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New research reveals significant racial and sex disparities in drug overdose mortality rates.
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Current medical guidelines advise against cannabis use during pregnancy due to established associations with negative health outcomes for both mother and baby.
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The use of stigmatizing terminology in National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded grant abstracts has decreased by over 50 percent.
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New study found no changes in opioid outcomes among the general population with the states’ passage of medical and recreational marijuana laws.
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Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer CenterJanuary 6, 2025Public health and cancer researchers have long been sounding the alarm about the public health impact of alcohol.
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- September 16, 2024
Overdose rates in Colombia involving increased greatly during 2018-2021, mainly caused by overdoses in young women.
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- August 6, 2024
Drug-involved overdose deaths increased by over 500 percent in 2022.
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- April 25, 2024
Warning letters from Medicare safely cut prescribing of a powerful but risky antipsychotic.
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- April 15, 2024
Daniel Giovenco and his team are conducting a project to study the impact of policies that reduce tobacco retailer density in communities.
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- March 18, 2024
Contrary to their intent, evidence suggests that punitive laws either had no beneficial effects or worsened family health outcomes.
- February 27, 2024
Treatment for cannabis use disorder has decreased, and particularly in states with medical cannabis dispensary provisions.
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- February 12, 2024
Ruth Shefner, SMS PhD student, recently secured $100,955 in funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for her qualitative project on substance use policy and treatment access in Philadelphia.
- February 5, 2024
U.S. adults experienced considerable psychological distress and adverse mental health effects as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- January 29, 2024
Asthma is more common among U.S. individuals who reported cannabis use in the past 30 days.
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