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Posted on Dec 3, 2011 in Brain Changes In Addiction | Comments Off Buffer A team of Scripps Research Institute. This finding opens the door to the development of drugs to manage excessive alcohol consumption. ÊÓOur focus in this study, like much of our labÕs research, was to examine the role of the brainÕs stress […]

Posted on Jan 4, 2012 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Hospital emergency department visits involving underage drinking double for males during the Fourth of July holiday weekend according to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The study revealed that during the

Posted on Jan 4, 2012 in Addiction | Comments Off Buffer Image by Getty Images via @daylife California Governor Jerry Brown this week signed a bill that bans the production and sale of beer with added caffeine. California is the seventh state to ban the drinks, according to the Associated Press. Ê Last month, Senator

Posted on Jan 3, 2012 in opioids | 0 comments Buffer Among the many signs of a turnaround is a new substance abuse center in Portsmouth, Ohio. The newspaper describes other successes, including the closing of eight of nine pain clinics that prescribed millions of doses of opioids in one Ohio county. A new state

Posted on Jan 2, 2012 in opioids | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia The FDA has approved a short-acting opioid painkiller with abuse-deterrent properties, the drugmaker Pfizer announced Monday.Oxecta, a new formulation of oxycodone, had previously been under development as Acurox, which included niacin to deter oral abuse. That version received aÊthumbs downfrom an

Posted on Jan 1, 2012 in Illegal drug trade | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia Ñ A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. The study, by Louisa Degenhardt (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Posted on Dec 31, 2011 in Injuries related to addiction | Comments Off Buffer Ê Image by Bess Sadler via Flickr Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that patients acquire during their hospitalization and that were not present at the time of admission to the hospital. A new study has found that people with alcohol use

Posted on Dec 29, 2011 in Opioid | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia TORONTO, Ont., March 14, 2011 Ñ Some physicians are prescribing opioids such as OxyContin 55 times as often as others, according to a new study led by St. MichaelÕs Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). The study found

Posted on Dec 26, 2011 in Binge Drinking | Comments Off Buffer A multi-tiered effort designed to stem binge drinking at a large university and to change the drinking culture among its students has produced notable results during the 2.5 years of an Indiana University study. ÊFreshmen living on campus showed significant drops in the

Posted on Dec 25, 2011 in Substance dependence | Comments Off Buffer Image via Wikipedia A team of Scripps Research Institute scientists has found a key biological mechanism underpinning the transition to alcohol dependence. This finding opens the door to the development of drugs to manage excessive alcohol consumption. ÒOur focus in this study, like