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New Evidence in Mice That Cocaine Makes Brain Cells Cannibalize Themselves
Working with mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have contributed significant new evidence to support the idea that high doses of cocaine kill brain cells by triggering overactive autophagy, a process in which cells literally digest their...
Should Opioid Dependent Patients Receive Immediate Access to Medical Treatment?
New research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found through a comparison of treatment approaches for opioid dependence that, in an emergency setting, combining the medication buprenorphine with on-going care is...
Characteristics of Fentanyl Overdose — Massachusetts, 2014–2016
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Fentanyl has a growing presence in the illicit drug market and is involved in an increasing proportion of opioid overdose deaths.
What is added by this report?
Approximately two thirds of...
Fumare sigarette aumenta la possibilità di ricaduta nell'uso illegale di sostanze?
Tra le persone che si stanno riprendendo dai disturbi da uso di sostanze, coloro che fumano hanno maggiori probabilità di ricadere tre anni dopo rispetto a quelli che non lo fanno, secondo i nuovi risultati pubblicati su The Journal of...
Drugs on the Brain: Substance Use and Neurotransmission
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has published an extended overview detailing the impact of certain drugs on brain functioning, as well as the most common experimental methods used in related research.
Neuroscientists primarily...
Are Youngsters in Foster Care More Likely to Use Substances?
New research from Cardiff University has found:
- Weekly smoking rates among 11 - 16-year-olds in foster care are almost 8 times higher when compared to those reported by youngsters of the same age who live with both their parents.
- Weekly...
Tweet2Quit: The Social Media Intervention Helping People to Quit Smoking
The social media quit-smoking intervention – Tweet2Quit – sends automated daily communications to private self-help groups, encouraging high-quality peer-to-peer discussions online. It is very low cost and has a potential global reach.
A...
Overdose Antidote Takes Harm-Reduction Centre Stage
One of our selection of hot topics, analyses of important issues which sometimes generate heated debate. Programmes distributing the opiate overdose antidote naloxone have become the great new hope for curbing the rise in drug-related...
Clinical Application of Cultural Elements for Hispanic and Latino Populations
This manual is designed to teach cultural competence concepts, values, and strategies for engagement and treatment with Hispanics and Latinos with substance use disorders (SUD). The manual introduces a basic understanding of cultural...
La qualità dell'implementazione del trattamento farmacologico comportamentale determina il suo successo
La gestione delle contingenze (CM) è una terapia comportamentale ampiamente utilizzata per i disturbi da uso di sostanze. Offre ricompense materiali per la partecipazione alle sessioni e l'adesione ai corsi di farmaci prescritti, tra gli...
Salute mentale e uso di cannabinoidi sintetici
Recentemente pubblicato sulla rivista Pediatrics, il primo studio prospettico sui cannabinoidi sintetici (SC) – sostanze chimiche che imitano gli effetti della marijuana – collega i sintomi depressivi e il consumo di marijuana e alcol con...
Highs and Lows: Substance Use and Academic Performance
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, US college students who consume medium-to-high levels of alcohol and marijuana have a consistently lower grade point average (GPA).
The investigation compared...
Uno sviluppo scientifico per il trattamento della dipendenza da cocaina?
Un nuovo studio pubblicato sulla rivista Biological Psychiatry afferma che il desiderio di cocaina può essere ridotto bloccando la segnalazione da un sistema specifico nel cervello principalmente responsabile della promozione della veglia e...
Emotional Abuse during Childhood Linked to Future Opioid Use
Recently published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, a new study claims the existence of a link between childhood abuse and opioid use later in life.
According to the investigation, emotional abuse, specifically, more so than sexual or...
Reducing Opioid-Related Deaths in the UK
Robust messages for the government from the UK’s official drug policy advisers:
- Ageing profile of multiply-ill heroin users will continue to press up drug-related deaths.
- To counteract this pressure government must maintain investment...
Limited Opportunities? Caring for People with Substance Use Disorders
According to a new study, most health care professionals are given little opportunity to learn about substance abuse in pre-service educational programmes.
ISSUP alla 60a sessione della Commissione sugli stupefacenti
All'inizio di questa settimana ISSUP ha partecipato alla 60a sessione della Commissione sugli stupefacenti (CND) presso il Centro internazionale di Vienna.
Understanding the Brain’s Role in Drug Addiction
Findings recently revealed in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews and the Journal of Neuroscience suggest the cerebellum is co-responsible for the alterations in the brain that are linked with excessive substance abuse.
This goes...
Attività sportiva e abuso di sostanze tra gli adolescenti: qual è il collegamento?
Un recente sondaggio che ha esaminato le abitudini di droga di oltre 20.000 atleti delle scuole superiori statunitensi ha rilevato che coloro che praticano sport ad alto contatto, come l'hockey, hanno maggiori probabilità di usare eroina e...
Public Health Strategies to Prevent Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: CDC Grand Rounds
Public Health Burden of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is a drug withdrawal syndrome that most commonly occurs in infants after in utero exposure to opioids, although other substances have also been...