Most Clinicians, Pharmacists Favor Medical Cannabis Use
Healthcare professionals see the benefits of prescribing cannabis therapies but report significant knowledge gaps in both recreational and medical cannabis.
Addiction
High Potency Cannabis Linked to Anxiety Disorder, More Serious Cannabis Use
Policy changes have occurred alongside the proliferation of high potency cannabis, which may lead to more memory issues or psychotic effects.
USPSTF Report Finds Counseling Does Not Reduce Illicit Drug Use in Pediatric, Young Adults
The USPSTF has updated its 2014 evidence report on the potential benefits and harms of interventions to prevent illicit drug use in children, adolescents, and young adults.
Defining Methamphetamine Use Disorder as an Illness
Society should begin to consider patients with methamphetamine use disorder as sick even though they do not display the typical symptoms of a patient with an illness.
AMA Releases Recommendations for Opioid Use Disorder, Pain During COVID-19
The AMA called for alterations for insurers, including terminating cost-sharing and prior authorization for chronic pain and OUD medications and removing restrictions on Medicaid preferred drug lists.
Past-Year Methamphetamine Use 6.6 Per 1000 in 2015 to 2018
Odds ratios for past-year use up for men, those with co-occurring substance use and mental illness.
2002 to 2018 Saw Increases in Heroin Use, Use Disorder, Injection
800,000 US adults surveyed; prevalence of heroin use increased from 0.17 to 0.32%.
Alcohol Consumption Worsens Global Burden of Disease
Alcohol-attributable death rates were highest in Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and countries with low human development indices (HDIs). Across countries, alcohol use disproportionately affected young people and men.
Lofexidine May Effectively Mitigate Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
Treatment with lofexidine may provide better control of the symptoms of opioid withdrawal syndrome compared with placebo.
CDC: Drugs Involved in Overdose Deaths Varied Regionally in 2017
The drugs most frequently involved in drug overdose deaths in 2017 varied regionally in the United States.
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