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The effects of alcohol and marijuana on academic performance
Researchers from various universities in Connecticut analyzed the combined impact of alcohol and marijuana on the academic performance of college students and found that...
New data: 33 percent of Americans have participated in past-year binge...
Approximately 33 percent of American adults have been binge drinking on at least one occasion within a year, according to a study that will...
New safety threats found in a third of FDA-approved drugs
New safety threats are found in a third of the drugs that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a...
The promising world of relapse prevention techs
Mobile apps for telemedicine have become increasingly popular, enabling physicians to easily reach their patients. But now, more and more apps are focusing specifically...
ASAM hosts first Addiction Treatment Gap Awareness Week
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) announced last week that the first Addiction Treatment Gap Awareness Week is occurring from April 24th to...
Research finds that weight-loss pill can be helpful in opioid addiction...
Researchers found that people looking to recover from an opioid addiction could benefit from a weight-loss drug: lorcaserin.
The pill, marketed as Belviq, was...
New data supports use of muscle relaxant to treat alcoholism
French health care authorities gathered at a Paris conference on March 17 to announce that two clinical studies had been finalized, and their results...
Christie tapped to head new committee to tackle US opioid crisis
The Trump administration recently appointed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to chair a special commission to fight the opioid crisis in the country. And...
Functional MRI used to investigate new drugs for drug relapse prevention
Researchers in the UK are studying the effects of experimental medicines using functional MRI (fMRI) technology to investigate the neuropharmacology of brain processes including...
New death data leads New Orleans to promote addiction treatment
A report released last week by the New Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office shows there were more drug overdose deaths in New Orleans in 2016...
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