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Overdose deaths increased in pregnant and postpartum women from early 2018 to late 2021
Drug overdose deaths rose markedly between January to June 2018 and July to December 2021 among 10- to 44-year-old girls and women who were pregnant or pregnant within the previous 12 months, according to a [...]
Researchers identify brain network that is uniquely activated through injection vs. oral drug use
Results from a new clinical trial suggest that a group of brain regions known as the “salience network” is activated after a drug is taken intravenously, but not when that same drug is taken orally. [...]
What do drug tests really tell us?
By Judith Lavelle, NIDA Science Writer Dr. Stephanie WeissBe it a condition of a job application or an addiction treatment program, a urine drug screen result can be life-altering. Stephanie Weiss’s research helps labs and [...]
Can science keep up with designer drugs?
By Stacy Lu, NIDA Science Writer Dr. Michael BaumannWhat’s really in bath salts, N-bombs, and synthetic opioids? What are the health risks of taking these drugs? It’s Michael Baumann’s job to find out. As the [...]
Can AI learn the language of addiction?
Dr. Brenda CurtisBy Stacy Lu, NIDA Science WriterFrom the printing press to AI chatbots, new technology has long enthralled humans. It can both terrify and excite us with its potential for vast change. For Brenda [...]
Telehealth supports retention in treatment for opioid use disorder
Starting buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder through telehealth was associated with an increased likelihood of staying in treatment longer compared to starting treatment in a non-telehealth setting, according to a new study analyzing Medicaid [...]
Higher buprenorphine doses associated with improved retention in treatment for opioid use disorder
Individuals with opioid use disorder who were prescribed a lower buprenorphine dose were 20% more likely to discontinue treatment than those on a higher dose, according to a study of patients prescribed buprenorphine in Rhode [...]
Marijuana and hallucinogen use, binge drinking reached historic highs among adults 35 to 50
Past-year use of marijuana and hallucinogens by adults 35 to 50 years old continued a long-term upward trajectory to reach all-time highs in 2022, according to the Monitoring the Future (MTF) panel study, an annual [...]
Only 1 in 5 U.S. adults with opioid use disorder received medications to treat it in 2021
In 2021, an estimated 2.5 million people aged 18 years or older in the U.S. had opioid use disorder in the past year, yet only 1 in 5 of them (22%) received medications to treat [...]
Xylazine appears to worsen the life-threatening effects of opioids in rats
A new study in rats suggests that xylazine, the active ingredient in a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer not approved for human use, can worsen the life-threatening effects of opioids. The findings imply that when used in [...]
- 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
I’m Breaking Up With the Word ‘Addict’ and I Hope You’ll Do the Same
"Addict'" is one of those words that so many of us use, largely without pausing to wonder if we should. We just take for granted that it's totally OK to describe a human being [...]
Childhood trauma can make people like morphine more
People who have experienced childhood trauma get a more pleasurable "high" from morphine, new research suggests. June 22, 2021 | Source:University of Exeter University of Exeter scientists compared the effects [...]
How We Measure and Report ‘Success’ in Addiction Treatment Matters
May 14, 2021 Deni Carise, PhD Chronic diseases are broadly defined as conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. Chronic diseases [...]
Mary Jeanne Kreek, Methadone Developer, Dies at 84
Mary Jeanne Kreek, Methadone Developer, Dies at 84 A physician and neurobiologist at the Rockefeller University who specialized in addiction research, Kreek was best known for her work on developing the treatment for heroin [...]
Naloxone & 12 Step Programs
I wanted to close the chapter completely … and I feel like that [carrying naloxone] would keep it open a little bit”: Refusal to carry naloxone among newly-abstinent opioid users and 12-step identity International [...]
The Best Explanation of Addiction I’ve Ever Heard – Dr. Gabor Maté
"I'm not afraid of dying - I am more afraid of living"
Comparative Effectiveness of Different Treatment Pathways for Opioid Use Disorder
February 2020 | JAMA OPEN NETWORKSarah E. Wakeman, MD1,2; Marc R. Larochelle, MD, MPH3,4; Omid Ameli, MD, MPH5; et alKey Points Español 中文 (Chinese)Question What is the real-world effectiveness of different treatment pathways for opioid use disorder?Findings In this comparative effectiveness research study of 40 885 adults with opioid [...]
Fire at Western Avenue sober house displaces 12 people
SAM SHEPHERD | KENNEBEC JOURNAL AUGUSTA — Twelve residents of a sober house at 93 Western Ave. were displaced by an attic fire Wednesday afternoon, and the property’s owners are scrambling to find housing [...]
New Santa Fe DA sets speedy trial, plea policies for drug possession
By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com Jan 16, 2021 Updated Jan 17, 2021 Newly sworn in District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies has issued a slew of new policies she says will help her deliver on the campaign promises that [...]
After COVID-19 and Beyond the Opioid Wave
December 29, 2020 Psychiatric Times | Chelsea Wolf, MD , Melanie Rylander, MD , Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD , Scott Simpson, MD, MPH Lessons from the opioid epidemic should be applied to cases of methamphetamine abuse. Photo Credit: OlegGolovnev/shutterstock Opioids continue to [...]
