| US Raises Legal Age to Buy Cigarettes, Vapes to 21 |
| CNN (12/20) – President Donald Trump on Friday signed a sweeping spending bill into law, including a measure that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. The increased age restriction for tobacco purchases is one of several provisions outside of the spending measures themselves that will be attached to the broader $1.4 trillion spending agreement. Read more |
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| The FDA Can't Prove Its Opioid Strategy Actually Worked, Study Says |
| CNN HEALTH (12/30) – The US Food and Drug Administration can't show a key program meant to address opioid misuse and abuse actually paid off, according to a new study. The authors of the study, published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, reviewed more than 9,700 pages of FDA documents pertaining to the agency's "risk evaluation and mitigation strategy," which launched in 2012 to address risks associated with extended-release and long-acting opioids. Read more |
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| The Number of US Alcohol Deaths Per Year Has Doubled Since 1999 |
| VOX (01/13) – America is in the middle of an alcohol epidemic. That’s one takeaway from a new study published this month in Alcoholism, which found the number of alcohol-related deaths more than doubled between 1999 and 2017 from nearly 36,000 to nearly 73,000, and the rate of alcohol-related deaths rose by more than 50 percent from 16.9 per 100,000 people to 25.5. Read more |
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| FDA Bans Some Vaping Products, Including Fruit and Mint Flavors |
CBS NEWS (01/02) – The Trump administration is banning flavored vape products that appeal to children. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that manufacturers will have 30 days to stop making and selling cartridge-based vaping devices, including mint-, fruit- and dessert-flavored electronic cigarettes. Read more
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| Medicaid Expansion May Have Saved Thousands from Drug Overdose Deaths |
THE WASHINGTON POST (01/10) – Expanding Medicaid rolls under the Affordable Care Act may have saved as many as 8,132 people from fatal opioid overdoses, virtually all involving heroin and fentanyl, a study released Friday suggests. Read more
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| An Overview of Cannabis Use in Pregnancy |
| PSYCHIATRIC TIMES (01/15) – […] Consumption of cannabis during pregnancy results in cannabinoid placental crossing and accumulation in the fetal brain, and other organs, where it interferes with neurodevelopment and the endocannabinoid system. Read more |
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| Southerners With Substance Use Disorders Wrongly Denied Disability Insurance |
| FILTER MAG (01/14) – Staff confusion and incompetence seem to be responsible for the wrongful denial of disability insurance to people with substance use disorders in states hit hard by the opioid-involved overdose crisis, found a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Read more |
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| Chemicals Between Us: Surprising Effects of Oxytocin on Cocaine Addiction |
| SCIENCEDAILY (01/15) – Researchers have discovered gender-based differences in response to therapeutic oxytocin treatment in cocaine-addicted individuals with a history of childhood trauma. Read more |
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| A New Way to Quit? Psychedelic Therapy Offers Promise for Smoking Cessation |
| NPR (12/22) – […] So far, half of the 40 participants who've completed the current Johns Hopkins smoking cessation program have quit smoking, as confirmed by urine and breath samples, Johnson says. Read more |
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| Study Identifies Genetic Variant that May Contribute to Alcohol and Drug Addiction |
| NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM (01/13) – People with a genetic variant of a neurotransmitter gene may have an increased risk of addiction to alcohol and other substances later in life if they were exposed to childhood stress, such as divorce or emotionally distant parents, and other adverse experiences, according to recent research. Read more |
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| Most People Who Need Anti-Overdose Drug Don’t Get It |
| FUTURITY (01/10) – Only a tiny minority of people at risk for an opioid overdose actually get a prescription for naloxone, a drug that could save their lives, a new study suggests. Read more |
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| Study Offers A Mixed Bag for Opioid Users Taking Benzos |
| WBUR (01/10) – [...] It found that patients prescribed benzodiazepines — or "benzos" — were less likely to stop taking their buprenorphine, an addiction medication that eases opioid cravings. Read more |
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| Mayo Clinic Researchers Pursue Single-Dose Gene Therapy to Treat Cocaine Addiction |
| EUREKALERT! (01/07) – In a radical new approach to treat cocaine addiction, researchers at the Mayo Clinic are seeking approval for first-in-human studies of a single-dose gene therapy. Read more |
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| Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxiety: Bridging Psychiatric, Psychological, and Neurobiological Perspectives |
| ALCOHOL RESEARCH (12/30) – […] This article provides an overview of the evolving perspectives of this association in the context of three related disciplines—psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience. Read more |
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