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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…
As cases of opioid abuse disorder continue to climb in the U.S., researchers at Penn State and Syracuse University have made a discovery. Unmarried young adults are at the greatest risk of abusing opioid drugs. The findings can be found in "Opioid misuse and family structure: Changes and continuities in…
A recent report in the journal Family Medicine & Community Health suggests that teens and young adults are abusing stimulants and tranquilizers at a troubling rate. The study's authors analyzed the responses of 110,556 12–25-year-olds in the U.S. who completed the 2015-2018 National Survey of Drug Use and Health to…
According to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry, methamphetamine (meth) overdose deaths in the U.S. rose sharply from 2011 to 2018. The research was conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The rapid rise in deaths was observed in all…
Over 20 million Americans suffer from alcoholism. Scientists have long wondered whether it would be possible to predict those most at risk, allowing for early intervention strategies. Researchers at University of Chicago Medicine have just published the results of a study in the American Journal of Psychiatry that may offer…
According to the Trust for America's Health and the Well Being Trust, data from 2018, the most recent dataset available, shows that opioid overdose deaths declined. The same data shows that deaths involving alcohol, synthetic opioids, suicide, and other drugs rose. According to the researchers, over 150,000 Americans died from…
It is a well-known fact that antibiotic overuse is leading to a sharp rise in the number of antibiotic resistance organisms – often referred to as super-bugs. Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine recently investigated another possible problem associated with antibiotic use. In particular, they wanted to…
Aware Recovery Care of Florida is pleased to announce that we have been named one of the best addiction rehabilitation programs in Delray Beach, Florida by HELP.org HELP.org “exists to help individuals and families make safer and smarter choices. From finding an addiction center that is best, to providing fact-based…
What do we know about the extent of the opioid addiction crisis in America? The CDC estimates that as many as 10.3 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2018 alone. Tens of thousands died from an overdose that year. Here's more from the CDC: Overdose deaths from…
