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March 18, 2021 Binge drinking in adolescence is associated with changes in the volume of the cerebellum in young adulthood, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio [...]

On the heels of the country’s deadliest year for drug overdoses, the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute launched a first-in-the-world clinical trial to investigate the [...]

MARCH 24, 2021 Alexander Chapman, Ashton M. Verdery, and Shannon M. Monnat Download the Brief [PDF]   Nearly 20% of U.S. adults ages 18-34 misused prescription opioids between 2002 and 2018. [...]

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Research News Machine learning can be used to comb through online reviews of substance use treatment facilities to home in on qualities that are [...]

THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Legalization of recreational cannabis appears to be associated with increases in rates of claims for self-harm among men younger than 40 years, [...]

There is a new generation of drug users out there who possess highly detailed pharmacological and technical knowledge about the drugs they take. “Psychonauts” (meaning [...]

By Sandhya Raman Posted March 16, 2021 at 9:40am House lawmakers are restructuring their bipartisan task forces dedicated to combating the drug epidemic and expect the chamber to consider [...]

THURSDAY, March 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Who is more likely to relapse after opioid addiction treatment — women or men A new study that followed 1,100 recovering opioid users reveals that [...]

In “Hooked,” Michael Moss explores how no addictive drug can fire up the reward circuitry in our brains as rapidly as our favorite foods. By Anahad O’Connor March 25, 2021 New York Times In a [...]

“Want to come over for a playdate?” “Yes- let’s do it at 4 so we can have drinks.” “You’re invited to my baby shower!” “Great! I’ll bring stuff to make mimosas!” “You just moved into the [...]