We curate a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction.
The rate of alcohol-related fatal car crashes has risen among some populations of female drivers, a worrying trend that runs counter to the decline in such crashes among young men.
The packaging is almost exactly the same, but Philip Morris' Marlboro Lights brand is no more: with terms like "light" and "mild" now banned by law from tobacco marketing, the cigarettes are now being called "Marlboro Gold."
Individuals seeking public assistance or seeking to serve the public would be required to submit to drug tests under a measure approved by the Missouri House of Representatives.
Patients receiving or considering methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opioid dependence often express concern that methadone causes bone disease and dental decay.
Researchers performed a systematic review of controlled trials to determine whether brief intervention (BI) improves outcomes for addressing heavy alcohol use in general hospital patients.
This randomized controlled trial tested whether a brief intervention (BI) involving two sessions of motivational interviewing could reduce problematic prescription drug (PD) misuse among inpatients at a university hospital.
Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) with methadone or buprenorphine is effective for reducing illicit drug use among opioid-dependent patients, but the diversion of these agents may be harmful.
A new proposal to amend a landmark federal privacy law is butting up against resistance from recovery advocates and others, as the addiction treatment and recovery community struggles to strike a balance between the need for integration with mainstream medicine and privacy concerns about the use of electronic medical records.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse will award grants for research intended to prevent alcohol use among HIV/AIDS patients, study the relationship between drinking and disease progression, and other related studies.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse will host a two-day conference in April that will bring together clinicians and researchers to examine cutting-edge scientific findings about drug abuse and addiction and their application to clinical practice.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse will make grants to utilize systems biology approaches to interrogate and integrate multiple complex databases in order to discover new paradigms that may lead to unanticipated avenues of research at the interface of HIV/AIDS and substance use and abuse.
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is accepting applications for its Neighborhood Excellence Program, including the Neighborhood Builders and Local Heroes initiatives.
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