Tag: addiction research
FDA approves first-ever mobile app for substance use disorders
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed marketing for the first-ever government-approved mobile medical app designed to help people with substance use disorders...
Lack of belief in free will may undermine addiction treatment
A popular view among ordinary people is that individuals with drug addiction do not have the ability to choose between different courses of action....
Adding medication-assisted treatment to 12-step programs
Traditional 12-step programs and medication-assisted treatments (MATs) have proven to be effective for people with substance use disorders (SUDs), but new research suggests that...
A single-paragraph letter: an unlikely contributor to the opioid epidemic
Researchers say a one-paragraph letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1980 disproportionately had an effect on the opioid epidemic.
The paragraph,...
How do recreational opioid users perceive supervised injection sites?
A new study shows that most people who use opioids recreationally in America would actually be willing to utilize supervised injection facilities (SIFs).
SIFs are...
Changes in dopamine responses found for the first time in recreational...
Groundbreaking research has revealed that recreational cocaine users may be dangerously close to a substance use disorder.
Among those who were not addicted to cocaine,...
How beneficial is religious faith in addiction recovery?
The roles of faith and religion vary when it comes to addiction and treatment practices — according to research from the U.S. National Library...
Tobacco is responsible for roughly 1 in 10 deaths worldwide, new...
About 1 in 10 deaths worldwide are tobacco-related, according to the Global Burden of Diseases Injuries and Risk Factors Study (GBD) released in April.
With...
The link between cocaine addiction and vascular disease
Most people are aware of the dangers linked to heart diseases, but blockages of accumulated plaques or cholesterol can actually impact more than the...
Availability, legality and safety misconceptions fueled a global opioid crisis
The transition from opioid prescription pills to heroin has been well documented, but recent research shed light on the factors that have led to...
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