| A New Drug Scourge: Deaths Involving Meth Are Rising Fast |
| THE NEW YORK TIMES (12/17) – Today’s meth is far more potent than earlier versions, but because it isn’t an opioid, many federal addiction treatment funds can’t be used to fight it. Read more |
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| Teen Marijuana Vaping Is on the Rise, a New Report Says, Threatening to 'Undo Years of Progress' |
| USA TODAY (12/18) – Federal data out Wednesday showed a "significant" increase in the number of eighth through 12th grade students vaping marijuana, and a similarly high jump in daily cannabis use by eighth and 10th graders, while alcohol and opioid use continues to plummet. Read more |
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| Scientists Discover Key Neural Circuit Regulating Alcohol Consumption |
| SCIENCEDAILY (12/12) – Scientists have known that a region of the brain called the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) plays a role in behaviors related to alcohol use and consumption in general. Read more |
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| Tool Helps Officials Keep Track of Overdose Deaths |
| WWNYTV (12/02) – Jefferson County learned of 5 overdoses in a 24 hour period - Sunday to Monday - one of them fatal. The worrying information was gathered through a new tool health officials are using. Read more |
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| Shaheen Pushes to Fund Meth, Cocaine Treatment |
| FOSTERS.COM (12/16) – A provision authored by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, announced Monday, that would allow federal opioid response grant dollars to be used for treatment of methamphetamine and cocaine use has successfully been included in massive government funding legislation. Read more |
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| Babies Born Addicted to Opioids Cost U.S. More Than Half a Billion Dollars a Year |
| CBS NEWS (12/16) – […] The rate of infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) was 6.7 per 1,000 hospital births in 2016, four times the rate of 1.5 per 1,000 in 2004 but down from the 8 per 1,000 rate in 2014, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Those births cost nearly $573 million in 2016, the study says, and 4 of 5 of those dollars came from Medicaid. Read more |
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| Eating Disorder Diagnoses Are Growing In Women Over 40 |
| 90.5 WESA (12/02) – [...] Dr. Jamesena Talbott has built a career on research in women’s health, aging and leadership development, something she's referred to as an interprofessional ecology of care. But her latest research builds on something more personal—how women at mid-life experience eating disorders and disordered thinking. Read more |
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| Opioid Addicts Seek Alternative Treatment in Mexico |
| ABC NEWS (12/12) – People across the country are crossing the border to Mexico, hoping an alternative form of therapy will cure their addiction to opioids. Read more |
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| Pediatricians as First Responders in the Opioid Battle |
| MANAGED CARE (12/17) – […] In addition to screening their patients for risk factors, the report says, pediatricians can encourage youth who have not initiated substance use to not start; conduct brief interventions with those who have started; and facilitate access to treatment for those who may develop a substance use disorder. Read more |
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| Scientists Discover New Link Between Marijuana Smoking and Testicular Cancer Risk |
| SCIENCE ALERT (12/04) – […] A study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open found that men who smoked one marijuana cigarette, or joint, daily for 10 years or more had an estimated 36 percent increased risk of developing testicular cancer compared with men who had never smoked the substance. Read more |
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| VA Opens Gambling Addiction Treatment Center in Vegas |
| MILITARY TIMES (12/10) – The Department of Veterans Affairs has opened its second in-patient gambling addiction recovery center, right in the heart of Sin City. Read more |
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| Pesticides and Solvents Found in 60% of Tested CBD Vape Liquids, Local Study Reveals |
| WRAL TECH WIRE (12/03) – […] Among the most concerning: 60 percent of the vape liquids tested contained flammable, toxic solvents or pesticides. It also found that eight out of 15 products were mislabeled — containing at least 20 percent less CBD than advertised. All gummies tested were mislabeled — one contained zero CBD. Read more |
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| Kratom Is Widely Available in Gas Stations, Despite Experts' Warnings of Addiction, Risks |
USA TODAY (12/07) – […] "What we're seeing is regular use of it, especially in adolescents and young adults," said Seppala, chief medical officer at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and a 2018 CivicCon speaker. "It really fits in with alcohol, marijuana and tobacco. It's legal, so it's really easy for kids to get a hold of, and they'll try it to see what it does to them." Read more
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| Rachel Wurzman: Can Social Isolation Lead to Opioid Addiction? |
| NPR (12/13) – Circumstances like who we are and where we live can impact our health. But Rachel Wurzman says another critical factor is loneliness. She studies the connection between isolation and opioid addiction. Read more |
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