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Recovery: The Many Paths to Wellness (Chapter 5 from Facing Addiction in America)
The Many Paths to Wellness: Explore Chapter 5 in "Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health," which defines the concept of recovery from substance use disorders and reviews methods used by...
NIDA Releases Its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan
This week, NIDA releases its strategic plan for FY 2022-2026. Strategic planning is a process all NIH Institutes perform every five years, to take stock of the current state of research and set priorities that are ambitious but achievable...
Minority Fellowship Program
The NBCC Foundation and NAADAC are pleased to announce the 2022 application period for the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC) is now open. This program is made...
President Biden issues proclamation for overdose awareness week
President Biden issued the first ever Presidential Proclamation recognizing August 29, 2021 – September 4, 2021 as Overdose Awareness Week – a time to honor the lives lost to the overdose epidemic and recommit to both preventing overdoses...
Vaping and Opioid Addiction Accelerate Coronavirus Risks
The coronavirus pandemic has presented a new challenge for public health services around the world.
Although scientists are working tirelessly to comprehend more about the virus, there are still many unanswered questions.
In a recent...
Alcohol-Related Deaths Increasing in the United States
There has been a steady rise in deaths caused by alcohol, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The research examined U.S. death...
Pain Management Best Practices, Stigma, and Fact Sheets
These key reports come from the US Pain Management task force at the Department of Health and Human Services. There are 5 instructive documents involving information and facts about pain management, the opioid addiction crisis, special...
Recovery Month 2019
Every September the Recovery Month Campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover.
Over the years, Recovery Month has promoted and supported new evidence...
Best Practices for Successful Reentry for People Who Have Opioid Addictions
Economic and Social Costs of Legalized Marijuana
The Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University commissioned this study to better understand the economic and social costs of legalized marijuana. While much has been written about the tax revenue and total sales generated from...
Making the Opioid Use Disorder Cascade of Care a Reality, Despite Data Limitations
This blog post by ICUDDR Executive Director, Kim Johnson, discusses a method for measuring national outcomes of efforts to reduce the number of overdose deaths in the United States.
Strategy to Combat Opioid Abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released its five point strategy to combat opioid abuse, misuse, and overdose.
The five points that the strategy is based on are to:
- Improve access to prevention, treatment and...
Daily Use of Marijuana among Non-College Young Adults at all Time High
A recent survey produced by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has analysed trends in substance use between young adults, aged 19-22, attending college and not attending college in the US.
Results show that the prevalence of...
SAMHSA’s 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the most comprehensive survey of substance use, substance use disorders, mental health and the receipt of treatment services for these disorders in the United States. NSDUH began in 1971...
Alcoholic Drinks and the Risk of Cancer
Source: World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research.
Continuous Update Project Expert Report 2018. Alcoholic Drinks and the Risk of Cancer. Available at dietandcancerreport.org
Executive summary
Background and...
امریکہ میں بچوں میں منشیات کی لت میں تین سال میں 215 فیصد اضافہ ہوا، تحقیق
فیس بک افیون کے بارے میں سرچز کو ایس اے ایم ایچ ایس اے سپورٹ سروسز پر ری ڈائریکٹ کرے گا
اوپیوئڈ بحران کس طرح امریکہ کی لیبر فورس کو مایوس کر رہا ہے
مالی بحران کی وجہ سے امریکہ میں بے روزگاری کی شرح میں اضافہ ہوا ہے اور لوگوں کو اپنے کیریئر کے عروج پر کام کی تلاش چھوڑنے پر مجبور کیا گیا ہے۔
آج بھی، جب آجر تیزی سے ملازمتوں میں اضافہ کرتے ہیں، تو افرادی قوت کی شرکت کی شرح اب بھی بحال...
ہیروئن اور کوکین کی لت کے لئے نوعمر ویپنگ کس طرح ڈھانچہ قائم کرتی ہے
ای سگریٹ کو تیزی سے اپنانے کی وجہ کم از کم جزوی طور پر ای-مائع کی طاقت میں زبردست اضافہ ہے۔
نوجوانوں میں سگریٹ نوشی کم ہوتی جا رہی ہے۔ اگرچہ اعداد و شمار سے پتہ چلتا ہے کہ پچھلے کچھ سالوں میں نوجوانوں میں تمباکو نوشی میں کمی آئی ہے ،...
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