| Monitoring the Future Survey: High School and Youth Trends |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE (12/2018) – The most striking finding of this year’s Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of drug use and attitudes among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in hundreds of schools across the country is a substantial and significant increase in vaping. Read more |
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| [The U.S. Surgeon General’s ] Year in Review, 2018 |
| THE OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (12/31) – As the Nation’s Doctor, the U.S. Surgeon General’s mission is to advance the health of the American people. [...] Here are some of the year’s biggest milestones. Read more |
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| The Five Most Addictive Substances in the World |
| CNN (01/02) – What are the most addictive drugs? This question seems simple, but the answer depends on whom you ask. [...] Given the varied view of researchers, then, one way of ranking addictive drugs is to ask expert panels. Read more |
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| Opioid-Makers Face Wave of Lawsuits in 2019 |
| NPR (12/31) – The next 12 months might just redefine the way America thinks about and responds to the opioid epidemic that now claims more than 40,000 lives each year. The nation's biggest drugmakers and distributors face a wave of civil lawsuits that could total tens of billions of dollars in damages. Read more |
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- Identifies SUD – even when someone is reluctant to self-disclose.
- Accurately identifies individuals likely to be abusing prescription medications.
- Screens for multiple levels of severity.
- Distinguishes likely SUD from other psychological disorders.
- Useful in developing treatment plans and goals.
- Available for adults, adolescents, and special populations.
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| U.S. Surgeon General Declares E-cigarette Use Among Youth [an] Epidemic |
THE OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (12/19) – Yesterday, U.S. Surgeon General Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams held a press conference issuing an advisory stressing the importance of protecting children from a lifetime of nicotine addiction and associated health risks by immediately addressing the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use. Read more
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| FDA Panel Backs Prescribing Opioid Antidote Alongside Painkillers |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (12/18) – Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Tuesday that labels on prescription opioids urge doctors to simultaneously prescribe the overdose antidote naloxone for at least some of their patients. Read more |
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| 'Tech Addicts' Seek Solace in 12 Steps and Rehab |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (12/26) – The young men sit in chairs in a circle in a small meeting room in suburban Seattle and introduce themselves before they speak. It is much like any other 12-step meeting — but with a twist. “Hi, my name is,” each begins. Then something like, “and I’m an internet and tech addict.” Read more |
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| Nurse Denied Life Insurance Because She Carries Naloxone |
| NPR (12/13) – [...] some life insurers consider the use of prescription drugs when reviewing policy applicants. And it can be difficult, some say, to tell the difference between someone who carries naloxone to save others and someone who carries naloxone because they are at risk for an overdose. Read more |
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| 2019 U.S. Alcohol Consumption to Increase While Population Growth Stagnates |
FORBES (01/02) – [...] Using data derived from a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism from 1972 to 2002, the researchers claim total per capita U.S. alcohol consumption decreased. Since 2002, the report says, there has been an increase, especially in a few states. Read more
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| Fentanyl Surpasses Heroin As Drug Most Often Involved In Deadly Overdoses |
| NPR (12/12) – Fentanyl is now the drug most frequently involved in overdose deaths in the U.S., according to a National Vital Statistics System report published Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report sheds a bright light on the changing nature of America's drug landscape — and the devastating number of overdose deaths that have occurred in the U.S. in recent years. Read more |
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| Time Is Running Out for Federally Funded Mental-Health Clinics |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (12/27) – An experimental mental-health and addiction treatment program that has shown early success in combating the opioid crisis is at risk of losing its federal funding. An estimated 9,000 patients could lose access to medication-assisted treatment, and 3,000 clinic jobs could be lost if the funding is not renewed, according to the National Council for Behavioral Health. Read more |
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| Workforce Drug Use Rises by Double Digits |
| INDUSTRY WEEK (12/26) – While many companies are dealing with drug use in the workplace, the increase over the past two years is steep. Between 2015 and 2017, drug used increased by double-digits, as reported recently by Quest Diagnostics. Read more |
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| Why Aren't More Users of Opioids or Meth Screened for Hepatitis C? |
| NPR (12/19) – [...] As the number of people who inject drugs has soared, the rate of infection with hepatitis C — which is frequently tied to sharing needles — has climbed steeply, too. Read more |
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| Google Searches Could Predict Heroin Overdoses |
| SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN (12/07) – [...] A lack of timely, granular data exacerbates the crisis; one study showed opioid deaths were undercounted by as many as 70,000 between 1999 and 2015, making it difficult for governments to respond. But now Internet searches have emerged as a data source to predict overdose clusters in cities or even specific neighborhoods—information that could aid local interventions that save lives. Read more |
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| Why Feeling Empathy Could Lead Former Drug Users to Relapse |
| EUREKALERT! (12/10) – Empathy, the awareness of another's feelings and emotions, is a key feature in normal social interactions. But new research from the University of Minnesota suggests that empathy can have detrimental effects on an individual--and can push former drug users to relapse. Read more |
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