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Almost 1 in 3 Americans Know Someone Who's Died From a Drug Overdose

FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 – As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third of U.S. adults now know someone who's died of a drug overdose....

Shared Fentanyl Pipe Residue a New Overdose Danger

THURSDAY, May 23, 2024 – San Francisco researchers report that smoking has now replaced injections as the most common way of ingesting illicit fentanyl. That switch has created a potentially deadly...

Slight Decline Seen in U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths

THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 – New 2023 provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics show the first decline in deaths from drug overdose in the United States since 2018. "Statistics...

U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time in 7 Years

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – The relentless rise in deaths from drug overdose in the United States may finally have stalled: New data from 2023 show the first decline in such deaths since 2018....

American Psychiatric Association, May 4-8

The annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 4 to 8 in New York City, drawing participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health...

321,566 Children Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose in 2011 to 2021

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – From 2011 to 2021, an estimated 321,566 children lost a parent to drug overdose in the United States, according to a study published online May 8 in JAMA Psychiatry....

Rapid Procedure Noninferior for Extended-Release Naltrexone Initiation

THURSDAY, May 9, 2024 – For patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), a rapid procedure (RP) is noninferior to a standard procedure for initiation of extended-release (XR) naltrexone, according to a...

How Mindfulness Could Help Folks Quit Opioids

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 — Using mindfulness to help people trying to overcome opioid addiction can boost their odds of continuing treatment, new research shows. The approach helps folks how to deal w...

More Than 321,000 U.S. Kids Lost a Parent to Drug ODs in a Decade

WEDNESDAY, May 8, 2024 – More than 320,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose during the past decade, according to a new study reported May 8 in JAMA Psychiatry. What’s more, the death r...

Elimination of Buprenorphine Waiver Had Moderate Effect

MONDAY, May 6, 2024 – Elimination of the buprenorphine waiver increased the number of prescribers, but only modestly increased the number of patients in whom buprenorphine treatment was initiated,...

People With Opioid Use Disorder Less Likely to Receive Palliative Care

MONDAY, April 29, 2024 – People with opioid use disorder (OUD) are less likely to receive palliative care during the last 90 days before death, according to a study published online April 29 in...

Drug, Alcohol Abuse Goes Untreated in Many Ex-Prisoners

THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 – Most ex-cons are unlikely to receive substance use treatment following their release from prison, even though odds are high they are struggling with addiction, a new study...

Few Young Adults Could Administer Naloxone to Reverse Fentanyl Overdose

MONDAY, April 22, 2024 – Even though fentanyl-linked fatal overdoses are soaring among young adults, a new survey of American college students found that just 1 in 7 knew how to administer the...

Midlife Deaths of Despair Increased From 1999 to 2022

THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 – Midlife deaths from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholic liver disease, collectively known as deaths of despair, increased from 1999 through 2022, according to a research...

Black and Native Americans Hit Hardest by 'Deaths of Despair'

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 – More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to “deaths of despair” than whites, a new study finds. These deaths – from suicide, drug overdose and alc...

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