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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...

Among people recovering from substance use disorders, those who smoke are more likely to relapse three years later compared to those who do not, according to new findings published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Treatment for...

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...

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...

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...

Төтенше жағдайларды басқару (СМ) — уытқұмарлықтың бұзылуына кеңінен қолданылатын мінез-құлық терапиясы. Ол сеанстарға қатысқаны және тағайындалған дәрі-дәрмек курстарын ұстанғаны үшін, оның ішінде жағымды мінез-құлық үшін материалдық...

Recently published in the journal Pediatrics, the first prospective study of synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) – chemicals that mimic the effects of marijuana – links depressive symptoms and marijuana and alcohol consumption with an increased...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A recent survey which looked at the drug habits of over 20,000 US high-school athletes has found those who play high-contact sports, such as hockey, are more likely to use heroin and prescription opioids for non-medicinal purposes.

The...

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...

Алкогольге және есірткіге басқа да тәуелді адамдарда темекі шегу көрсеткіші халықтың жалпы санының екі-төрт есесін құрайды. Темекiге тәуелдiлiктi бiр мезгілде емдеу бұл iс-шаралардың осы халықта табысты еместiгiне немесе егер темекiнiң...