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.
A new study finds parents’ alcohol consumption patterns influence how much their teens drink. Researchers found teens who parents drink at least five days a month or who binge drink are significantly more likely to drink themselves compared with teens whose parents don’t drink or binge drink.
People with opioid use disorder who are prescribed a lower dose of buprenorphine are 20% more likely to discontinue treatment than those who are on a higher dose, a new study concludes.
New data shows the number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the United States plummeted in the second half of the 2010s, at the same time the nationwide overdoses crisis worsened, the Associated Press reports.
Kroger, one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, has reached a potential $1.2 billion agreement in principle to settle a majority of opioid-related lawsuits brought by states, local governments and Native American tribes.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including DEA data showing that overdoses soared in the second half of the 2010s even as prescription opioid shipments declined.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including an examination of differential beliefs about contingency management by providers' ethnicity.
New novel synthetic opioids known as nitazenes may be more powerful than fentanyl and may require more doses of naloxone to reverse an overdose, according to a new study.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including naloxone use in novel potent opioid and fentanyl overdoses in emergency department patients.
Use of marijuana and binge drinking among adults ages 35 to 50 reached record highs in 2022, according to new research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
A new Gallup poll finds 12% of U.S. adults say they currently smoke cigarettes, a similar rate to last year, and significantly lower than a decade ago.
A number of e-cigarette products closely resemble school supplies such as highlighters, USB drives and ballpoint pens, making them easy for teens to use in school, USA Today reports.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including trends and sociodemographic differences in the prevalence and treatment use of substance use disorders among young adults in the United States.
A new poll finds 29% of adults in the United States say they have or someone in their family has have ever struggled with opioid use, including the use of prescription painkillers and illegal opioids like heroin.
Suicide deaths in the United States increased to almost 50,000 last year, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new study finds U.S. adults increasingly perceive daily smoking and secondhand exposure to marijuana smoke as safer than tobacco smoke, views that do not reflect the existing science, CNN reports.
Find more of our must-reads in policy news, including a poll finding that two-thirds of adults say they or a family member has experienced addiction or overdose.
View our curated digest of the latest research news, including a qualitative study of primary care physicians' decisions to prescribe medications for alcohol use disorder.
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