National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
Despite decline, smoking cessation efforts still critical for people with substance use or other psychiatric disorders - Drug use severity in adolescence affects substance use disorder risk in adulthood
Screening for substance use disorder in teens may predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose - Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021
NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use - Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Issues
Image - NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
Better characterizing clinical features of self-injury is critical to provide support and effective treatments
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Science Daily
- Nearly 108,000 overdose deaths in US in 2021
A grim prediction made half a decade ago by epidemiologists and modelers has come true: More than 100,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the U.S. - Medication treatment of pediatric psychiatric disorders reduces the later onset of substance use problems
Pharmacologic treatment in children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders reduces the risk of substance use later in life, especially in ADHD. Earlier-onset and longer-lasting treatment were most … - Major uptick reported in cannabis vaping for all adolescents
Cannabis vaping is increasing as the most popular method of cannabis delivery among all adolescents in the U.S., as is the frequency of cannabis vaping, according to researchers. - Four-year college students drink more, use marijuana less than community college peers, study finds
Students at four-year colleges and universities drink nearly twice as much alcohol as their peers in two-year colleges, according to a survey of college students in the Seattle area. On the other hand … - Dopamine makes you feel happy, but we probably still have to rewrite the textbooks
Researchers have discovered a new piece in the puzzle of the brain’s ‘feel good’ substance, dopamine. According to one of the researchers behind the new study, the discovery may facilitate the develop …