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COVID-19 continues to dominate the news as it did throughout much of 2020. Hidden from sight is the raging epidemic of drug overdose deaths across America. 93,331 That’s the number of Americans who perished from a drug overdose in 2020. And that number represents a jump of 30% over the…
There's been a debate for some years around the idea that limiting access to a drug or alcohol can reduce its use. Well, the COVID-19 pandemic turned out to be a great test of that thesis. The results? According to a study analyzing data taken from high school seniors and…
Specialists in addiction care know that alcoholics seeking sobriety may struggle with depression. Drinking is then often resumed as a form of self-medication for that depression. A study by researchers at the University of Illinois/Chicago's (UIC) Center for Alcohol Research in Epigenetics looked at the problem by identifying areas in…
A new global review on the effectiveness of drug therapies for opioid use disorder reveals some interesting new data. Perhaps the most thought-provoking of all is the data showing that drug therapies alone, while reducing overdoses and deaths, may serve a largely palliative function. According to one of the lead…
Researchers at the University of Washington are sounding an alarm about the excessive use of opioid drugs to treat the discomfort sometimes experienced by patients with post-covid syndrome. Think about that for a moment… Physicians in the U.S. are prescribing opioids for post-covid patients. And they are doing it at…
Naloxone is a drug widely used to treat people suffering an opioid overdose. There is no question it's a lifesaver. Trouble is – as street drugs get more potent, naloxone at currently available dosages doesn't always help. And that's a problem. The FDA has just approved an 8 mg nasal…
Have you ever been to the dentist to have a tooth pulled or a root canal procedure and received a prescription for opioids to manage post-surgical pain? Seems innocent enough – right? Researchers from the University of Michigan have just published a study showing overdose rates two- and one-half times…
Addiction experts are now confirming what anecdotal evidence has long suggested. COVID-19 has produced the most significant spike in deadly drug overdoses in decades. From October 2019 through September 2020, more than 87,000 Americans died from a fatal drug overdose. That's a 29% increase over the previous period and the…
It used to be that illicit drug sales occurred on the street – involving a physical transaction between a buyer and a seller. And yes – it has long contributed to America's drug problem. According to researchers at the University of Texas, another player has entered the field and contributes…
Does the age at which one first experiments with a drug influence whether one develops an addiction to that drug? That's a question researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (a division of NIH) are seeking to answer. Their findings, recently published in JAMA Pediatrics, suggest age does matter…
