“I know that the only way I stay sober is through taking responsibility for my daily actions,” US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr said in the keynote address at the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit…
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Social capital reduces drug deaths
Johns Hopkins University et al published The association between social capital and drug overdose mortality in the US – finding that 1 standard deviation rise in social capital index linked to a 24% fall in drug overdose death rate. Improving family…
Research news roundup
The Partnership to End Addiction collated recent news on an Addiction helpline for concerned significant others, Current and novel interventions in opioid use disorder, Spatiotemporal analysis of substance use disorder mortality, Alcohol’s effects on emotion recognition and empathy, and more.
Hazelden Betty Ford: model for co-occurring disorders
Recognizing that about 79% of its patients struggle with both mental health and substance use disorders, the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s new approach ensures that both aspects are addressed simultaneously. The initiative applies to all 15 of its national treatment…
Alcohol advertising in disguise
Australia’s Flinders University et al published Alcohol advertising in disguise: Exposure to zero-alcohol products prompts adolescents to think of alcohol. Zero-alcohol drinks prompt adolescents to think of alcohol, regardless of branding and categorise zero-alcohol drinks as alcoholic drinks, not soft drinks.
What people who smoke weed have in common with psychosis patients
On top of recent research that ER visits for cannabis use by people over the age of 65 skyrocketed and those seniors are up to 72% more likely to develop dementia, Canada’s McGill University et al found that using weed…
Framing alcohol harm in the UN context
This article analyses the background and use of the expression ‘harmful use of alcohol’ in the context of World Health Organization governing bodies, current challenges and implications for public health.
