International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
This year's theme, "The evidence is clear: Invest in prevention," emphasizes the need for drug policies rooted in science, respect for human rights. The World Drug Report also released today, emphasizing continued international collaboration to prevent drug abuse.
714,521 Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits Occurred in the U.S. in 2022
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the 2022 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits.
Marijuana policies and opioid mortality rates
Analyzing data from 1999 to 2019, researchers found that marijuana legalization is associated with higher opioid death rates, contradicting the marijuana protection hypothesis which proposes that the availability of marijuana reduces deaths from opioids.
Marijuana use associated with non-medical opioid use
In a study of 211 patients from the greater New York area, subjects using marijuana were 86% more likely to engage in non-medical opioid use (ie took more than prescribed or used illicit opioids).
Loose Buprenorphine Prescribing Criteria May Usher in a New Wave of Opioid Addiction
Will buprenorphine become the next oxycontin? Due to a major shift in addiction medicine policy, it just might. Last Thursday the Trump administration relaxed prescribing rules for the powerful synthetic opioid prescribed for both moderate to severe pain and opioid replacement therapy.
Study Finds Drastic Increase in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Opioid-related Diagnoses from 2010-2017
According to a newly published study in JAMA, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) increased 82%, from 4.0 to 7.3 per 1000 birth hospitalizations in the U.S. between 2010 and 2017. The researchers also found that during the same time-period maternal opioid-related diagnoses increased 131%, from 3.5 to 8.2 per 1000 discharge hospitalizations. The greatest increases were observed among low income, non-Hispanic whites. West Virginia had the highest rates of neonatal abstinence syndrome (54 per 1000) while Vermont had the highest rate of maternal opioid-related diagnoses (47 per 1000). Drug Free America Foundation Epidemiologist Dr. Sharif Mohr said, “Given the gravity of [...]
This year's theme, "The evidence is clear: Invest in prevention," emphasizes the need for drug policies rooted in science, respect for human rights. The World Drug Report also released today, emphasizing continued international collaboration to prevent drug abuse.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the 2022 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) report on drug-related emergency department (ED) visits.
Analyzing data from 1999 to 2019, researchers found that marijuana legalization is associated with higher opioid death rates, contradicting the marijuana protection hypothesis which proposes that the availability of marijuana reduces deaths from opioids.
In a study of 211 patients from the greater New York area, subjects using marijuana were 86% more likely to engage in non-medical opioid use (ie took more than prescribed or used illicit opioids).
Will buprenorphine become the next oxycontin? Due to a major shift in addiction medicine policy, it just might. Last Thursday the Trump administration relaxed prescribing rules for the powerful synthetic opioid prescribed for both moderate to severe pain and opioid replacement therapy.
According to a newly published study in JAMA, neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) increased 82%, from 4.0 to [...]
