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Substance Use Tied to Acute Cardiovascular Events During Delivery

FRIDAY, Sept. 22, 2023 – Substance use has a strong association with acute cardiovascular events and maternal mortality during hospitalization for delivery, according to a study published in the...

Substance Abuse Greatly Raises Odds of Heart Attack, Stroke During Pregnancy

THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – Substance abuse and pregnancy may be a dangerous combination. New research finds that pregnant women with a history of substance abuse had a dramatically increased risk of...

Higher Buprenorphine Dose Increases Likelihood of Staying in Treatment

THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 – Patients initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder who are prescribed a 24-mg dose are more likely to remain in treatment longer than those prescribed 16...

Both Maternal, Paternal Substance Use Disorder Tied to Offspring Intellectual Disability

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 – Both paternal and maternal substance use disorder (SUD) are associated with an increased risk for intellectual disability in offspring, according to a study published in the...

Concurrent Use of Fentanyl, Stimulants Common in Overdoses

FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 – By 2021, stimulants were the most common drug class found in fentanyl-involved overdoses, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Addiction. Joseph Friedman,...

Using a CBD Product? Be Sure to Tell Your Doctor

SUNDAY, Sept. 17, 2023 – Cannabinoid products may interfere with some prescription medications, so people who use them should add these to the list of supplements they tell their doctors about. This...

Fatal ODs Involving Fentanyl Plus Coke, Meth Rose 50-Fold Over a Decade

THURSDAY, Sept. 14, 2023 – The "fourth wave" of the U.S. overdose crisis involves the use of illicit fentanyl mixed with stimulants such as cocaine or methamphetamine, and it’s killing people in d...

Receipt of PT, Chiropractic Care Reportedly Low for Comorbid Chronic LBP, Opioid Use Disorder

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 – For Medicare beneficiaries with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and opioid use disorder (OUD), receipt of physical therapy (PT) and chiropractic care is low overall and...

Cannabis Legalization, Commercialization Linked to Traffic Injuries

THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 – Legalization and commercialization of cannabis in Canada were associated with an increase in cannabis-involved traffic injury emergency department (ED) visits, according to...

Overdose Deaths Involving Counterfeit Pills Increasing in U.S.

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 – There has been an increase in the percentage of drug overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use in the United States, according to a study published in the...

New Opioids Are Joining the Illicit Drug Supply, and They're More Potent Than Fentanyl

TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 – In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller. But experts now warn that...

Marijuana Users Have Higher Metal Levels in Blood, Urine

FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 – Marijuana may be a source of cadmium and lead exposure, according to a study published online Aug. 30 in Environmental Health Perspectives. Katlyn E. McGraw, from Columbia...

HHS Recommends Reclassification of Marijuana to Lower-Risk Drug Category

THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has asked the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug under the Controlled Substances...

Counterfeit Pills Fuel Rising Number of Fatal Drug Overdoses

FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 2023 – A growing number of overdose deaths in the United States involve counterfeit pills, health officials reported Thursday. Overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills were twice...

Do Most Americans Know How to Help Loved Ones Battling Addictions? New Poll Says Yes

THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 – If a loved one were living with addiction, a majority of Americans say they would know how to get help. About 71% of 2,200 respondents to an American Psychiatric...

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