Tag: Drugs

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 28, 2019-With heroin abuse on the rise in the United ...

With marijuana use rising among pregnant women, study raises new concernsCredit: Courtesy of Jeremy Fine. Pregnant women who use cannabis ...

People with and without cancer are more likely, over time, to use a more potent form of medical marijuana with ...

National study shows prescription opioid use disorder is twice as high among deaf and hard-of-hearing young and middle-aged adults, compared ...

Current approaches to identifying people who are at high risk for overdosing on opioids target many who are not truly ...

More than a third of those in recovery have health problems related to previous substance use Alcohol and other substance-use ...

James Bray, professor and chair of the UTSA Department of Psychology, is working on a research project with agencies in ...

Findings show that pain declines, assessments of health improve and Americans remain in the workforce A study that examined older ...

A brain circuit responsible for cocaine-seeking behavior during relapse has been identified, report Medical University of South Carolina researchers. Targeting ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that use of the synthetic psychedelic 5-methocy-N,-N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) appears to be associated with unintended improvements ...

Only one group of teenagers used marijuana more often after retail sales were legalized in Washington than they did before ...

Bottom Line: National and state trends for opioid prescriptions filled at U.S. retail pharmacies are estimated from 2006 through 2017 in this ...

Blocking a type of opioid receptor restores motivationCredit: Washington University School of Medicine Chronic pain involves more than just hurting. ...

Emergency department (ED) visits by people age 65 and older who were identified with opioid misuse and dependence more than ...

A surge in drug-related infections is transforming treatment of a previously uncommon condition WASHINGTON (March 6, 2019) -- Hospital admissions ...

Survey of users highlights need for more proactive overdose-prevention strategies Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by ...

Addicted female rats have stronger craving for cocaine during estrus than non-estrus, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, ...

Professor brings real-world understanding of societal, political issues to UMass Lowell students LOWELL, Mass. - A UMass Lowell researcher who ...

It's an infamous pop culture portrayal. After smoking marijuana, the main characters in the movie go on an epic junk-food ...

Credit: UAB Researchers from the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc), led by Roser Nadal and ...