| US Surgeon General Says Doctors Aren't Encouraging Enough Smokers to Quit |
| CNN (1/23) – A new report by the US surgeon general points to tobacco smoking as the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States -- and notes that smoking cessation is beneficial at any age. Yet about two-fifths of smokers are not routinely told by their physicians to stop smoking, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said in a press conference on Thursday. Read more |
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| A Government Database Is Supposed to Help People Seeking Treatment for Opioid Addiction. It Often Doesn’t |
| STAT NEWS (01/09) – […] Obtaining appointments was generally difficult and at times impossible: In three counties we were not able to secure an appointment at all, and in another three counties we were able to secure appointments with only two or three providers. Read more |
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| Vaping of Marijuana on the Rise Among Teens |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE NEWS RELEASE (12/18) – Findings from the 2019 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey demonstrate the appeal of vaping to teens, as seen in the increased prevalence of marijuana use as well as nicotine vaping. Read more |
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| Reviewing NIDA’s 2019 Achievements and Looking to The Future |
| NORA’S BLOG (01/24) – As NIDA sets its sights on new goals and objectives for 2020 and beyond, I like to reflect on how far we have come in our research efforts, especially as they concern the opioid crisis, one of the biggest public health issues of our era. Although deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl continue to rise, glimmers of hope are starting to appear. Read more |
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| FDA Approves Drugs Faster Than Ever but Relies on Weaker Evidence, Researchers Find |
| NPR (01/14) – The Food and Drug Administration has gotten faster at approving new prescription drugs over the past four decades, but the evidence it relies on in making those decisions is getting weaker, according to new research published Tuesday. Read more |
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| Benzodiazepines Might Be A 'Hidden Element' Of The US' Overdose Epidemic -- And Doctor Visits for Prescriptions Are Increasing |
| CNN (01/20) – Doctors have been increasingly prescribing benzodiazepines, also known as "benzos," in recent years. Looking at data from 2014 to 2016, new research found this class of central nervous system depressants was prescribed at about 65.9 million office-based doctor visits. That's a rate of 27 annual visits per 100 adults. Read more |
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| Research Shows Real Risks Associated with Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy |
| WESTERN UNIVERSITY (01/17) – […] The study, published on January 17, 2020 in Scientific Reports, uses a rat model and human placental cells to show that maternal exposure to THC during pregnancy has a measurable impact on both the development of the organs of the fetus and the gene expression that is essential to placental function. Read more |
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| Impact of Methamphetamine Use Depends on Your Genes |
SCIENCEDAILY (12/19) – Researchers found that variations in the gene known as BDNF strongly determine the effects of methamphetamine in the brain. This could potentially explain why some users develop methamphetamine-induced psychosis, which is similar to schizophrenia. Read more
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| Opioid Addiction Treatment Is Increasing, Except in The Young |
| EUREKALERT! (01/21) – An analysis of national data on buprenorphine use found that treatment with the FDA-approved medication for opioid addiction is increasing in all age groups except the young (age 15-24 years), in whom use of the medication is decreasing. Read more |
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| Researchers Discover Novel Potential Target for Drug Addiction Treatment |
| SCIENCEDAILY (01/15) – […] "These findings suggest that astrocytes contribute to amphetamine signaling, dopamine signaling and overall reward signaling in the brain," Corkrum said. "Because of this, astrocytes are a potentially novel cell type that can be specifically targeted to develop efficacious therapies for diseases with dysregulated dopamine." Read more |
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| In Mice, Alcohol Dependence Results in Brain-Wide Remodeling of Functional Architecture |
| UC SAN DIEGO NEWS CENTER (01/14) – Employing advanced technologies that allow whole brain imaging at single-cell resolution, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that in an alcohol-dependent mouse model, the rodent brain’s functional architecture is substantially remodeled. But when deprived of alcohol, the mice displayed increased coordinated brain activity and reduced modularity compared to nondrinker or casual drinker mice. Read more |
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| UCI Researchers Identify A Connection Between Early Life Adversity and Opioid Addiction |
| UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (01/24) – […] Published in Molecular Psychiatry, the study titled, “On the early life origins of vulnerability to opioid addiction,” examines how early adversities interact with factors such as increased access to opioids to directly influence brain development and function, causing a higher potential for opioid addiction. Read more |
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| Eating Disorders Linked to Exercise Addiction |
| EUREKALERT! (01/28) – [...] "It is known that those with eating disorders are more likely to display addictive personality and obsessive-compulsive behaviours. We are also aware that having an unhealthy relationship with food often means an increased amount of exercising, but this is the first time that a risk factor has been calculated." Read more |
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| Recreational Cannabis Use Impairs Driving Performance in the Absence of Acute Intoxication |
| SCIENCE DIRECT (01/14) – […] Chronic, heavy, recreational cannabis use was associated with worse driving performance in non-intoxicated drivers, and earlier onset of use was associated with greater impairment. These results may be related to other factors associated with early exposure such as increased impulsivity. Read more |
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