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Medicine
fromFuturism
4 days ago

Here's How Much Each Popular Drug Impacts Your Chances of Having a Stroke

Recreational drugs significantly increase stroke risk, with amphetamines raising risk by 122%, cocaine by 96%, and cannabis by 37%.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 weeks ago

Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction? A new study hints at their potential

GLP-1 medications reduce risk of all substance use disorders including alcohol, nicotine, cannabis, opioids, and cocaine, while decreasing drug-related overdoses and deaths.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Substance Use Disorders

Fibromyalgia's abnormal pain processing and shared brain pathways with addiction create vulnerability to substance use disorders, with approximately 40% of chronic pain patients meeting SUD criteria.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Very Different Psychiatric Diagnoses Share Common Genes

Alcohol, cannabis, opioid, and nicotine use disorders share substantial genetic liability and cluster together as a single brain disorder, supporting a unified addiction-liability.
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fromMedscape
9 months ago

Craving management workshops and peer-led support are helping French prisons reframe addiction as a healthcare issue.

Across France, various initiatives have emerged to improve addiction care in correctional settings, indicating a growing recognition of the importance of addressing substance use disorders among incarcerated populations.
France politics
Cannabis
fromNature
9 months ago

Don't feel the pain - these brain cells help with managing opioid withdrawal

Neurons linked to substance-use disorders can modulate pain perception during opioid withdrawal.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
9 months ago

Are Substance Use Disorders More than Addiction?

Neurodiversity includes diverse neurological experiences, and substance use is a complex coping mechanism that doesn't universally categorize individuals as neurodivergent.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
10 months ago

Letters: To honor mothers, do more to stem overdose deaths

The societal approach to substance use needs to shift from punishment to compassion to effectively reduce overdose deaths.
There is a pressing need for regulation of harmful chemicals in food packaging to protect public health.
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