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Marijuana Use Raises Workers' Absenteeism Rate: Study
THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 – The stereotype of the slacker stoner might not be too far off the mark, a new study shows. People who use weed are prone to workplace absenteeism – and the more...
Recreational Drug Use Tied to Repeat Cardiovascular Events
TUESDAY, Sept. 3, 2024 -- Recreational drug use is associated with a tripled risk for a repeat serious cardiovascular event within one year of hospitalization, according to a study presented at the Eu...
Recreational Drug Use Triples Odds for Repeat Heart Crises
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – Recreational drug users are three times more likely to have repeated heart health emergencies than people who don’t use, a new study has found. About 11% of patients a...
Kids' Bedtimes Might Influence Odds for Drug, Alcohol Use as Teens
THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 – Regular bedtimes won't just help your child be alert for a busy school day; they might also help keep them from abusing drugs or alcohol as a teen, new research suggests....
Brand of Kratom Tied to One Death, Many Severe Illnesses, FDA Warns
MONDAY, Aug 5, 2024 – Millions of Americans use the opioid-like herbal supplement known as kratom, but evidence of its dangers continue to mount. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued...
Lack of Institutional Support May Drive Physician Reluctance to Address Addiction
WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 – Lack of institutional support is the most common reason for physicians to have reluctance to address substance use and addiction in their clinical practices, according to...
Marijuana Use While Pregnant Could Raise Odds for Complications
TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 – There's a slight but significant rise in dangerous obstetric complications for pregnant women who use marijuana, new research shows. Data from almost 317,000 pregnancies in...
Considerable Gaps Seen in Provision of Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction
TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 – There are considerable gaps in provision of effective treatments for opioid use disorders (OUD) at U.S. substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities, according to a...
12.7 Percent of Adults Using Fentanyl or Heroin Report Ever Using Xylazine
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 – A considerable proportion of adults reporting illegally manufactured fentanyl (IMF) or heroin use also use xylazine, according to research published in the July 4 issue of the...
2017 to 2022 Saw Rise in Cannabis-Related Disorder Encounters in Seniors
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – From 2017 to 2022, there was an increase in the rates of cannabis-related disorder encounters among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older, according to a...
Rates of Problem Marijuana Use Are Rising Among Seniors
TUESDAY, June 18, 2024 – As marijuana use becomes legal and more accepted across America, more seniors are developing unhealthy relationships with the drug, a new report suggests. A look at data on...
There's Another 'Magic' Mushroom Being Sold in Gummies -- But It Can Kill
WEDNESDAY, June 12, 2024 – Growing public fascination with “magic” psilocybin mushrooms as a trendy treatment for depression had led to increased interest in another type of psychedelic mushroom, a n...
Two-Drug Treatment Could Curb Meth Addiction
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 — Though overdose deaths continue to surge, there is no approved medication to treat methamphetamine use disorder. Now, an experimental two-drug therapy has yielded promising r...
One in Six Primary Care Patients Report Cannabis Use
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 – One in six adult primary care patients report using cannabis, according to a study published online June 5 in JAMA Network Open. Lillian Gelberg, M.D., from the UCLA David ...
1 in 6 Patients Who Quit Antidepressants Get 'Discontinuation Symptoms'
FRIDAY, June 7, 2024 – Roughly 1 in 6 people who stop taking an antidepressant will experience symptoms caused by discontinuing the drug, a new review finds. However, only 1 in 35 will experience...