Medicare Beneficiaries; Identifies Effective Interventions and Gaps in Care
Researchers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Centers for Disease [...]
NIH-funded intervention did not impact opioid-related overdose death rates over evaluation period
A data-driven intervention that engaged communities to rapidly deploy evidence-based practices to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths – such as increasing naloxone distribution and enhancing access to medication for opioid use disorder – did not result [...]
Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023
See the infographic.Law enforcement seizures of illicit fentanyl increased dramatically in number and size between 2017 to 2023 in the U.S., especially in pill form, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes [...]
- Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
- Reported drug use among adolescents continued to hold below pre-pandemic levels in 2023
- Overdose deaths increased in pregnant and postpartum women from early 2018 to late 2021
- Overdose deaths increased in pregnant and postpartum women from early 2018 to late 2021
- Los suicidios por sobredosis de drogas aumentaron entre los jóvenes, las personas mayores y las mujeres negras, a pesar de la tendencia general decreciente
- Los suicidios por sobredosis de drogas aumentaron entre los jóvenes, las personas mayores y las mujeres negras, a pesar de la tendencia general decreciente
- Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
- Los suicidios por sobredosis de drogas aumentaron entre los jóvenes, las personas mayores y las mujeres negras, a pesar de la tendencia general decreciente
- Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
- Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- La conexión social, el sueño y la actividad física se asociaron con una mejor salud mental entre los jóvenes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- Social connectedness, sleep, and physical activity associated with better mental health among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Science Proves Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality and Shape Your Brain for Better or Worse. You Choose.
Science Proves Your Thoughts Influence Your Reality and Shape Your Brain for Better or Worse. You Choose. OCTOBER 24, 2022 If you Google “power of thoughts,” you get a lot of results including words [...]
CDC’s Updated Opioid Guidelines Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient
by Leo Beletsky, JD, MPH, and Kate M. Nicholson, JD November 18, 2022 Additional steps are needed to calibrate opioid access and undo harm Before the CDC suffered a loss of trust over its handling of [...]
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 services and support to people who need help now. [...]
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 rooted in a prior century. Language influences perception which informs [...]
Elana’s Law
Enso Recovery Executive Director, Steve Danzig - LCSW, CCS, LADC, CIP, a twenty year plus veteran of SUD treatment and a nationally recognized interventionist, weighs in on involuntary civil commitment for persons suffering from [...]
Vivitrol and Overdose Risk
Vivitrol and Overdose Risk A new analysis of a large randomized trial finds 2.4x higher risk for overdose with naltrexone compared to buprenorphine. Methadone and buprenorphine are still the safest and most effective treatments [...]
Overdose epidemic costs US $1T per year: research
The ongoing opioid epidemic is costing the U.S. $1 trillion every year, posing "a threat to our national security and global competitiveness," according to a bipartisan congressional report released on Tuesday. Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), [...]
Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic And Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy Of The Good
Nora D. Volkow JANUARY 3, 202210.1377/forefront.20211221.691862 Last year saw drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpass an unthinkable milestone: 100,000 deaths in a year. This is the highest number of drug overdoses in our country’s history, [...]
Psychedelic substance Ibogaine to be tested for potential as an addiction treatment
9th December 2021 | By Emily Ledger It is estimated that around 100,000 people die from drug overdoses in the US every year. The majority of these deaths are related to the use of [...]
As Addiction Deaths Surge, Profit-Driven Rehab Industry Faces ‘Severe Ethical Crisis’
February 15, 20217:08 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition As the nation's addiction crisis deepened, Tamara Beetham, who studies health policy at Yale University, set out to answer a simple question: What happens when people [...]
