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A comprehensive analysis of 80 scientific studies has identified a ‘window of impairment’ of between three and 10 hours caused by moderate to high doses of the intoxicating component of cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
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New medicines for people who have diabetes seem to pop up all the time. Drugs that help the body break down carbohydrates, drugs that increase excretion of glucose in the urine, drugs that help muscles respond to insulin and drugs that stimulate the pancreas to produce it — the list of pharmaceutical options to treat diabetes gets longer and longer.
Read moreNew clinical practice guideline to help reduce the risk of opioid use disorder
Read moreThe results could help clinicians understand addiction and enable people to better manage substance withdrawal
Read morePsychedelics research in support of brain health is getting a major boost this month with the formation of the Neuroscape
Read moreUC San Diego School of Medicine researchers report that opioid users who participated in a 12-step abstinence program and recently stopped using drugs refused to take home naloxone, even if having it on hand might save lives.
Read moreSyracuse, N.Y. – As opioid use disorders and overdoses continue to skyrocket in the United States, a study by researchers
Read moreWhile some youth experiment with marijuana but don’t go on to long-term use, others develop a problematic pot habit that
Read moreWhat The Study Did: Researchers examined whether state medical and recreational cannabis laws were associated with changes in rates of
Read moreURBANA, Ill. – Opioid use has dramatically increased in the 21st century, especially among young adults. A new study from
Read moreAmong adults with children living in the home, cannabis use was more common in states with legalized cannabis use, according
Read moreNew research shows that adverse childhood experiences are linked with performance-enhancing substance use in young adulthood
Read moreBetween 2015 and 2017, Seattle, Washington, became the first U.S. city to increase its hourly minimum wage to $15, more
Read moreOnline platforms prove to be effective in helping people in Russia who use drugs
Read moreThe West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) will host a special virtual event titled “HIV in Rural America”
Read moreThe legalization of cannabis and the arrival of nonmedical fentanyl are fundamentally changing drug markets in North America. A large
Read moreWhat The Study Did: Boston experienced a COVID-19 surge that disproportionately affected persons experiencing homelessness and a large safety-net hospital
Read more“The Aging-US authors developed over 800 new C. sativa cultivars and hypothesized that high-CBD C. sativa extracts may be used to down-regulate ACE2 expression in target COVID-19 tissues”
Read moreOne of the nation’s largest research projects aimed at measuring the outcomes of medication-assisted recovery (MAR) housing for opioid-use disorder
Read moreAustin, Texas — People in addiction recovery and their loved ones understand all too well how addiction can damage their
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New Brunswick, N.J. (March 3, 2021) – The 3D structures of more than 1,000 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus proteins are freely available
Read moreCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A smartphone app called Harbor, currently under development by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, teaches
Read moreAdolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes
Read moreMarijuana and methamphetamine seizures reached low point in April 2020 and peaked in August 2020, pointing to possible changes in drug supply and use
Read moreThe largest placebo-controlled trial of psychedelics to date suggests that the reported psychological benefits of microdosing are likely explained by the placebo effect
Read moreUTMB studied rats to focus on frustration-related behavior
Read moreAlthough guidelines do not recommend use of opioids to manage pain for individuals with knee osteoarthritis, a recent study published
Read moreWhat The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether state legalization of recreational cannabis was associated with changes in use by
Read moreYoung novice drivers who speak into hand-held smartphones while driving are also likely to drive while under the influence of drink or drugs
Read moreGrant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. continues graduate college of social work effort in southern United States
Read moreLong before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health crises: opioids and HIV.
Read moreOAK BROOK, Ill. – Radiomics–the extraction of very detailed quantitative features from medical images–provides a refined understanding of how cocaine
Read moreLandmark animal study provides alarming new evidence on permanent damage caused by opioid use during pregnancy
Read moreShortages of many essential drugs amid the COVID-19 crisis reveal serious vulnerabilities in the systems for supplying and distributing pharmaceuticals in the United States.
Read moreOHSU lead author finds lessons to apply in rural counties across Oregon
Read moreA new study published in Arthritis Care & Research has identified 10 readily available clinical factors that may predict which
Read moreMany nations place drugs into various schedules or categories according to their risk of being abused and their medical value.
Read moreWhat The Study Did: Researchers looked at changes in the rate of deaths associated with the use of illicit (such
Read moreResults of study by Children’s Hospital Colorado show a third of patients not needing narcotic pain pills after c-section
Read moreAdditional research needed to determine best practices for reducing subsequent overdoses
Read moreCues trigger enzyme activity outside specific cell types
Read moreNot only might youth with mood disorders of greater severity be more inclined to use cannabis than less severely affected youth, but cannabis use can also worsen symptoms and interfere with successful mood disorder treatment
Read moreSupplement published in Pediatrics highlights evidence on how best to address this unique age group
Read moreWhat The Study Did: Variations and changes in national and state rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome and maternal opioid-related diagnoses
Read moreSeasonal variation may be explained by new year’s resolutions
Read moreWomen who use marijuana could have a more difficult time conceiving a child than women who do not use marijuana,
Read moreA study led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers examines attitudes toward long-acting injectable (LAI) HIV therapies,
Read moreWhat The Study Did: Researchers used health insurance data from Taiwan to investigate the risk of substance use disorder among
Read moreWomen with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are eight times more likely to attempt suicide, while men with ADHD are four and a half times more likely; parental violence and substance dependence increase the prevalence of suicide attempts
Read moreA new report from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers recommendations aimed at federal, state, and local policymakers to address the opioid epidemic during the pandemic.
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