By Alan Mozes HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Overdose deaths resulting from a dangerous combination of cocaine and opioids are outpacing fatalities linked to [...]

Civil rights groups want fentanyl-like substance ban to end. A record 85,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2020 President Joe Biden is facing a crucial test of his promise to reduce [...]

This month, something unusual happened: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took a stand against President Joe Biden. The New York Democrat, typically a strong Biden ally, has transformed into [...]

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 [...]