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Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, online, on 12th May, 2022.

About the Report

​Addiction Policy Forum’s (APF) Patient Experiences Journey Map was developed through the input of patients in treatment and recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). The map underscores the obstacles and positive points...

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L’utilisation de naltrexone plus bupropion pour traiter les troubles liés à la consommation de méthamphétamine n’a pas été bien étudiée.

Méthode

Nous avons mené cet essai multisite, en double aveugle, en deux...

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Importance  Rates of prenatal cannabis use are increasing alongside perceptions that cannabis is a harmless therapeutic for pregnancy-related ailments, while rates of prenatal use of alcohol and tobacco are decreasing. It is...

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Importance  Menthol may make cigarette smoke less aversive and could lead youth to smoke more frequently and become more dependent on nicotine.

Objective  To assess the association of menthol use with cigarette smoking frequency...

Opioid Facts and Figures, recorded 3-June-2022. Presented by Lauran Wirf, DO: Addiction Medicine Fellow; University of Colorado School of Medicine; Denver, Colorado. With the increasing prevalence of illicit fentanyl, it is important for...

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The opioid crisis is a major public health challenge in the United States, killing about 70,000 people in 2020 alone. Long delays and feedbacks between policy actions and their effects on drug-use behavior create dynamic...

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Importance  Patients who use cannabis for medical reasons may benefit from discussions with clinicians about health risks of cannabis and evidence-based treatment alternatives. However, little is known about the prevalence of...

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Importance  Les cigarettes électroniques nonnicoliques contiennent des produits chimiques, des arômes et des solvants qui ont des effets nocifs connus sur la santé et / ou qui n’ont pas été prouvés sûrs pour l’inhalation.

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Opioid overdose remains a public health crisis in diverse communities. Between 2019 and 2020, there was an almost 40% increase in drug fatalities primarily due to opioid analogues of both stimulants and opioids. Medications for...

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Importance  Alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) is one of the most devastating complications of alcohol use disorder (AUD), an increasingly prevalent condition. Medical addiction therapy for AUD may play a role in protecting...

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Smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness in the world today. Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure (PCSE) is a particularly insidious form because so many of its associated health effects befall the unborn child and produce...

Participants will review major social and biological factors of adolescent development and implications for ways to approach substance use prevention/intervention.

 

Objectives Include:

- Describe prevalence rates for adolescent...

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Importance  Significant disparities exist in smoking behaviors by sexual minority status in the US.

Objective  To examine potential differences in the associations between exposure to the Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign...

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BACKGROUND: Alcohol and marijuana are commonly used by young adults, and use of both substances, particularly at the same time, is prevalent among this population. Understanding the prevalence, patterns, correlates, and...

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Objectif

Évaluer l’impact de l’exposition fœtale au cannabis sur l’adiposité et les traits glucose-insuline au début de la vie.

Conception et méthodes de recherche

Nous avons tiré parti d’un sous-échantillon de 103 paires mère...

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Background

In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral...

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Il est essentiel d’accroître l’accès à la buprénorphine/naloxone (B/N) pour les troubles liés à la consommation d’opioïdes, mais il demeure difficile d’assurer l’observance et la prévention du détournement. Cette...

Aujourd’hui, le président Biden a envoyé la première stratégie nationale de contrôle des drogues de son administration au Congrès à un moment où les surdoses de drogue ont fait des ravages, faisant 106 854 morts au cours de la dernière...

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Importance  Psychiatric disorders may be associated with an increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection after vaccination, but no studies have tested this hypothesis.

Objective  To evaluate whether past diagnoses of...