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Research News Tip Sheet: Story Ideas from Johns Hopkins Medicine

June 18, 2020 sarah Jonas Bone Repair, Cannabis, Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Abuse, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Macrophages, Medical Cannabis, Mental Illness, Nerve Growth Factor, Pathology, psilocybin, Psychadelic, Ryan Vandrey

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Johns Hopkins Medicine Media Relations is focused on disseminating current, accurate and useful information to the public via the media. As part of that effort, we are distributing our “COVID-19 Tip Sheet: Story Ideas from Johns Hopkins” every Tuesday throughout the duration of the outbreak.

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Job skills training leads to long-term reduction in drug abuse

May 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Addiction, Alcohol Use, Drug Abuse, Job Skills Training, Job Training, Marijuana Use

Job skills training for low-income youth does more than just help them get better jobs – it makes them significantly less likely than others to use some illicit drugs, even 16 years later.

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Rutgers Dean Available to Speak about Rise of Drug Use and Abuse as a Result of the Mental Health Fallout from the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 29, 2020 sarah Jonas Addiction, COVID-19, Drug Abuse, Drug Use, Mental Health, Meth abuse, Opiod abuse, opiod dependancy, Public Health

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Gut Microbes Influence How Rat Brains React to Opioids

April 27, 2020 sarah Jonas Addiction, BACTERIOLOGY, Cell Biology, Drug Abuse, Microbiology, Microbiome, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Opioids, pyschiatry

Antibiotic treatment — which depletes gut microbes — drastically changes the parts of a rat’s brain that are activated during opioid addiction and withdrawal.

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National focus on overdose prevention should include alcohol too, study suggests

October 11, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, Opioids, Overdose

The need to prevent and rapidly treat opioid overdoses is in the spotlight. But a new study suggests more focus is needed on the risk of alcohol overdoses among people who use opioids of all kinds, and other drugs. Ninety percent of residential recovery center patients surveyed had overdosed on alcohol at least once, and 80 percent of them said that at the time of their overdose, they had also been taking other drugs.

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Other treatments can reduce need for addictive pain medication

September 20, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Chronic Pain, chronic pain management, Chronic pain treatment, Drug Abuse, Opiod, Opiod abuse, opiod dependancy, Opioid, opioid abuse, opioid abuse prevention, opioid abuse solutions, Opioid Addiction, opioid addiction treatment, pain, Pain Awareness Month, pain care, Pain Medication

Hardly a day goes by without the public being warned about the dangers of opioids. But still, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 130 people die every day of opioid overdose and the problem is getting worse. A Houston Methodist pain specialist says new advancements in pain management are giving patients options.