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NIDA-NIAAA 2018 Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research
Society for Neuroscience satellite meeting explores notable research in addiction ranging from data science to early life adversity impact on substance use disorders to opioid receptor function and pain What: The National Institute on Drug [...]
Study shows impact of social interactions on addictive behavior
Illustration made by Dr. Marco Venniro, NIDA IRP A new study published in Nature Neuroscience finds that social interactions can have a profound effect on behaviors related to addiction, and on the brain’s response to [...]
New opioid treatment resources for emergency department clinicians
Photo by ©iStock.com/sshepard The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) today announced the availability of informational resources for clinicians interested in initiating buprenorphine treatment in emergency department settings. Buprenorphine is one of several medicines available [...]
Daily use of marijuana among non-college young adults at all time high
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced that the latest Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey results on substance use trends as teens transition to adulthood are now available online, comparing substance use patterns of [...]
Event registration opens today for National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week®
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced today that event registration is open for the next National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW), to [...]
Journal commentary addresses role of dentists in opioid crisis
Addressing the vital role of dentists in helping to alleviate the opioid crisis is the subject of a commentary, publishing today in the Journal of the American Dental Association. The commentary, authored by Dr. Nora [...]
Study casts doubt on effectiveness of e-cigs for smoking cessation
A study found no evidence that smokers who used e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the United States were more likely to quit smoking cigarettes than smokers who do not use these [...]
2018 Avenir award recipient to study how social networks affect people who use drugs
A proposal to study how drug users who are part of social networks influence their own communities has been given the 2018 Avenir award for HIV/AIDS research by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). [...]
New clinician screening tool available for substance use
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network has unveiled a new scientifically validated, online screening tool designed to assess a patient’s risk for substance misuse and substance use disorder, and assist the [...]
Training module now available for acute pain management in hospitalized adults
A case-based clinician training module designed for the evaluation of acute pain and opioid management for adults is now available through the Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPE) program, coordinated by the National Institute [...]
- 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
WGAN = Recovery Workforce Job Fair
Recovery Workforce Job Fair June 3, 2018 | WGAN Radio Recovery Workforce Job Fair Interview with Marty Grohman, Sheriff Bill King, Jason Nickerson & Tim Cheney Marty Grohman, State [...]
Westbrook Addiction Treatment | Program Now Open
Westbrook Addiction Treatment now available. Welcome to our new offices in Westbrook Maine. The Westbrook office provides outpatient addiction treatment for substance use disorders and specializes in treating opioid use disorder using a combination [...]
Job fair to be held geared toward those in recovery
Job fair to be held geared toward those in recovery Legislative Lowdown by Rep. Martin Grohman As regular readers know, I have made it a priority to work with those in addiction [...]
Community Recovery Workforce Event – A Bridge to Hope
Join Maine Employers, Persons in Recovery and Substance Use Treatment Professionals launch the inaugural Southern Maine Community Recovery Workforce Event. Please Help Us to get the word out. Please download and share in your [...]
ENSO Recovery Adds NADA Auricular (Ear) Acupuncture to its Services Offerings
We are honored to have Kristen Boze join the ENSO Recovery team. She is a licensed practitioner of Acupuncture and earned a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine and is also a Certified [...]
ENSO Recovery Comes to Westbrook
ENSO Recovery, a Medication Assisted Treatment Program that specializes in the treatment of opioid use disorders with facilities in Portland and Sanford, is coming to Westbrook Maine in May 2018. We are [...]
More Paths to Successful Sobriety than Just Alcoholics Anonymous, Says New Study
More Paths to Successful Sobriety than Just Alcoholics Anonymous, Says New Study February 26, 2018 ALTERNATIVE MUTUAL HELP GROUPS ARE VIABLE OPTIONS TO TRADITIONAL 12-STEP GROUPS Emeryville, CA — People with an alcohol use [...]
A Bridge to Hope – Recovery Maine Job Fair
Community Assisted Recovery We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging. ~ Patch Adams Homelessness and unemployment are persistent [...]
Jason Nickerson, CADC of ENSO Recovery Opens 2018 Maine Sheriffs Association Annual Conference
Jason Nickerson, BA, CADC - was called on at the last minute to open the Wednesday session at the Maine Sheriffs Association Annual Conference in Biddeford, ME. Jason is the Criminal Justice and Community Outreach [...]
