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August 3, 2018
Problematic Online Behaviours Are Not All the Same: Cyberaddictions Are Distinct Disorders
BASIS (07/23) - Internet and smartphone use has become a worldwide phenomenon with many positive applications. Yet, in the last two decades there has been a growing recognition of an association between problematic use of emerging technologies and psychological distress, health problems, and functional impairment. Read more
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Tech Takes on Cigarette Smoking
SCIENCE DAILY (08/01) - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are using wearable sensor technology to develop an automatic alert system to help people quit smoking. The smart-phone app, initially limited to android-based operating systems, automatically texts 20- to 120-second video messages to smokers when sensors detect specific arm and body motions associated with smoking. Read more
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Study Reveals Opioid Patients Face Multiple Barriers to Treatment
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (07/12) - In areas of the country disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis, treatment programs are less likely to accept patients paying through insurance of any type or accept pregnant women, a new Vanderbilt study found. Read more
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How Opioids Reshape Your Brain, and What Scientists Are Learning About Addiction
MEDICAL XPRESS (08/01) - None of us has the brain we were born with. Brains grow and adapt. This process, called neuroplasticity, doesn't end when you step out of the classroom. Even habits—reaching for cookies when stressed out, keeping your head down during staff meetings—cut "trails" in the brain throughout life that can be hard to overcome. When it comes to drug habits, the effect on the brain can be dramatic. Read more
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Users Sue Juul for Addicting Them to Nicotine
WIRED (07/23) - Juul Labs, the San Francisco-based e-cigarette company, is under pressure from parents, schools, public health advocates, lawmakers, and the Food and Drug Administration for its popularity with younger users, who have gravitated to Juul’s discrete rechargeable vaping device and nicotine pods in flavors like mango and fruit medley. Now come the lawsuits. Read more

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Decriminalizing Pot Doesn't Lead to Increased Use by Young People
MEDICAL XPRESS (07/19) - As a handful of states have legalized marijuana for recreational use, some others have taken less dramatic steps toward decriminalizing pot by reducing the legal penalties associated with marijuana possession. In the latter, for example, possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use is considered a civil or local infraction—similar to simple traffic violations—rather than a state crime. Read more
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System for Reporting Suspicious Opioid Orders Repeatedly Failed, Report Finds
STAT (07/12) - A Senate report released Thursday lays out systematic failures in the reporting system for suspicious opioid orders, faulting some drug distributors and manufacturers for their roles and criticizing the Drug Enforcement Administration for a years-long lull in enforcement actions. Read more
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Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants
NPR (07/27) - It's hard enough for employers to find workers to fill open jobs these days, but on top of it, many prospective hires are failing drug tests. The Belden electric wire factory in Richmond, Ind., is taking a novel approach to both problems: It now offers drug treatment, paid for by the company, to job applicants who fail the drug screen. Those who complete treatment are also promised a job. 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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Bile Acids from the Gut Could Help to Treat Cocaine Abuse
MEDICAL XPRESS (07/26) - Bile acids that aid fat digestion are also found to reduce the rewarding properties of cocaine use, according to a study publishing on July 26 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by India Reddy, Nicholas Smith, and Robb Flynn of Vanderbilt University, Aurelio Galli of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues. The results point to potential new strategies for treatment of cocaine abuse. Read more
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ACLU Lawsuit Demands Maine Man Get Addiction Treatment in Jail
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (07/27) - A man from Caribou is suing for the right to continue taking his addiction treatment medication when he serves an upcoming sentence, in a case that could change the way Maine jails and prisons handle inmates with substance use disorders. Read more
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Judge: Opioid Distribution Data Not for Public Consumption
MEDICAL XPRESS (07/27) - A federal judge has ruled that state and local governments cannot publicize federal government data about where prescription opioids were distributed—a blow to news organizations seeking to report more deeply on the nation's overdose and addiction crisis. Read more
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Opioid Laws Hit Physicians, Patients in Unintended Ways
MODERN HEALTHCARE (07/30) - New state laws on opioids intended to save lives have physicians complaining about unintended consequences. None of the doctors interviewed by Crain's objected to the laws' intent: Reducing misuse of the powerful painkillers that have contributed to rising deaths and addictions. Read more
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Facebook Introduces New Tools to Curb Social Media Addiction
FOX NEWS (08/02) - Feel like you spend too much time on social media? Facebook just introduced some new tools that can help you curb your addiction to its platforms. Because the first step to fixing a problem is realizing you have one, there's now a way to see how much time you spend on the Instagram and Facebook apps each day, on average. Read more
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Table of Contents
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-Problematic Online Behaviours Are Not All the Same
-Tech Takes on Cigarette Smoking
-Study Reveals Opioid Patients Face Multiple Barriers to Treatment
-How Opioids Reshape Your Brain, and What Scientists Are Learning About Addiction
-Users Sue Juul for Addicting Them to Nicotine
-Decriminalizing Pot Doesn't Lead to Increased Use by Young People
-System for Reporting Suspicious Opioid Orders Repeatedly Failed, Report Finds
-Now Hiring: A Company Offers Drug Treatment And A Job To Addicted Applicants
-Bile Acids from the Gut Could Help to Treat Cocaine Abuse
-ACLU Lawsuit Demands Maine Man Get Addiction Treatment in Jail
-Judge: Opioid Distribution Data Not for Public Consumption
-Opioid Laws Hit Physicians, Patients in Unintended Ways
-Facebook Introduces New Tools to Curb Social Media Addiction
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