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New toolkit for genomic editing holds promise for addiction research
The scientific world has advanced immeasurably by the science of DNA and genetics. Manipulating gene expression to change the way that cells such as neurons function has helped scientists create very specific tools to use [...]
Monthly buprenorphine injections effective for opioid use disorders
A newly published study suggests the long-acting buprenorphine formulation BUP-XR is more effective than placebo in helping patients struggling with addiction to opioids. BUP-XR is a monthly extended-release injection. Source: Photo by ©iStock.com/ognianm Daily dose [...]
Higher rates of NAS linked with economic conditions
A NIDA-funded analysis of eight states showed a significant association between rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) and poor economic conditions. NAS is a series of uncomfortable symptoms experienced by newborns suffering from opioid withdrawal [...]
Cascade of Care model recommended for opioid crisis
Courtesy of NIDA A team of NIDA-funded scientists has offered a critical look at how to build an improved framework of care for the identification and treatment of people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Building [...]
A whole new view of CB2
NIDA Press Office301-443-6245media@nida.nih.gov About the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports [...]
Scientists closer to finding inherited traits in addiction
A computer-generated strand of DNA on a black background. Courtesy of ©Shutterstock. Scientists have concluded that the risk of addiction is a complex combination of both genes and environmental influences. Despite advances in the science [...]
Teens using vaping devices in record numbers
America’s teens report a dramatic increase in their use of vaping devices in just a single year, with 37.3 percent of 12th graders reporting “any vaping” in the past 12 months, compared to just 27.8 [...]
National Institute on Drug Abuse to hold teleconference discussing key findings of 2018 Monitoring the Future Survey on teen drug use
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a teleconference on Monday, December 17, to discuss the results of the 2018 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. The survey, funded by NIDA and conducted by [...]
ABCD study completes enrollment, announces opportunities for scientific engagement
The National Institutes of Health announced today that enrollment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is now complete and, in early 2019, scientists will have access to baseline data from all ABCD Study [...]
Registration opens for 2019 National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day
Chat Day is part of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® Registration is now open for the 12th annual National Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day, a live web chat between high school teenagers and addiction [...]
- 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
ENSO Recovery News
Insurers remove barriers to treating substance abuse
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) - An agreement between Pennsylvania and seven health insurance companies has the potential to save thousands of lives affected by the opioid crisis. The insurers agreed to remove prior authorization requirements [...]
Employers Tap Mainers in Recovery for Jobs
About a year ago, Heather Walker-McConihe had just been released from jail, having served a sentence for a probation violation after relapsing in her long struggle with opiate abuse. Heather Walker-McConihe got a new [...]
Patrick Kennedy shepherded a major mental-health bill into law. Ten years later, big barriers remain.
The Health 202: By Colby Itkowitz October 4 THE PROGNOSIS Former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy speaks at the dedication of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, in Boston. (AP Photo/Susan [...]
Maine Sheriff: Many Inmates Belong In Treatment Programs, Not Jail
Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce runs a jail. But in a recent Portland Press Herald op-ed, Joyce writes that too many people are behind bars. And many of them, he says, are the wrong [...]
Senate passes comprehensive opioids bill
Senate passes comprehensive opioids bill The Senate approved on a 99-1 vote comprehensive bipartisan opioid legislation on Monday that includes provisions to stop illegal drugs from crossing the border, establish comprehensive recovery centers, and [...]
Justice Department Promises Crackdown On Supervised Injection Facilities
A top Justice Department official is putting cities considering medically-supervised drug injection facilities on notice: If you open one, prepare for swift and aggressive legal action. With record numbers of fatal overdoses, several cities [...]
It’s time to measure addiction recovery rates, not just addiction rates
By ROBERT D. ASHFORD, OLIVIA PENNELLE, and BRENT CANODE AUGUST 30, 2018 Lost among the headlines of opioid addiction and overdose deaths are the many quiet stories of recovery. An estimated 22 million Americans— that includes the [...]
FDA gives drugmakers new ways to prove opioid disorder treatments work
By Steven Ross Johnson | August 6, 2018 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded the outcome measures drugmakers can use to demonstrate the benefits and effectiveness of new medication-assisted treatments of opioid use disorder. [...]
Shawn Moody, Karen Vachon, Amy Volk & Lauen LePage Visit ENSO Recovery
Shawn Moody, Karen Vachon, Amy Volk & Lauen LePage visited ENSO Recovery last Tuesday (July 10), to learn about medication assisted treatment and the critical role it plays in the treatment of persons suffering [...]
ENSO Recovery Ramps Up for Residential Medication Assisted Recovery
ENSO Recovery, a substance use disorder treatment program that currently operates outpatient medication assisted programs in Sanford, Portland and Westbrook is excited to announce that we have signed a P&S agreement for a 10,000 [...]
