| Surgeon General Releases Advisory on Marijuana’s Damaging Effects on the Developing Brain |
| HHS (08/29) – [...] The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s recently released 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data showed that marijuana continues to be the most widely used illicit drug and that further, frequent marijuana use, in both youths (12-17 years old) and young adults, appears to be associated with risks for opioid use, heavy alcohol use and major depressive episodes. Read more |
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| Mystery Lung Illness Linked to Vaping. Health Officials Investigating Nearly 100 Possible Cases. |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (08/16) – State and federal health officials are investigating almost 100 cases of mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping and e-cigarette use in 14 states, many of them involving teens and young adults. A large number of those stricken ill have been hospitalized, with some in intensive care and on ventilators. Read more |
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| In Bid to Improve Care, Trump Administration to Relax Privacy Rules for Patients with History of Addiction |
| STAT NEWS (08/22) – […] The proposal, which health secretary Alex Azar described in an interview, could ultimately prevent health providers from unknowingly prescribing opioids or other potentially harmful drugs to patients who have been treated for addiction.Read more |
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| Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million for Its Role in Oklahoma’s Opioid Crisis |
| THE WASHINGTON POST (08/26) – […] Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s landmark decision is the first to hold a drugmaker culpable for the fallout of years of liberal opioid dispensing that began in the late 1990s, sparking a nationwide epidemic of overdose deaths and addiction. Read more |
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| Babies Exposed to Drugs Are Kicked out of Other Daycares. They Come Here Instead |
| CNN (08/23) – 7-week-old Oliveah just started daycare, and when she cries, her teachers ask all the usual questions: Is she hungry? Does she need a diaper change? Is she coming off of opioids? That last question might sound unusual, but this new child care center in Huntington, West Virginia, is unusual: It serves only babies and toddlers who were exposed to drugs in the womb. Read more |
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| Children of Incarcerated Parents Have More Substance Abuse, Anxiety |
| SCIENCEDAILY (08/23) – Children of incarcerated parents are six times more likely than other children to develop a substance use disorder as adults and nearly twice as likely to have diagnosable anxiety, according to new research from the Center for Child and Family Policy at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy. Read more |
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| How Harm Reduction Is Serving—and Failing—Asian Americans |
| FILTER (08/21) – While Black and multiracial people saw increases (and whites decreases) from 2017 to 2018 in stimulant “misuse” in the month prior to being surveyed, Asians experienced by far the most intense spike, leaping from 34 people to 110 per 100,000—a 220 percent increase, according to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health published on August 20. Read more |
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| Fewer U.S. Teens Participating in Substance Abuse Prevention Programs |
| REUTERS (08/22) – […] While 48% of adolescents attended prevention programs in 2002-2003, only 40% did so in 2015-2016, the researchers report in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Read more |
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| Researching Medical Marijuana May Soon Get Easier |
| NPR (08/27) – Researchers hoping to study marijuana for scientific and medical purposes are one step closer to expanding their limited supply of the plant. This week, the federal government announced it would begin processing dozens of pending applications for permission to cultivate the plant for scientific research. Read more |
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| U.S. Presidential Candidates' Positions on Mental Health and Addiction Released by "Mental Health for US" Coalition |
PR NEWSWIRE (08/27) – Mental Health for US today released survey responses from the top presidential candidates concerning our nation's growing mental health and addiction crises. The survey, which asked 11 unbiased questions addressing suicide and drug overdose, criminal justice reform, equal access to care, and more, aimed to get top candidates on the record about steps they would take to improve mental health and addiction in America. Read more
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| E-Cigarettes Change Blood Vessels After Just One Use, Study Says |
| CNN (08/20) – […] The study, published Tuesday in the journal Radiology, concluded that vaping temporarily impacts blood vessel function in healthy people. Using MRI scans, it found, for example, changes in blood flow within the femoral artery in the leg after just one use. Read more |
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| FDA Pushes for Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs |
| THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (08/15) – The Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule requiring cigarette packs to feature graphic health warnings, including color photos of smoking-related illnesses. Read more |
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| In First-Of-Its-Kind Study, UCI Researchers Highlight Hookah Health Hazards |
| UCI NEWS (08/12) – Using a custom-built testing apparatus, the UCI chemists analyzed emissions during a typical communal waterpipe session and found that one draw from a pipe can contain as many noxious substances as smoke from an entire cigarette. Read more |
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| Study: Americans Spent $146 Billion on Illegal Drugs in 2016 |
| U.S. NEWS (08/20) – […] Pulling from multiple data sources, the report estimates the number of illicit drug users in the U.S., how regularly they took drugs and how much they spent to get high. The drug on which people spent the most changed over the years: In 2006, people spent the most on cocaine and the least on marijuana, but by 2016, that had reversed, researchers found. Annual spending on heroin, meanwhile, surged an estimated $12 billion in that time frame, while meth spending rose by $5 billion. Read more |
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| Facebook Suspending Medical Marijuana Forums for Promoting Drug Use |
| THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH (08/16) – […] The social media platform on Wednesday took down the Ohio Medical Cannabis Review page, which gives medical marijuana users a forum to talk about the products available in dispensaries. Read more |
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| Researcher Discovers Gene Mutation That Contributes to Addiction |
EUREKALERT! (08/16) – […] People with this mutation of the COMT gene are more vulnerable to the effects of stress in their early lives, such as divorce or emotionally distant parents. That heightened vulnerability often leads to consumption of alcohol and drugs younger than age 15, which is one of the biggest independent predictors of addiction. Read more
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