Month: July 2020

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders May Increase the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Other Metabolic Issues Adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) may have…

Simulated sea slug gets addicted to drug (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) Scientists built a computer model of a simple brain network based…

COVID-19 means long stretch of stormy weather for people with alcohol and substance use disorders The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created an environment that is…

Broke and broken, sex workers ending up homeless Photo: AFP By Nilima JahanJun 22 2020 (IPS-Partners) The life of sex workers on the streets, hard…

Under 2% of Medicaid-covered youths get MAT after OD: study – Knopf A. Fewer than one-third of youths receive addiction treatment after an opioid overdose,…

How to strengthen New Zealand’s proposed cannabis legalization and control bill (Society for the Study of Addiction) In advance of a widely-watched national referendum vote…

Addictions doc sentenced to time served on drug charges An addictions doctor formerly with UBMD Family Medicine was sentenced by Senior U.S. Judge William Skretny…

How $5 million PPP funds is helping a Phoenix nonprofit save lives As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on those suffering from mental…

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Pear, Shatterproof join forces on new addiction focused DTx coalition One of the organization’s main goals is to encourage Medicare and…

LSU Health New Orleans discovers new class of safer analgesics (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) Researchers at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of…