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Drug Rehab November 19, 2018January 4, 2019

Learning More About Drug Rehab

Drug rehab is fundamental for anyone with a substance dependency problem. The journey to sobriety is not a one day event but a series of…

Alcohol Addiction November 8, 2018January 4, 2019

What Is Outpatient Alcohol Treatment

Addiction to drugs or alcohol differs from one individual to another and so does the treatment plans. The length and intensity of any given recovery…

Drug Addiction November 6, 2018January 4, 2019

How To Stop Using Drugs

Drug dependency is a chronic physical and mental problem that is affecting many people in the US and other parts of the world today. When…

Alcohol Addiction October 30, 2018January 4, 2019

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment The addiction to alcohol has become quite common since alcohol consumption is legal in most of the countries. This means that so…

Teen e-cigarette use doubles since 2017
Photo by © iStock/BackyardProduction Data from the 2019 Monitoring the Future Survey of eighth, 10th and 12th graders show alarmingly high rates of e-cigarette use compared to just a year ago, with rates doubling in the past two years. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, scientists who...
Marijuana use at historic highs among college-age adults
See larger image Newly released Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey data on drug use in college-age adults ages 19-22 shows an increase in marijuana use in the past five years, including vaping with marijuana, as well as a significant increase in nicotine vaping. The survey is funded by the...
Co-prescribing naloxone in Medicare Part D increases
Image by NIDA The practice of co-prescribing the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone to Medicare Part D patients who take opioids for chronic pain increased between 2016 and 2017, though such co-prescriptions were provided to only a small minority of patients who might benefit, according...
NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings
The National Institutes of Health will award 12 grants to form the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in criminal justice settings nationwide. The awards, totaling an estimated $155 million from the...
Study finds increased cannabis use during pregnancy
Cannabis use more than doubled among pregnant women in the United States during the period 2002-2017, according to data collected from 467,100 women aged 12-44 who participated in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). After adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, and family income, past-...
Project to deter opioid tampering wins 2019 NIDA Addiction Science Award
A 14-year-old’s innovative approach to prevent tampering and misuse of opioid pills won a first place Addiction Science Award at the 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)—the world’s largest science competition for high school students. The awards are...
National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program Holds Opioid Symposium
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program will hold a one-day symposium to summarize the most recent advances in opioid research. Topics range from the use of a therapeutic workplace to address opioid use disorders to basic research such as findings...
Opioid Dose Variability Associated with Overdose
Photo by ©iStock.com/dptulk As health care providers lower opioid doses for pain patients to minimize the risk of addiction; increase doses to manage worsening pain; or re-start dosing after a period of time without opioid pain relievers, patients could be getting confused about safe...
Opioids without the risk of addiction?
Scientists are working to develop medicines that have the pain-relieving effects of opioids without the high risk of misuse and addiction. Since misuse is linked to the euphoric effects of the drug, investigators led by scientists at NIDA’s intramural labs are studying methadone, a drug...
Dr. Jack Stein appointed NIDA Chief of Staff
Jack B. Stein, Ph.D. Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has appointed Jack B. Stein, Ph.D., to be the NIDA Chief of Staff, a newly created position to support and assist the Director with coordination and strategic planning of key institute initiatives....