Addiction 101
The Recovery Research Institute have developed a new website that aims to answer the most common questions asked about addiction.
Addiction 101 addresses questions such as:
- What is the prevalence and cause of addiction?
- What does...
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New York Drug Bust Seizes Enough Fentanyl to Kill 2 Million People
Police raided a home in New York that was an alleged heroin and fentanyl mill, seizing five kilograms of fentanyl and six kilograms of heroin. The fentanyl seized has the potency to kill 2 million people.
The Link between the Marketing of Opioid Products with Mortality from Opioid-Related Overdoses
Prescription opioids are involved in 40% of all deaths from opioid overdose in the United States and are often the first opioids encountered by individuals with opioid use disorder.
The Substance Use Intervention Team: A Preliminary Analysis of a Population-level Strategy to Address the Opioid Crisis at an Academic Health Center
Objective: In 2017, an academic health center in Chicago launched the multidisciplinary Substance Use Intervention Team (SUIT) to address opioid misuse across 18 inpatient units and in a new outpatient addiction medicine clinic. This report...
Utilization of Addiction Treatment among U.S. Adults with History of Incarceration and Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
Background
The high prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among incarcerated adults in the U.S. is well-known, but there has been less examination of SUD treatment and rates of incarceration among the population of adults...
Efficacy of Monthly Buprenorphine Injections for Opioid Use Disorders
Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease and a global health burden. Treatment for OUD tends to involve a combination of medication and behavioural intervention. It is recognised that buprenorphine can alleviate opioid withdrawal...
Claremont’s UPC Media Summer Institute Programme
Claremont Graduate University is offering one of the leading certificate programs for the advanced study of Media-Based Prevention Science.
Adolescent Beliefs About Hookah and Hookah Tobacco Use and Implications for Preventing Use
Abstract
Introduction
Hookah tobacco use is popular among youths and there is evidence that perceived risks and normative beliefs are associated with hookah use. The aim of this study was to further examine associations between perceived...
Standards of Evidence for Conducting and Reporting Economic Evaluations in Prevention Science
Abstract
Over a decade ago, the Society for Prevention Research endorsed the first standards of evidence for research in preventive interventions. The growing recognition of the need to use limited resources to make sound investments in...
Sex-Specific Association of Depressive Disorder and Transient Emotional States with Alcohol Consumption in Male and Female Alcoholics
Highlights
- Negative and positive mood differentially impact alcohol use in males and females.
- Previous research did not differentiate impact of mood states vs lifetime diagnoses.
- This study confirmed positive association of mood with...
Association of Electronic Cigarette Use with Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths
Question: Is electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among tobacco-naive youths associated with subsequent risk of cigarette initiation?
Findings: In this cohort study using data from the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study...
Percentage of Current Tobacco Smoking Students Receiving Help or Advice to Quit: Evidence from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey
ABSTRACT:
Introduction:
We assessed self-reported receipt of help or advice to stop smoking among current tobacco smoking students enrolled in school.
Methods:
Using cross-sectional data collected between 2012–2015 from the Global Youth...
The Etymology and Early History of ‘Addiction’
Abstract
Contemporary usage of addiction is contradictory and confusing; the term is highly stigmatizing but popularly used to describe almost any strong desire, passion or pursuit. Does current usage involve a recent corruption of the...
National Drug Control Strategy of the United States
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is proud to announce the release of the National Drug Control Strategy, which outlines how the U.S. Federal government will reduce American fatalities to drug use.
Patterns in Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing in the United States
Key Points
Question: How are benzodiazepines being prescribed, and how have prescribing patterns changed over time?
Findings: In this serial cross-sectional study of 386 457 ambulatory care visits from 2003 through 2015, the use of...
Prenatal Marijuana Use: Perspectives of Pregnant Women
Marijuana is the drug most commonly used by pregnant women. Understanding the beliefs, attitudes and experience of marijuana use during pregnancy will help practitioners design motivational intervention for women.
In a recent qualitative...
Evaluation of State-Mandated Reporting of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome — Six States, 2013–2017
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
In 2014, in the United States, an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) was born every 15 minutes. Historically, NAS surveillance has depended on hospital discharge data, frequently...
Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs — New York City, 2000–2017
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
During 1999–2017, the rate of drug overdose deaths nationally approximately tripled; approximately 70,000 overdose deaths occurred nationally in 2017, with nearly 68% involving an opioid.
W...
Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System
Summary
What is already known about this topic?
Opioid prescribing rates vary by county urbanization level and are declining overall.
What is added by this report?
Analysis of patient opioid prescription data from a national electronic...
Monitoring the Future: Teleconference Recording
Dr Nora Volkow, NIDA Director, discusses the results of the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey during a teleconference which took place on December 17, 2018.
Monitoring the Future tracks drug use trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students...