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Developmental Nicotine Exposure in Mice Affects Epigenetic Factors in the Brain Across Multiple Generations
This study reported that:Mice that were exposed to nicotine during early development and their offspring showed changes in the levels of epigenetic factors that regulate gene expression in certain brain regions. The observed changes were [...]
CDC Health Advisory: Increases in Availability of Cannabis Products Containing Delta-8 THC and Reported Cases of Adverse Events
APA Style MLA Style AMA Style NIDA. 2021, September 20. CDC Health Advisory: Increases in Availability of Cannabis Products Containing Delta-8 THC and Reported Cases of Adverse Events. Retrieved from https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/emerging-trend/cdc-health-advisory-increases-in-availability-cannabis-products-containing-delta-8-thc-reported press ctrl+c to copy
The ABCD Study Uncovers Relationships Between Socioeconomic Factors, Cognitive Abilities, and Brain Development
These studies found that:Children with greater access to resources, better social support, and better perinatal health had larger brain surface areas and higher cognitive scores, regardless of family income. Neighborhood poverty was independently associated with [...]
Chronic Cocaine Use Changes Brain Structure and Cognitive Function in Rhesus Monkeys
This study reported that:Chronic cocaine use in rhesus monkeys was associated with structural changes in several brain regions that mirror effects described in humans. Specific cocaine-induced decreases in gray matter density were associated with reduced [...]
Reduced Activity in One Brain Region Links Childhood Adversity to Aggression/Delinquency and Substance Use in Adolescence
This study found that:People who experienced more childhood adversity had higher rates of substance use in late adolescence. Children who experienced adversity were more likely to show externalizing behavior (e.g., aggression, delinquency) in early adolescence, [...]
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic
More than 1.5 million children around the world are estimated to have lost at least one parent, custodial grandparent, or grandparent who lived with them due to death related to COVID-19 during the first 14 [...]
The Federal Responses to the Drug Overdose Epidemic
Chairman Whitehouse, Co-Chairman Grassley, and members of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, thank you for inviting the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to [...]
Preventive Interventions Delivered in Childhood May Reduce Substance Use Over Two Generations
In this study:The Raising Healthy Children (RHC) intervention delivered to elementary school children was associated with improved outcomes for the children of the original intervention recipients—potentially a transgenerational effect. Children of RHC recipients showed improved [...]
Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma, NIH leaders say
WHAT:In a perspective published in Neuropsychopharmacology, leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help to reduce stigma and improve how people with these [...]
Adolescent marijuana, alcohol use held steady during COVID-19 pandemic
Adolescent marijuana use and binge drinking did not significantly change during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite record decreases in the substances’ perceived availability, according to a survey of 12th graders in the United States. The study’s [...]
- 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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Louisiana is creating a drug-price revolution
BY IKE BRANNON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 05/20/19 11:30 AM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Louisiana is putting the final touches on a revolutionary deal [...]
Telehealth is calling — will Congress pick up?
BY DR. ALLISON SUTTLE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/18/19 01:15 PM EDT 11 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Doctors want to innovate. Patients want access. Congress can [...]
WHAT I’VE FINALLY CONCLUDED ABOUT 12-STEP PROGRAMS AFTER 25 YEARS WRITING ABOUT DRUGS AND ADDICTION
MAIA SZALAVITZ UPDATED On JUN 14, 2017 Alcoholics Anonymous and the rest remain the biggest and most polarizing force in the addiction community. I quit heroin and cocaine using the steps and have covered [...]
Cannabis-Linked ED Visits: Smoking vs Eating Matters
Cannabis-Linked ED Visits: Smoking vs Eating Matters Nicola M. Parry, DVM March 25, 2019 "If inhalable and edible cannabis were equally toxic and resulted in the same number of ED visits, we would expect [...]
Treatment for Opioid Addiction, With No Strings Attached
By BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL The Marshall Project By the time Ron Clark walked into Dr. Erin Zerbo’s Newark, New Jersey, addiction clinic, he had already been kicked out of two other treatment programs. One [...]
Kennebec County justice system reforming bail, mental health, drug treatment
Superior Court Justice Michela Murphy talks during a news conference Thursday about criminal justice changes being made in Kennebec County. District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, left, and Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason, right, also spoke [...]
ENSO Recovery Comes to Augusta
Being A Drug Addict Should Not Be A Crime, Locking One Up Should Be Addicts Need Treatment, Not Incarceration It is a privilege and and honor to partner with The Kennebec County Sheriff's Department, [...]
A ‘QUIET REVOLUTION’ GAINS MOMENTUM
Jac Charlier, Executive Director, TASC Center for Health and Justice REV. ALEXANDER E. SHARP MARCH 26, 2019 DIVERSION Diverting individuals from drug use to treatment rather than arresting them is becoming increasingly common in [...]
Study: Medication Treatment Reduces Arrests Among People With Opioid Use Disorder
When it comes to addressing the national opioid crisis, most of the research has focused on the physical health risks faced by people with opioid use disorder, such as overdose and infectious disease. For [...]
Harm Reduction and Opioid Misuse: Embracing Positive Change
Bigg was one of the leading proponents of “harm reduction”—the idea that efforts to fight drug problems should focus on minimizing damage, rather than continuing the clearly futile effort to prevent all use or highs. [...]
