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When three teenagers died of fentanyl overdoses last year in Larimer County, Colorado, it shocked the community and "flipped families upside down," said Tom Gonzales, the county's public health d...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-settlement-funds-curb-youth-addiction.html

Alcohol use is not associated with lower odds of sustained virologic response (SVR) among patients initiating direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, ...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-alcohol-sustained-virologic-response-hepatitis.html

Before Jackson Danzig leaves the house each morning, he makes sure his backpack is filled with the usual high school necessities: books, homework, lunch—and the Narcan sitting on his bedside ta...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-year-back-to-school-narcan.html

Broadcasters should avoid focusing on alcohol in crowd shots during major sporting events, such as this summer's Women's World Cup final, say researchers.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-alcohol-detracted-success-women-world.html

A study led by researchers at the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (CUNY ISPH) at CUNY SPH reveals worrisome barriers to care for people who inject drugs in Puerto R...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-significant-gaps-people-drugs-puerto.html

The highest ever number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States was recorded in 2020 at 68,630, a 68% increase in just two years. Naloxone is a medicine that can rapidly reverse an...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-widespread-naloxone-impact-overdose-death.html

A new study has found that Canadian adults with cannabis use disorder appear to have an approximately 60% higher risk of experiencing their first heart attack, stroke, or other major cardiovascul...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-cannabis-disorder-linked-cardiovascular-disease.html

Researchers from the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Lake Success, have looked into age verification procedures and the potential for underage youth access to on...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-safety-youth-access-online-marijuana.html

In recent months, several media outlets have investigated an Oregon law that decriminalized possession of small amounts of controlled substances, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, fo...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-decriminalizing-drug-linked-higher-overdose.html

People visiting the emergency department (ED) for substance use—particularly cannabis—are at high risk of developing schizophrenia, according to new research.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-emergency-department-substance-linked-higher.html

Since the 1970s, methadone has been used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) with great success—reducing the likelihood of dying from an opioid overdose by 50% or more. Yet for patients and pres...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-qa-methadone-effective-opioid-disorder.html

A University of Queensland study published in Addiction highlights a direct link between young people's exposure to alcohol-related social media content and problem drinking.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-alcohol-social-media-linked-problem.html

Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-scottish-uk-drug-consumption-room.html

Patients who quit smoking after undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for narrowed arteries have similar outcomes as non-smokers during four years of follow-up after the procedure, ...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-patients-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-non-smokers.html

The synthetic opioid fentanyl is well known for the many lives it has claimed—mainly in the US, but elsewhere too. Now, a less well-known class of synthetic opioids called nitazenes is starting...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-nitazenes-synthetic-opioids-deadly-fentanyl.html

Is kratom a welcome respite for those with chronic pain? Or is it a different style of opioid that can be addictive?

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-kratom-professor-discusses-herbal-safe.html

Hospital visits from alcohol- and substance-related disorders are driven by elevated temperatures and could be further affected by rising temperatures due to climate change, according to new rese...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-elevated-temperatures-climate-contribute-drug.html

Sometimes referred to as the "crack cocaine of gambling," electronic gaming machines (EGMs) such as slot machines allow bets to be placed as quickly as once every 2.5 seconds, delivering a rapid ...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-ai-ar-problem-gambling-online.html

Every fentanyl death in North Texas is exponentially destructive.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-opioid-epidemic-deadly-expensive-texas.html

A conversation with a family member or loved one struggling with addiction can be the catalyst for getting help.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-substance-abuse-staying-positive-key.html

With high-risk drinking on the rise across the nation, experts project the annual cost of treating alcohol-associated liver disease, or ALD, will more than double over the next two decades, incre...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-liver-disease-years.html

A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital suggests a common brain network exists among people with substance use disorder. By evaluating data from across more than 144 studies of...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-common-brain-network-people-substance.html

New research into the impact of tobacco retailer licensing fees on tobacco availability has prompted public health experts to call on all Australian Governments to adopt a higher minimum standard...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-retailers-pay-tobacco.html

A new government report finds that federal regulators need to do more to help in the battle to keep kids and teens off tobacco.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-fda-retailers-tobacco-teens.html

The most comprehensive study to date investigating whether e-cigarettes are a gateway into or out of smoking finds that, at the population level, there is no sign that e-cigarettes and other alte...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-population-e-cigarettes-gateway.html

The availability and sales of "zero-alcohol" products have soared in recent years. In Australia, these are products containing less than 0.5% alcohol by volume, designed to mimic the flavor, appe...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-alcohol-doesnt-riskhow-blurred-lines.html

New research from the University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center found that high levels of family support may prevent substance use among teens who live in bord...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-family-vital-teen-substance-border.html

Women aged 18 to 44 living in states that outlaw Sunday liquor sales or driving with a blood alcohol concentration greater than .08 drink less than their counterparts in other states, according t...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-laws-aimed-limiting-alcohol-consumption.html

New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests there may be another way to treat cigarette cravings. Researchers found that theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation...

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-potential-treatment-nicotine.html

Inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have eroded the effectiveness of Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland, a new report from the University of Sheffield has found.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-inflation-covid-pandemic-eroded-effectiveness.html