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Opioid addiction rates up nearly 500 percent in 7 years
The increase of Americans diagnosed with opioid addiction continues to escalate dramatically, but a very low number of them receive drug rehab, a new...
Women at risk as opioid use hospital visit numbers surge
The number of women hospitalized due to opioid use — including painkillers and heroin — has skyrocketed in the last ten years. A new report by the...
Study explores inequalities in public schools’ drug abuse policies
Research from a student at Allegheny College explored the inequalities of public schools’ drug abuse policies to see how they affect both drug usage...
Level 2 trauma centers more likely to identify at-risk drinkers
Alcohol use can become a contributing factor to bodily injury, and patients who visit a trauma center to receive treatment for injuries take part...
Fear of fentanyl: a hidden killer
A new study reveals that over 50 percent of all drug overdose fatalities might be because of fentanyl — a synthetic opioid that can be...
Huge drop in underage binge drinking across America
The number of youngsters binge drinking across the U.S. has dropped dramatically, according to new research. Figures from a national survey on drug use by...
80 percent of kids in Delhi’s Seemapuri are addicted to drugs
About 80 percent of Indian children in the Delhi slum of Seemapuri are addicted to drugs, according to a study conducted by the Society...
Drug use down among young adults who participated in PROSPER program
Middle school children who participated in PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience (PROSPER), a drug use prevention program in Iowa and Pennsylvania, were significantly...
Smoking during addiction treatment: a growing problem
Addiction treatment patients continue to have higher rates of cigarette use than the rest of the general population in the entire world, in spite...
Managing meth withdrawal and detox, new analysis
Methamphetamine withdrawal comes with life-threatening symptoms and can be extremely challenging to patients and physicians. Samantha Wiendels, an M.A. counseling psychology candidate, sought to understand...
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