Compelling News & Research from the Field
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently reported that mortality from all types of drug overdoses increased by 30 percent over one year. Read more about this troubling trend in MedPage Today.
Even before the pandemic, alcohol consumption had grown in America. A recent article in The Atlantic takes a closer look at why this is a problem.
Jama Network Open published an article on the association between restricted prescribing of non-opioid drugs and use of opioids in patients insured through Medicare.
Preventive Medicine published a commentary on the importance of language equity in healthcare and health research.
Is there a link between Vitamin D deficiency and opioid dependence? A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital published in Science Advances suggests the deficiency increases addictive behaviors.
Preventive Medicine published this study on how internalizing and externalizing symptoms mediate the association of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with prescription opioid misuse.