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A Socioecological Approach to Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
Tobacco use remains the nation’s leading cause of preventable premature death, including death from cancer, and progress in reducing tobacco use and related disease and death has not been equally distributed across population groups. This...
Kunjungan Unit Gawat Darurat yang Dapat Dihindari: Titik Awal
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Untuk lebih mengkarakterisasi dan memahami sifat definisi yang sangat konservatif dari kunjungan departemen darurat (ED) yang 'dapat dihindari' di Amerika Serikat untuk memberikan wawasan kepada pembuat kebijakan tentang...
Overdose Deaths Related to Fentanyl and Its Analogs
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What is already known about this topic?
Illicitly manufactured fentanyl has become a significant contributor to unintentional overdose deaths in the United States.
What is added by this report?
Approximately 90% of unintentional...
Trends in Deaths Involving Heroin and Synthetic Opioids Excluding Methadone, and Law Enforcement Drug Product Reports
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What is already known about this topic?
Opioid overdose deaths in the United States have been increasing since 1999, initially driven by prescription opioid misuse and more recently by heroin and other illicit opioid use.
What is...
Penggunaan Narkoba di antara Siswa Transgender di Sekolah Menengah dan Menengah Umum California
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Remaja transgender menghadapi tekanan sosial yang luar biasa dalam keluarga dan sekolah, yang sering menyebabkan kesenjangan kesehatan perilaku. Studi ini menilai apakah tingkat penggunaan narkoba lebih tinggi di kalangan...
Why Are Many American Adults Misusing Prescription Painkillers?
Prescription painkillers are second only to marijuana as the United States drug of choice. Around 91.8 million Americans aged 18 and above used prescription painkillers in 2014, according to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health...
Preventing Marijuana Use among Youth and Young Adults
Preventing Marijuana Use among Youth and Young Adults is a new release from the US Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
It provides the latest facts about marijuana use in the United States and includes information...
Efek Penggunaan Ganja pada Kematian Kardiovaskular dan Serebrovaskular
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Laporan mengaitkan penggunaan ganja dengan keadaan darurat kardiovaskular. Studi yang menghubungkan penggunaan ganja dengan kematian kardiovaskular langka. Kemajuan terbaru menuju legalisasi penggunaan ganja menekankan...
Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention: A Potential Role in Cancer Prevention for Young Adults
Excessive or risky alcohol use is a preventable cause of significant morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and worldwide. Alcohol use is a common preventable cancer risk factor among young adults; it is associated with increased risk of...
The Effects of Cannabis among Adults with Chronic Pain and an Overview of General Harms
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Background: Cannabis is increasingly available for the treatment of chronic pain, yet its efficacy remains uncertain.
Purpose: To review the benefits of plant-based cannabis preparations for treating chronic pain in adults and...
Evidence Lacking on Benefits of Cannabis for Treating Chronic Pain or PTSD
By Kelly Young
Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD
Evidence is limited on the benefits of cannabis use for treating chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, according to two reviews in the Annals...
Heavy Drinking and the Adolescent Brain
During adolescence, the brain is still maturing. This includes not only biological, but also psychosocial behavioural development.
So, what are the effects of heavy drinking on the adolescent brain?
This question is the focus of a...
Fentanyl Tidak Hanya Mematikan bagi Pengguna Narkoba: Polisi Semakin Sakit
Artikel ini menjelaskan bagaimana fentanyl mempengaruhi petugas polisi dan pemeriksa medis di seluruh AS ketika mereka mencoba menyelidikinya. Baca lebih lanjut...
N.E. Kematian Fentanyl 'Tidak Seperti Epidemi Lainnya' - Boston Globe
Kartel Meksiko mengirimkan sejumlah besar fentanil obat sintetis yang murah dan kuat ke New England, menyebabkan tingkat kematian terkait fentanil tertinggi di negara itu sambil menciptakan wabah yang oleh pejabat penegak narkoba terkemuka...
Oil and Drugs: A Toxic Mix
This article covers drug use and the oil industry in Texas. Thousands of oil field workers are using drugs because of the mix of money and boredom due to the energy boom. Read more...
Alcohol Affects Brain Functional Connectivity and Its Coupling with Behavior: Greater Effects in Male Heavy Drinkers
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Acute and chronic alcohol exposure significantly affect behavior but the underlying neurobiological mechanisms are still poorly understood. Here, we used functional connectivity density (FCD) mapping to study alcohol-related...
Non-Medical Prescription Opioid & Heroin Use among Adolescents Who Engage in Sports
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OBJECTIVES: Previous research has found that adolescent athletes may be at increased risk of non-medical prescription opioid use (NPOU) due to injuries. Although adolescent athletes are at an increased risk of engaging in NPOU, it...
Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic: Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use
Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges...
