Researchers at the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU College of Global Public Health have released the results of a study. It found that construction...
With the opioid crisis taking up so much space in popular media, it’s been easy to forget about other illicit drugs affecting people’s lives. In Colorado, methamphetamine (meth) use...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing that rules for opioid manufacturers be tightened to make new drugs less addictive. The Agency’s Acting Commissioner Ned Sharpless withdrew...
An international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that young adults who are at risk for addiction show distinct differences in an important region...
Can You Get Addicted to Marijuana? When a person thinks about substance abuse and addiction, the idea of someone who addicted to marijuana is usually not the first thing...
In spite of the current opioid crisis that has been making headlines on a regular basis, Emergency Room (ER) doctors and staff have been missing opportunities to refer overdose...
The opioid epidemic has triggered a hardship that most people likely haven’t thought of: A higher number of donated organs are infected with the hepatitis C virus. Dr. Winston...
Approximately 20 percent of people who take Xanax, Valium and other benzodiazepines (benzos) are not using them as directed by their doctor, according to the results of a US...
Fentanyl in Other Drugs Leading to an Increase in Fentanyl Overdoses If you’ve read any articles lately or turned on the news, chances are you’ve heard much discussion about...