Heroin users aware of fentanyl, but at high risk of overdosing
Survey of users highlights need for more proactive overdose-prevention strategies Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by ...
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Menstrual cycle phase influences cocaine craving
Addicted female rats have stronger craving for cocaine during estrus than non-estrus, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, ...
Researcher studies impact of drug-trafficking violence
Professor brings real-world understanding of societal, political issues to UMass Lowell students LOWELL, Mass. - A UMass Lowell researcher who ...
Junk food purchases increase after recreational marijuana legalization
It's an infamous pop culture portrayal. After smoking marijuana, the main characters in the movie go on an epic junk-food ...
Ability to control stress reduces negative impact
Credit: UAB Researchers from the Institute of Neuroscience of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc), led by Roser Nadal and ...
Opioid use in the family may influence adolescents’ opioid risk after surgery
Study: Long-term opioid use by one or more family members was associated to persistent opioid use by adolescents prescribed opioids ...
University of Guelph researchers uncover why environmental cues make drug addiction extra hard to beat
A new study by University of Guelph researchers reveals for the first time that there's more going on in the ...
THC found more important for therapeutic effects in cannabis than originally thought
UNM researchers measure product characteristics and associated effects with mobile appCredit: UNM Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) ...
Fewer hospital programs address opioid abuse, Ohio University study finds
American hospitals collectively have seen a loss of programs dealing with substance abuse ATHENS, Ohio (Feb. 25, 2019) - The ...
A gene involved in ADHD could be related to addictive substance use
Prevention of addictive behaviorsCredit: University of Barcelona (UB) Some variations in the gene LPHN3 -associated with the attention deficit / ...
Geographic distribution of opioid-related deaths
Bottom Line: Identifying changes in the geographic distribution of opioid-related deaths is important, and this study analyzed data for more than 351,000 ...
UTSA researchers examine patterns of prescription opioid misuse and other substance use
On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose and almost 218,000 Americans died from overdoses related to ...
A ‘joint’ problem: Investigating marijuana and tobacco co-use
A survey of marijuana and tobacco co-users by Medical University of South Carolina researchers found that co-users with a close ...
Grant funds opioid addiction treatment in two county jails
UMass Amherst researcher helps oversee innovative program in Western MassachusettsCredit: UMass Amherst In what could serve as a model for ...